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4 February 2010Presentations from a meeting organised by the Global Donor Platform on Rural Development and FAO/SDC/IFAD, where today's largescale farmland acquisitions figured high on the agenda
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26 January 2010Dal luglio 2007 ad aprile 2009, quasi 20 milioni di ettari di terreni coltivabili sono stati oggetto di negoziati e accordi tra governi e società private. Un fenomeno che è stato definito "neocolonialismo". Questo libro racconta chi sono i cacciatori di terra, dove agiscono e quali insidie, ma anche quali opportunità, si nascondono in questo rinnovato interesse per l'agricoltura.
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25 January 2010A discussion note prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNCTAD and the World Bank Group to contribute to an ongoing global dialogue.
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15 January 2010Paper for FAO on the growing interest of private sector investors in developing country agriculture, including farmland acquisitions.
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21 December 2009“What we are going to do is develop a statement of guiding principles for African nations entering into contracts with foreign powers for the utilization of land and resources,” Dr. Daniels told The Final Call.
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17 December 2009What do the Berlin Wall and the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) have in common?
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![FSN Forum Discussion No. 44 – Land grab or development opportunity?]( "FSN Forum Discussion No. 44 – Land grab or development opportunity?")
13 December 2009Summary and proceedings of a discussion hosted by FAO from 29.09.09 to 20.10.09.
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![Tenencia de tierra y seguridad alimentaría en América Latina]( "Tenencia de tierra y seguridad alimentaría en América Latina")
10 December 2009
Los grandes grupos extranjeros y locales de comercialización de alimentos poco a poco se adueñan de las mejores tierras. El poder que estos concentran, se incrementa. Puede esto, a mediano plazo, significar una amenaza a la seguridad alimentaria. Ya se ha visto, su capacidad de presión es considerable.
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8 December 2009Unos 30 millones de hectáreas han sido vendidas en los últimos dos años, pero la población no ha visto las ganancias. Así lo informan varias organizaciones alemanas de ayuda humanitaria.
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30 November 2009Sous l’œil bienveillant de l’ONU, les grands noms de la finance s’accaparent des régions agricoles entières.
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![«La FAO a une attitude schizophrénique»]( "«La FAO a une attitude schizophrénique»")
30 November 2009Entretien. Les institutions internationales prônent un «code de conduite»pour encadrer les rachats de terres. Une solution qui n’améliorera pas le sort des pays pauvres, estime Devlin Kuyek, de l’ONG Grain.
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19 November 2009Investment in agriculture is soaring. So, worryingly, is distrust of markets and trade.
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![Fome: multinacionais são acusadas de controlar terras ricas do Terceiro Mundo]( "Fome: multinacionais são acusadas de controlar terras ricas do Terceiro Mundo")
19 November 2009Segundo as ONGs "Grain" e La Via Campesina, "alguns governos, como o da Arábia Saudita e Coreia do Sul pressionam essa forma de agir, como estratégia comercial.
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19 November 2009Unos 400 delegados provenientes de 70 países de América Latina y África, que participan en la cumbre paralela organizada frente a la FAO y autorizada por la entidad de Naciones Unidas, protestan desde el lunes en denuncia por "la compra masiva de tierras" por parte de grandes firmas agro-alimentarias con la complicidad de la FAO.
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![Investing, not grabbing]( "Investing, not grabbing")
19 November 2009International farmland-investment standards of the kind being worked upon are much needed. But agricultural agencies such as the FAO are n,ot equipped to establish good property-rights regimes in the developing world, writes the Globe and Mail
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![To grab, or to invest]( "To grab, or to invest")
18 November 2009The 450 civil society organisations taking part in a parallel forum were not won over by FAO's optimism about a code of conduct. "Land grabbing by external capital must stop," read a declaration by participants at the forum.
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![Multinacionales acusadas de controlar ricas tierras del tercer mundo]( "Multinacionales acusadas de controlar ricas tierras del tercer mundo")
18 November 2009 Varias ONG acusaron a las multinacionales del sector alimentario de intentar hacerse con millones de hectáreas de tierras de buena calidad pertenecientes a pequeños campesinos del Tercer Mundo, durante la cumbre de la FAO sobre la seguridad alimentaria que se celebra en Roma.
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18 November 2009El Foro Alternativo a la FAO clama contra los países ricos que acaparan las tierras de las naciones en vías de desarrollo
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18 November 2009Across the street from the conference, human rights and farmers' groups protested sporadically throughout the three days. Small farmers' groups put on street theatre, re-enacting scenes of land-grabbing by foreign companies, with thugs bearing sticks pretending to threaten the small land owners.
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18 November 2009The UN and the World Bank are walking a tightrope in drawing up a code of conduct for farmland deals as they do not want to undermine investor confidence. Campaigners call such "win-win" codes "a nonsense".