Olivier De Schutter: “Principles for responsible investment in agriculture”
    I am worried. A consensus is emerging among international institutions about the need to guide investment in agriculture. But at the same time, many civil society groups and farmers’ organisations, including the most representative among them, denounce ‘land-grabbing’.
    • UNCTAD
    • 26 April 2010
    (Mis)investment in agriculture: The role of the International Finance Corporation in the global land grab
    New report by Oakland Institute exposes the role of the World Bank’s private sector branch, International Finance Corporation, in fueling land grabs.
    • Oakland Institute
    • 26 April 2010
    US farmer speaks out about World Bank land grab principles
    We, the peasants and small farmers of the world, do not need agribusiness and international investment schemes to eat.
    • NFFC
    • 26 April 2010
    US remarks: Roundtable on Responsible Agricultural Investment
    We need to hear the results of research and case studies done by FAO, UNCTAD, IFAD and the World Bank, so we can respond as governments and organizations based on solid information and not hearsay.
    • US State Dept
    • 25 April 2010
    Denuncian que el Banco Mundial promueve acaparamiento de tierra
    Más de cien organizaciones de todo el mundo exigen frenar la ola de acaparamiento de tierras de inversionistas oficiales y privados que se están apoderando de millones de hectáreas de cultivos de comunidades rurales de África, Asia y América Latina.
    • La Jornada
    • 25 April 2010
    Statement by Qatar to Roundtable on Responsible Agricultural Investments
    An equitable shared-benefits agreement can best provide the basis for responsible and sustainable agricultural development, especially in currently cultivated land areas where the yield gaps are large.
    • IIASA
    • 25 April 2010
    Pour un arrêt immédiat de l'accaparement des terres de nos aïeux !
    La ruée sur les meilleures terres est une réalité au Benin. Pour nous, OPs et OSC, les principes de la Banque Mondiale sont un écran de fumée pour tenter de la légitimer.
    • Synergie Paysanne
    • 24 April 2010
    Women farmers, peasant movements and land grabbers
    On Earth Day plus one, we need to ask: what can stop this speculative juggernaut? And how can we support the rural farm communities – half of our humankind – who are fighting for sustainable food production.
    • Global Policy Forum
    • 23 April 2010
    Bruxelles : Appel à manifester
    Des paysans et des organisations de la société civile, en Belgique comme ailleurs, demandent à la Banque mondiale de ne pas cautionner l’accaparement des terres
    • FUGEA-Info
    • 23 April 2010
    Stop land grabbing now!
    The World Bank's principles, which would be entirely voluntary, aim to distract from the fact that today's global food crisis, marked by more than 1 billion people going hungry each day, will not be solved by large scale industrial agriculture, which virtually all of these land acquisitions aim to promote.
    • La Via Campesina-FIAN-LRAN-GRAIN
    • 22 April 2010
    Pour un arrêt immédiat de l'accaparement de terres !!
    Les principes de la Banque mondiale, qui seraient totalement volontaires, visent à détourner notre attention du fait que la crise alimentaire actuelle, marquée par un milliard de personnes en manque de nourriture, ne sera pas resolue par l'agriculture industrielle à grande échelle, ce que toutes ces acquisitions foncières cherchent à promouvoir.
    • La Via Campesina-FIAN-LRAN-GRAIN
    • 22 April 2010
    ¡¡Detengamos de inmediato el acaparamiento de tierras!!
    Los principios del BM, que serían totalmente voluntarios, intentan distraer del hecho de que la crisis alimentaria global de hoy en día con la cifra récord de más de mil millones de personas sufriendo hambre, no será resuelta por la agricultura industrial a gran escala que van a aplicar prácticamente todos los inversionistas que están adquiriendo tierra.
    • La Via Campesina-FIAN-LRAN-GRAIN
    • 22 April 2010

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