Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 12-Aug-2010
Tribune de Genève | 12-Aug-2010
L’ennui, reconnaît la Banque mondiale, c’est que ces investissements, loin d’être une aubaine pour le continent noir, finissent par nuire à des populations déjà pauvres et à des économies précaires.
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PTI | 11-Aug-2010
ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry offering to act as facilitator to help Indian farmers get farmland in Africa.
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Reuters | 11-Aug-2010
Vinda virtualmente do nada, a China disparou para a posição de maior investidor estrangeiro direto no Brasil este ano, com aquisições que variam de minas de ferro a vastas terras para plantio, bem como linhas de transmissão de energia.
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FnBnews | 11-Aug-2010
DRC, with 80 million ha of rich arable soil of which only 5% is cultivated, has invited Indian investors in the area of largescale farming to come and assess the possibilities.
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Quotidien de Nouakchott | 09-Aug-2010
Par voie d’affichage de deux « avis publics » daté du 7 juillet 2010 l’Etat a informé le public mauritanien de sa décision de mettre à la disposition du groupe saoudien Al-Rajhi des terrains à usage agricole
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Stuff | 09-Aug-2010
A poll shows 75.5 percent of voters want the rules on foreigners buying NZ farmland tightened, with only 8 percent saying they should be relaxed.
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Les Afriques | 06-Aug-2010
Là où le bât blesse, c’est dans le prix de la transaction : dans la plupart des pays, il n’y a pas – ou pas encore – de marché du foncier rural. Comment, alors, établir le prix d’un hectare de terre ?
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Afrik.com | 06-Aug-2010
Les Kenyans ont adopté hier par référendum une nouvelle Constitution qui, concernant le foncier, envisage la possibilité de supprimer la propriété perpétuelle pour les étrangers en la ramenant à un bail de 99 ans au lieu des 999 ans actuels.
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Financial Times | 06-Aug-2010
Analysts and farming executives say the crisis is likely to accelerate the consolidation of Russian agriculture already under way, allowing big conglomerates to swoop on struggling small farmers.
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Valor Econômico | 05-Aug-2010
As medidas, que abrangem o conceito de "consentimento informado", farão parte de um projeto de lei a ser enviado pelo governo federal ao Congresso Nacional até o fim do ano.
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Huffington Post | 05-Aug-2010
A four-part piece about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisition or "land grabs" in Sub-Saharan Africa from the Worldwatch Intitute.
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Gulf News | 05-Aug-2010
Since GCC countries have the required financial capacity and advanced financial systems, they can benefit from investment opportunities in agricultural production in CIS, where Gulf funds may bring about significant changes in the production and trade in food commodities in global markets
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Reuters | 05-Aug-2010
Indian commercial farmers plan to invest in a new model farm in Zambia, according to the government.
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Business Daily | 04-Aug-2010
Foreign land barons are using millions of shillings to hire elite law firms for advice on how to protect their property should Kenyans pass the proposed Constitution — that bars them from owning land — in Wednesday's vote.
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O Estado de S.Paulo | 04-Aug-2010
Dúvida, no texto levado à aprovação de Lula, é se proibição deve valer também para as compras já realizadas
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Press Afrik | 03-Aug-2010
Au Sénégal, ce sont les zones sud qui souffrent le plus de ce phénomène. Et ce sont les femmes qui en perdent le plus.
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Urgente 24 | 03-Aug-2010
Los 'negocios' cambian de sentido cuando la inversión es subordinada a razones estratégicas de un Estado extranjero.
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O Estado de SP | 03-Aug-2010
"Os chineses compraram a África e estão tentando comprar o Brasil", disse o professor Delfim Netto em entrevista ao Estado de domingo. Pode haver algum exagero de linguagem, mas a preocupação é justificável.
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Oakland Institute | 02-Aug-2010
"Investors are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap, and failing to deliver on promises of jobs and investments," says a leaked draft of the World Bank report
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O Correio | 02-Aug-2010
MT, SP e MS são os estados que cederam mais área para não-brasileiros
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Dow Jones | 02-Aug-2010
Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott said his Liberal-National coalition of center-right parties could revise the country's foreign investment laws if it wins power in the Aug. 21 general election.
