"We would also like to know why this government has been so aggressive in pushing these lease deals of our farmlands to the rich countries," Philippines Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said.
Because of the political sensitivity of the modern-day land grab, it is often only the country's head of state who knows the details. Der Spiegel investigates.
"Why should we prioritize the production of corn to feed animals in Korea when we cannot even feed all the Filipino people?" asked Arze Glipo, lead convenor of the Task Force Food Sovereignty (TFFS). Think about that.
La ONU hace sonar la alarma después de que se hayan comprado 30 millones de hectáreas.
In the Philippines, who is monitoring & regulating these deals? Are they violating people’s rights enshrined in our laws? Will communities succumb to vague promises of jobs & infrastructures? Will the deals really trigger economic growth?
Thai exporters are concerned about the "land-grabbing colonialism" strategy being used by developed nations such as South Korea to reap benefits from agricultural goods grown in a second country and exported to other nations.
A South Korean provincial government has leased a major plot of farmland in Mindoro to grow corn
The Philippine government hopes it can sideline land reform by leasing lands to foreign governments and corporations.
A militant legislator has expressed alarm over what he described as escalating land-lease agreements by the Philippines with other countries
A southwestern province in South Korea has leased 94,000 hectares of farmland in Mindoro to grow 10,000 tons of corn a year for feed for 25 years, a provincial government official said on Tuesday. In Manila, however, agriculture officials were caught unaware of such lease agreement
Coordinated action towards the president of the Malagasy High Authority of the Transition supporting the demands of the Malagasy people, as well as towards the president of the Republic of Korea recalling his country's extra-territorial human rights obligations in these projects.
A South Korean provincial government has leased a major plot of farmland in the central Philippines to grow corn as part of Seoul's bid for food security, officials said Thursday.
