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African farms in corporate cross hairs
- UPI
- 22 November 2011
Myriad small farmers in Africa are being set up to fail by multinational corporations that end up assuming their land, a Canadian professor says.
The agricultural land owned by foreigners in Romania, 700,000-plus ha
- RNA
- 22 November 2011
Foreigners currently have more than 700,000 ha of agricultural land in Romania, representing 8.5 percent of the arable land of the country, says Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Interview with Thomas Ouana, from Mali against land grabbing
- Radio Mundo Real
- 21 November 2011
The International Peasant Conference taking place in Mali against land grabbing aims to build a concrete action plan to stop this phenomenon, said Thomas Ouana, from the National Union of Mozambican Peasant Farmers (UNAC) in an interview with Real World Radio.
Lack of coordination blamed for land grab
- Guardian
- 21 November 2011
Lack of coordination between land different authorities has been cited as among the factors contributing to land grab in Tanzania.
Movements unite in Mali, confronting powerful interests : “We are decolonizing Africa here”
- Via Campesina
- 20 November 2011
Peasant movements concur that in the absence of control over their lands, real food sovereignty is impossible.
Brazil plans stricter land purchase rules - report
- Reuters
- 19 November 2011
Brazil's government is working on a new rule to further limit the purchase of farm land by foreigners, arguing that the current legislation has been "insufficient".
Farmers mobilise to find solutions against land grabbing
- Via Campesina
- 17 November 2011
More than 250 participants from thirty different countries gather in Mali for the first International farmers’ conference to stop land grabbing.
Opportunities and risks of large scale investments in land and irrigation schemes
- FAO
- 17 November 2011
"Hot issue" session organsied by the FAO at the Bonn 2011 Nexus Conference focuses on ways and means to make large-scale land lease and acquisitions work for food security
Investigation reveals that land grabbing in Mali threatens the Niger River and the lives of millions of West Africans
- CNOP/Via Campesina/OI
- 17 November 2011
Report analyses the current trend of agricultural land investments in Mali, revealing that by the end of 2010 at least 544,567 hectares of fertile land have been leased or were under negotiation for lease in Mali.
Activists confront US investors over Tanzanian land deal
- VOA
- 17 November 2011
A fierce debate is currently taking place concerning huge tracts of Tanzanian land which U.S. investors are seeking to develop. Tens of thousands of former refugees now farm the land.
Foreign investment in Mali's arable land jumps by 60%
- Guardian
- 17 November 2011
Report says largescale foreign agri-investment offers 'few solutions to the poverty and hunger plaguing the country'
Karuturi Global earnings conference call
- KGL Investors
- 17 November 2011
Minutes from the Karuturi Global Limited Q2 FY2012 results conference call.