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Reuters | 02-Aug-2010
US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting out for palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to cater to rising demand from Asian economies
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Bloomberg | 01-Aug-2010
Citadel Capital Corp., an Egyptian private-equity firm with $8.3 billion in investments, said one of its companies received a $4.9 million loan from Bank of Khartoum for the plantation of land in Sudan.
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TradeArabia | 01-Aug-2010
Wafra, Citadel Capital’s agriculture platform in Sudan, said its portfolio firm has obtained a $4.9 million loan from Bank of Khartoum to support the farming of its first 2,076 acres of sorghum.
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Il Manifesto | 31-Jul-2010
La Banca mondiale è «un anomale complesso», conclude de Schutter, e da un lato incoraggia i grandi acquisti di terra - dall'altro commissiona studi che ne dimostrano gli effetti negativi.
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Reuters | 31-Jul-2010
Exports would target markets in the EU, where demand is rising, Sudan's nine neighbours as well as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Arab world.
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MST | 29-Jul-2010
Investidores em terras agrícolas estão visando países com leis frágeis, comprando terra arável por uma ninharia e deixando de cumprir promessas de geração de empregos e investimentos, de acordo com a minuta de um relatório do Banco Mundial (Bird).
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WSJ | 29-Jul-2010
The report is due for publication next month, but leaks are already getting out, and causing a stir among Brussels’ huge development activist community.
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NZ Herald | 29-Jul-2010
Public opinion is clearly against the Crafar farms sale on the basis that NZ is "selling the farm", while selling a controlling stake in a processing plant is seen as another issue altogether. There is a strong argument for conditionality either way, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
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ABC | 29-Jul-2010
The Federal Opposition is supporting a call for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in rural Australia.
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Proactive Investors | 28-Jul-2010
The UK-based EPO has almost 170,000 ha of land suitable for sustainable crude palm oil cultivation and its aim is to be a 100,000 ha producer with output totalling 250,000 tonnes per annum.
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Emirates Business 24/7 | 28-Jul-2010
Arab nations are considering launching an ambitious strategy involving investment of nearly $65 billion in the next 20 years to expand their farming sector and ensure food for their fast-growing population.
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ABC | 28-Jul-2010
The Greens have called for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in Australia.
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GNA | 28-Jul-2010
Guyana investment agency is working with several investors who have interest in large projects for soybean, livestock, cattle and rice covering 70,000 acres in Pirara, Region 9.
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NZ Herald | 28-Jul-2010
Prime Minister John Key yesterday warned of other potential foreign buyers of large tracts of New Zealand farmland lining up behind the Hong Kong company bidding for the Crafar farms as his Government signalled a new focus on overseas investment rules.
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Socialist Worker | 27-Jul-2010
Hedge funds and bankers are buying everything from farmland to mines across the Global South. Mark L Thomas looks at how speculators here fuel exploitation half a world away
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Actu Envrironnement | 27-Jul-2010
Afin de garantir leurs approvisionnements alimentaires et/ou énergétiques, de nombreux pays investissent dans des terres agricoles dans les pays en développement. Face à ce phénomène en pleine croissance, la communauté internationale semble démunie.
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Financial Times | 27-Jul-2010
Investors in farmland are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap and failing to deliver on promises of jobs and investments, according to the draft of a report by the World Bank.
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Radio Vatican | 27-Jul-2010
Les catholiques d’Action de Carême et les protestants de Pain pour le prochain unissent leurs forces pour lutter contre une nouvelle forme de colonialisme : «L’accaparement des terres»
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Radio New Zealand | 27-Jul-2010
The New Zealand Government has signalled it is unlikely to change overseas investment rules to make it easier for land to be sold to foreigners.
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Radio Australia | 27-Jul-2010
New Zealand's Green Party has drafted a bill seeking to stop overseas buyers snapping up large tracts of NZ land. Australian farmers also fear they may have trouble coping with future food and water demands if foreign interests snap up too many of the nation's agricultural resources.
