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06 Apr 2011farmlandgrab.org
Madagascar: Community resistance to corporate land theft
An interview with Mamy Rakotondrainibe, an activist with the Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches, about the struggle against land grabbing in Madagascar.
12 Mar 2011RTBF
Terres Africaines : la grande braderie
Un reportage au Bénin et à Rome de André Zaleski et Patrice Hardy de la Radio Télévision Belge Francophone
11 Mar 2011RFI
Les terres de Sierra Leone : Ruée sur l'or vert
Reportage de Mehdi Meddeb
11 Feb 2011Real World Radio
Hard struggle: Challenges of the peasant struggle in Mozambique
Land grabbing in Mozambique by transnational corporations, that hire rural workers who are not able to access lands to produce, is one of the issues that concern peasants of that country the most.
28 Jan 2011Guardian
The 21st century goldrush – African arable land grabs
Lester Brown from the Earth Policy Institute reveals how rich countries worried about their future food supplies – along with investment banks – are buying up arable land in Africa, yet are failing to deliver any benefits to local people.
28 Jan 2011Guardian
Guardian Focus Podcast: Land grabs in Africa
With climate change and rising demand for biofuels pushing up food prices, rich countries are increasingly looking for land in poorer nations to feed themselves. But is this at the expense of the host country?
26 Jan 2011Guardian
Talk point: Land grabs
In this month's Global development podcast, the Guardian looks at land grabs, explores why they are happening, considers their implications and examines what – if anything – can be done to ensure large-scale agricultural investments are used for local development.
13 Jan 2011BBC
Has Cambodia become a country for sale?
Around 15% of Cambodian land has been signed over to private companies, a third of them foreign, using leases under which they promise to develop the plots and provide jobs.
10 Jan 2011RCI
L'accaparement des terres agricoles en Afrique de l'Ouest
Depuis quelques années, des intérêts étrangers tentent de racheter de grandes quantités de terres agricoles en Afrique de l'ouest. Emission sur RCI.
15 Dec 2010BBC
Land grab fears for Ethiopian rural communities
A controversial new farms policy has led to a number of arrests and the killings of 10 local farmers, say local activists.
24 Nov 2010PRI
Land deals of wealthy nations
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ruth Meinzen-Dick, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, about the downside of land deals between countries.
24 Nov 2010PRI
Mali helps Libya with leased farmland
The farner’s union claims that the Malibya deal was done behind closed doors and then presented as a fait accompli, a deal that effectively hands over control of Mali’s main rice growing region to a foreign power.
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