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Brookings Institution25 Jun 10Evidence suggests a marked disparity in the benefits received by those involved in and affected by these transnational land acquisitions, particularly for those originally dwelling on the land.
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SID07 Jun 10ILC is actually trying to promote some sort of dialogue between the different proposals for principles for responsible farmland investment
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Ground Reality18 Nov 09And now the bad news. FAO has taken a U-turn in its clear position on the race by food-importing countries and private companies to buy land overseas for domestic food and agriculture needs.
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Modern Ghana11 Nov 09“Governments are sitting on a box of dynamite,” Namanga Ngoni, president of AGRA, initiated by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, told the media.
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GRAIN08 Sep 09An internal document recently posted on IRRI's website reveals that the Institute has been advising Saudi Arabia in the context of its strategy to acquire farm land overseas for its own food production.
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Alternet11 Aug 09To be brutally honest, mutual interest is the opposite of what investor countries are looking for
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AFP14 Jul 09"Es una forma de hegemonía (...) Qatar nunca cedería a Kenia participaciones en sus campos petrolíferos", critica el abogado keniano Evans Monari.
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AFP14 Jul 09 "C'est une forme d'hégémonie (...) Le Qatar ne cèderait jamais au Kenya des participations dans ses champs pétrolifères", critique l'avocat kényan Evans Monari.
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San Francisco Examiner27 Jun 09When people are using lands under customary tenure arrangements, there is an inequality in bargaining power where no formal titles to the land exist if a foreign investor is interested in purchasing the land.
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Ground Reality26 Jun 09I wonder why the people (and more importantly the political leaders and elite) of the African and Latin American countries are not opposing and driving these companies out from within their national borders. The reason is simple. The rich and elite of every country is the real beneficiary of the process of globalisation.
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Ethiomedia08 Jun 09What we are witnessing in countries like Ethiopia today is an extreme form of the banana republic syndrome.
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FT26 May 09Japan will spearhead a drive at the Group of Eight summit to prevent "farmland grabbing" in developing countries and encourage responsible investing in agriculture.
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The Economist21 May 09Rich food importers are acquiring vast tracts of poor countries' farmland. Is this beneficial foreign investment or neocolonialism?
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Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest20 May 09A recent jump in rich country land purchases in the developing world has caught the attention of analysts in trade and human rights circles.
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The New Security Beat12 May 09On May 5, the Wilson Center hosted a half-day conference that considered the implications for investors, host countries, and food security, highlighting case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
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IRIN (United Nations)11 May 09Mohammed Mbwana, who farms in the Tana River delta area and is an official of a local NGO, said the Qatar agreement would displace thousands of locals. At least 150,000 families in farming and pastoralist communities depend on the land in question, said to be part of Kenya’s biggest wetland.
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Inter Press Service05 May 09More than 20 million hectares of farmland in Africa and Latin America are now in the hands of foreign governments and companies, a sign of a global "land grab" that got a boost from last year's food crisis.
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IPS Noticias05 May 09Más de 20 millones de hectáreas de tierras en el mundo en desarrollo están en manos de gobiernos y empresas extranjeras, ejemplo de una apropiación agraria que se disparó con la crisis alimentaria del año pasado.
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The Independent (UK)03 May 09Neo-colonialists are buying up agricultural land in Africa – and local farmers could be crushed unless there are international rules to protect them.
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The Straits Times01 May 09Rattled by last year's food price crisis, governments and corporations have signed a slew of deals to lease or buy arable land in cash-strapped nations, mainly in Africa and Southeast Asia.