Trying to compensate for the absence of legitimacy of these massive land deals by getting investors to adhere to a few principles is deceitful.

Intentar compensar la ausencia de legitimidad de estos negocios con tierras haciendo que los inversionistas se adhieran a unos cuantos principios es una estafa.

Tenter de pallier le manque de légitimité de ces acquisitions foncières en faisant adhérer les investisseurs à quelques principes n’est qu’une vaste supercherie.

Report says that GCC investment in farmland in Africa and Latin America will continue to grow.

A l'heure où les flambées des prix des matières premières sont toujours à craindre, ce petit atlas Google Maps donne une idée de la « guerre des terres arables » dans le monde.

Foreign investment in Australia's food chain is increasing at a rate that is causing concern, and not just for people on the land.

China is gearing up for a multi-billion-dollar investment push into the Australian agricultural sector to secure food supplies after a senior official admitted the country would face pressure supplying farm produce to its 1.3 billion people over the next five years.

Algo nuevo está pasando, como explica este artículo: la industria financiera ahora se suma a la carrera para controlar tierra agraria de ultramar, con un impacto desastroso para las comunidades rurales que dependen de estas tierras.

Olam executive sees good side to overseas investment in Australian farming.

Depuis quelques années, des intérêts étrangers tentent de racheter de grandes quantités de terres agricoles en Afrique de l'ouest. Emission sur RCI.

As wealthy investors continue to buy up agricultural land in the developing world, stakeholders disagree over how to regulate such transactions.

What is to be done? Obviously, we need an immediate moratorium on land grabs.

Deux thèmes brûlants occupent le devant de la scène: la spéculation et l’accaparement des terres.

El gobierno de Río Negro gestiona inversiones para agronegocios, en este caso de China, con una superficie inicial de 200.000 hectáreas con el rechazo de múltiples organizaciones sociales.

Foreign investors are already knee deep in Ukrainian agriculture, with full or partial stakes in around half of the country’s top 60 agricultural holdings.

Quietly, these modern-day land marauders are coming to Canada—undermining family farms, compromising local food sovereignty, and harming the environment.

Some projects aimed at increasing food production in Asia have been dropped or delayed amid the financial crisis, notes a new report by IRRI and the Asia Society.

What India can learn from China is not its alarming passion for buying farmland in poor countries but its awareness of the value of agricultural land to meet the food needs of its citizens.

Brazil's essential role as a provider of food for the world's expanding population is at risk if the government makes good on threats to curtail foreign investment in farmland.

“We are going to prepare a PEC [Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment] to make it clear to investors that they can invest in any sector except land”, Guilherme Cassel, Brazil's Minister for Agrarian Development says

En privant effectivement les paysans locaux de leurs terres et en perpétuant souvent « des méthodes agricoles nuisibles à l’environnement », cette évolution menace d’avoir des conséquences très négatives pour les petits exploitants, et en particulier les femmes

Most people involved in land rights issues are likely to agree that the most abusive companies (and governments) should be vigorously prosecuted using national, regional and global legal fora.

Morocco plans to lease 30,000 ha of farmland per year to improve yields, satisfy growing national demand and boost export sales, its agriculture minister said on Thursday.

Más de cien organizaciones de todo el mundo exigen frenar la ola de acaparamiento de tierras de inversionistas oficiales y privados que se están apoderando de millones de hectáreas de cultivos de comunidades rurales de África, Asia y América Latina.

While the proposed deal brings up ethical questions of exploitation, another concern is how it will impact earth changes and food security in the future.

Accaparement des terres - le cas de l'Afrique du Sud - par AGTER

L’achat massif de ces terres aux seules fins de spéculation financière porte en lui le germe du conflit, du désastre environnemental, du chaos politique et de la faim à un degré jamais connu dans le passé, écrit Joan Baxter.

Saudi Binladin has been trying for almost two years to persuade Indonesian smallholders to sell their land. Policy may need to be rethought.

L’idée n’est pas nouvelle, mais elle fait son chemin depuis la tenue, les 14 et 15 novembre à Addis-Abeba, du premier forum économique entre l’Arabie saoudite et les pays d’Afrique de l’Est. Une manifestation qui a permis à Riyad de plaider sa cause et de renouveler son intérêt pour les terres agricoles de cette partie du continent.

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