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
3 Mar 2010
GCC states look abroad to meet food needs
Emirates Business
2 Mar 2010
Résistance à Gambela contre l’accaparement des terres : Entretien avec Nyikaw Ochalla
GRAIN
2 Mar 2010
Massive farm failure in South Africa
The Times (Johannesburg)
2 Mar 2010
Struggles against land grabs in Gambella: Interview with Nyikaw Ochalla
GRAIN
1 Mar 2010
Touche pas à mes terres ! Spéciale de France Inter
France Inter
1 Mar 2010
Les terres agricoles des pays émergents, “la nouvelle frontière”
AFP
27 Feb 2010
Des terres pour l’agro-industrie internationale ? Un dilemme pour la politique foncière malgache
EchoGéo
26 Feb 2010
Kulim buys PNG oil palm estates for US$175m
Business Times
26 Feb 2010
Qatar plans to grow corn in Georgia, import 70,000 sheep a year
Bloomberg
25 Feb 2010
Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor?
BBC 4 (Radio)
25 Feb 2010
OSA: Open letter to the UN Sec-Gen on land grab and evictions in Oromia
Gadaa.com
25 Feb 2010
SAfrica, Libya farm deal awaits agreement
Reuters
25 Feb 2010
«Je suis réservé sur la location de terres pour une longue durée»
Le Temps
24 Feb 2010
Ruée sur l’or vert africain
Le Temps
24 Feb 2010
Cargill leaves a palm oil mess in Papua New Guinea
RAN
24 Feb 2010
“África sufre un grave problema de acaparamiento de tierras”
Baserribizia
24 Feb 2010
L’Afrique vibre au rythme du Brésil
Jeune Afrique
24 Feb 2010
Landkom has had to re-think its farming plans in Ukraine
Agriprods
24 Feb 2010
EALA adopts common strategy for food security in the region
East African Community
23 Feb 2010
China’s soil deterioration may become growing food crisis, adviser claims
Guardian
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South Africa-Congo ‘land grab’: Exploitation or salvation?
12 Mar 2010 | No Comments
L’accaparement des terres en Amérique latine
12 Mar 2010 | No Comments
Les terres québécoises attirent les Chinois
11 Mar 2010 | No Comments
Anywaa Survival Organisation: The Ethiopian government’s secret land grab deals
11 Mar 2010 | No Comments
Hedge fund-backed farm group Tejar weighs US IPO
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Les achats de terres cultivables s’accélèrent dans le monde
10 Mar 2010 | No Comments
Land grab in Africa is not a good development: Radio report
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Ethiopia: Kala Negara Miskin Suplai Makanan Untuk Negara Kaya
09 Mar 2010 | No Comments
El nuevo acaparamiento de tierras en América Latina
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Food estate feared to marginalize Papuans
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South Africa-Congo ‘land grab’: Exploitation or salvation?
12 Mar 2010 | No Comments
Les terres québécoises attirent les Chinois
11 Mar 2010 | No Comments
Land grabbing in Latin America
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Résistance à Gambela contre l’accaparement des terres : Entretien avec Nyikaw Ochalla
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Struggles against land grabs in Gambella: Interview with Nyikaw Ochalla
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Touche pas à mes terres ! Spéciale de France Inter
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Les terres agricoles des pays émergents, “la nouvelle frontière”
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Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor?
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OSA: Open letter to the UN Sec-Gen on land grab and evictions in Oromia
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EALA adopts common strategy for food security in the region
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