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ABC | 27-Jul-2010
Critics say Australia's Labor party has failed to come to grips with country's future food security, including the acquisition of domestic farmland by foreign investors
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APS | 26-Jul-2010
Enda Pronat organise du 3 au 4 août un atelier sur’’ l’accaparement des terres et l’avenir de l’agriculture paysanne’’ à l’’hôtel Ndiambour
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GMA News | 26-Jul-2010
A group of food security advocates wants a Philippine government-led corporation that identifies new land suitable for local and foreign agricultural businesses abolished.
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Green Party NZ | 26-Jul-2010
This Bill is designed to retain ownership and control of sensitive land within New Zealand.
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IHU On-Line | 26-Jul-2010
"Nenhuma propriedade de estrangeiro vem aqui para produzir comida para o povo brasileiro," explica Gilberto Portes, secretário executivo do Fórum Nacional pela Reforma Agrária e Justiça no Campo
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ABC | 25-Jul-2010
As the world's available farming land shrinks in the face of population growth, climate change and soil degradation, Australia's vast tracts of land are going to be increasingly important for global food security. Is the sell-off in Australia's long term interests?
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ABC | 25-Jul-2010
Foreign interests including state-owned companies from China and the Middle East are increasingly looking to Australia to secure their food production by purchasing key agricultural assets.
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Les Afriques | 24-Jul-2010
Michel Juvet: «Je recommande l’Afrique aux investisseurs patients, c’est le nouveau marché émergent»
"Le fait de donner à un pays étranger une partie de son propre territoire n’est pas nécessairement néfaste. C’est surtout une question de prix et de conditions."
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Diario de Pernambuco | 24-Jul-2010
O Conselho Nacional de Justiça determinou que os cartórios de registro de imóveis passem a informar trimestralmente às corregedorias dos tribunais de Justiça nos estados as aquisições de propriedades por companhias brasileiras controladas por pessoas ou grupos de outros países.
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Standart News | 23-Jul-2010
UAE-based investment company Al Barakah has shown interest in developing agriculture and farming projects in Bulgaria.
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Trade Arabia | 22-Jul-2010
Africa's untapped agriculture potential make it an ideal partner for resource-constrained Middle Eastern countries that seek to improve their food security, a new report from Standard Chartered Bank said.
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Reuters | 22-Jul-2010
Algeria adopted a law on Wednesday which will allow private firms to lease state-owned farmland but it also imposed restrictions on foreign investment.
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NZ Herald | 22-Jul-2010
If the offer is successful, Singapore's Olam will either hold 100 per cent or between 50.1 per cent and 90 per cent of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay
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DTN | 20-Jul-2010
El Tejar will plant more than 1 million acres in Mato Grosso this upcoming season and nearly 2.75 million acres across South America, making it the largest farm company in the world.
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IndyBay | 08-Jul-2010
In Merauke, over 1000 people marched to the regional legislature to present their demands, and rallied against the failure of Special Autonomy to protect indigenous people, particularly in regard to the planned 80 million-hectare Merauke Food Estate.
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EAAE Seminar | 02-Jul-2010
The paper attempts to present an integrated look at international investments in agriculture from a systems
perspective, focusing on Arab investments in Sudan.
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OFM | 30-Jun-2010
Suite à l’abandon fracassant des projets agricoles portés par Daewoo et Varun et à la prise de pouvoir du nouveau gouvernement, la dynamique d’investissement s’est ralentie, sans véritablement s’éteindre.
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il manifesto | 06-Jun-2010
La corsa alle terre d’Etiopia è il fenomeno che coinvolge tutta l’Africa.
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Hardmann & Co | 26-May-2010
We believe that farmland, and agriculture generally, will shortly move beyond the ‘acceptable’ in the eyes of the world’s investment management community and become a core product.
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http://www.e24.se/makro/varlden/rik-jord-i-nya-hander_2086889.e24 | 05-May-2010
De senaste åren har jordbruksmark i Afrika blivit ett glödhett investeringsobjekt för både stater och privata intressen. På lokal nivå hamnar världens fattiga ofta i kläm. I Nyanzaprovinsen i västra Kenya fick byborna se sitt levebröd försvinna ner i gapet på ett amerikanskt risföretag.
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CEP | 21-Apr-2010
Cette note d’analyse publiée en avril 2010 cherche à préciser le profil des investisseurs étrangers et insiste sur la nécessité d’intégrer les populations locales, premières concernées, au processus décisionnel.
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