Food crisis and the global land grab

Governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food – or simply to make money

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South Africa-Congo ‘land grab’: Exploitation or salvation? The Congo ventures are not core businesses to be based in the Congo but instead, extensions of businesses located in South Africa
Les terres québécoises attirent les Chinois Plusieurs pays avec une forte croissance démographique cherchent à acquérir des terres agricoles hors de leurs frontières, avec en toile de fond la crise alimentaire. Cette quête conduit notamment des entreprises chinoises à s'intéresser à des terres arables au Québec.
Land grabbing in Latin America Right now communities in Latin America, as around the world, are suffering a new kind of invasion of their territories
Résistance à Gambela contre l’accaparement des terres : Entretien avec Nyikaw Ochalla GRAIN a discuté avec Nyilaw Ochalla afin de mieux comprendre les conséquences pour les Anuak et les autres communautés locales de la nouvelle vague d’acquisitions de terres en Éthiopie.
Struggles against land grabs in Gambella: Interview with Nyikaw Ochalla GRAIN speaks with Nyikaw Ochalla, an Anuak living in exile, about the consequences for the Anuak and other local communities from the land grabs happening in Gambella province and the rest of Ethiopia.
Touche pas à mes terres ! Spéciale de France Inter Première destination l'Ethiopie, l’un des pays où cette question se pose avec beaucoup d’acuité. Deuxième destination la Chine qui a un grand besoin de nouvelles terres. Troisième destination Madagascar, où le projet d’achat de terre par Daewoo a été complètement abandonné.
Les terres agricoles des pays émergents, “la nouvelle frontière” La société AgroGeneration, dont l'entrepreneur Charles Beigbeder est l'un des principaux actionnaires, a fait son entrée lundi en Bourse pour lever des fonds et investir dans les céréales en Ukraine.
Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor? "What they are saying is that the local people are now suffering very badly as a direct result of these foreign companies taking over."
OSA: Open letter to the UN Sec-Gen on land grab and evictions in Oromia "Today, the Oromo issue is not hidden from the world leaders and stakeholders. However, it is being ignored. The Meles regime is selling Oromo land on world market, although this government does not have the right to sell Oromo land."
EALA adopts common strategy for food security in the region "EAC Partner States should resist the leasing or selling of large chunks of land to foreign entities for production of food or bio-fuel feedstock solely for export, which will be disadvantageous to food security in the region" says the East African Legislative Assembly
Indonesia aims to be world’s breadbasket Following Brazil's trail, Indonesia is encouraging foreign and local investors to lease huge swathes of fertile countryside and help make the country a major food producer.
Emergent Asset Management claims to run the biggest agricultural fund in Africa, but it is not clear how much progress has been made on the ground There is something amazingly patronising in the way Payne claims that Emergent has ‘adopted’ a Mozambican village of 3,000 people and hired its citizens to clear 2,000 acres of land to farm it with her firm.
IDB eyes Qatar funds to double farm financing Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank is tapping Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund as well as other government and private entities as the bank seeks to double financing for agriculture sector in developing countries.
Egypt offers 50,000 acres of farmland for agri-products Egypt will invite bids in March for 50,000 acres of land in North Sinai for agro-business projects under a new land scheme that could bring in as much as 66bn Egyptian pounds ($12bn) by 2020.
GTZ/BMZ: Foreign direct investment in land in developing countries On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the GTZ have published a new study on FDI in land in developing countries.
South Korean farm trade group aims to set up international grain company South Korea's state-run agriculture trading corporation says that it aims to set up an international grain purchasing and distribution company that can invest directly in foreign farms or control stakes in agricultural operations.
Korean investor wins permit for Papua food estate As many foreign and local investor are seeking to win a license to invest in the giant agriculture project in Papua, Indonesia, one unnamed South Korean investor has obtained a permit. Mitsubishi is also bidding. Binladin Group has been rejected.
China’s global hunt for food security Many see the desire for Kazakhstani agricultural land as another tentacle of Beijing's creeping imperialism
Kazakhs protest against China’s growing influence "They (the government) borrowed $13 billion from China and now they want to pay it back with our land," Bolat Abilov, a leader of the opposition party Azat, said at the rally. “No Chinese soya beans on the Kazakh land!” shouted one protester.
The new breadbasket of the world? As swathes of their country’s land is leased, cleared and prepared for food production by foreign companies, Ethiopians are divided over whether this constitutes ‘agro-colonialism’ or much-needed development
  • Anywaa Survival Organisation: The Ethiopian government’s secret land grab deals011 March 2010

    Anywaa Survival Organisation: The Ethiopian government’s secret land grab deals

    We call upon Ethiopians to take note of the consequences of long-term leases of farmlands to foreign governments and companies including its potential to undermine the future existence of the Ethiopian people.
  • Hedge fund-backed farm group Tejar weighs US IPO011 March 2010

    Hedge fund-backed farm group Tejar weighs US IPO

    El Tejar SA, Argentina’s largest agricultural producer, is weighing an initial public offering in New York to tap rising investor demand for farming assets.
  • How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab07 March 2010

    How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab

    An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens
  • 12 Mar 2010   South Africa-Congo ‘land grab’: Exploitation or salvation? Mail & Guardian
  • 12 Mar 2010   L’accaparement des terres en Amérique latine GRAIN
  • 11 Mar 2010   Les terres québécoises attirent les Chinois Radio Canada
  • 11 Mar 2010   Anywaa Survival Organisation: The Ethiopian government’s secret land grab deals Anywaa Survival Organisation
  • 11 Mar 2010   Hedge fund-backed farm group Tejar weighs US IPO Bloomberg
  • 10 Mar 2010   Les achats de terres cultivables s’accélèrent dans le monde La Croix
  • 10 Mar 2010   Land grab in Africa is not a good development: Radio report VOA
  • 9 Mar 2010   Ethiopia: Kala Negara Miskin Suplai Makanan Untuk Negara Kaya SuaraMedia News
  • 9 Mar 2010   El nuevo acaparamiento de tierras en América Latina GRAIN
  • 9 Mar 2010   Food estate feared to marginalize Papuans Jakarta Post
  • 8 Mar 2010   Rausing company pays EUR 8.2mn for arable land in Romania UkrAgroConsult
  • 8 Mar 2010   Qatar agribusiness buys first Australian holding The Australian Financial Review
  • 8 Mar 2010   The Foreign Land Grab Part 1: Food insecurity The Casual Truth
  • 8 Mar 2010   UK buyout firm launches agriculture fund Financial News
  • 8 Mar 2010   Kuwait hunts for agro-food investments in Turkey Reuters
  • 7 Mar 2010   How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab The Guardian
  • 5 Mar 2010   Land grabbing in Latin America GRAIN
  • 4 Mar 2010   Activists say Papua food estate ‘not the answer’ Jakarta Globe
  • 3 Mar 2010   Tierras agrícolas de países emergentes atrae inversores El Diario de Paraná
  • 3 Mar 2010   Saudi Arabia mulls new port for food imports Arabian Business
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