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Land grabbing in Africa: global resource scarcity and competition for survival
- SIANI
- 18 October 2011
Workshop at Uppsala University, Sweden, on 21 October 2011
UN wants to send Special Rapporteur to Indonesia to investigate MIFEE
- West Papua Media Alerts
- 17 October 2011
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights is being invited to visit Indonesia in connection with MIFEE, the Merauke Integrated Energy and Food Project in West Papua, a mega-project of 1.6m ha for agri-business purposes.
Act now: Stop imminent land grab that threatens more than 162,000 people in Tanzania
- Oakland Institute
- 17 October 2011
This is a call to action to stop imminent land grabs in Tanzania
Land grabs: Threat or opportunity?
- Al Jazeera
- 17 October 2011
With 75% of the world's population making their living from farming, buying land in foreign countries to feed your country's growing population is not always welcome by the locals. Are land grabs good business or is it morally questionable?
Food prices, land grabbing in focus at UN talks in Rome
- AFP
- 17 October 2011
Global food price volatility will be the focus of World Food Day celebrations in Rome on Monday which will also address the issue of massive farmland purchases by rich countries in the developing world
Karuturistan, Ethiopia: The fire next time?
- Nazret
- 17 October 2011
For Gambellans who live as pastoralist and subsistence farmers, massive dispossession and auctioning off their land for pennies will inevitably destroy the very fabric of their society and way of life and threaten them with extinction.
Tanzania: Don't fear investors, residents urged
- The Guardian
- 17 October 2011
Mwanza regional commissioner Evarist Ndikilo has advised Kilombero district residents in Morogoro region not to fear investors as they boost development in the district.
Structural change in commodity markets: private financial sector investment in agriculture
- OECD
- 17 October 2011
Report by HighQuest Partners for the OECD, October 2011, features 6 case studies of land grabbers: Agrica, CalyxAgro, Cazanae, Jantzen, NFD Agro and Quifel
UN body delays efforts to regulate "land grabs"
- Reuters
- 17 October 2011
A U.N. intergovernmental body on food security has failed to adopt international guidelines on land governance, delaying efforts to regulate so-called land-grabbing as investors race to snap up agricultural land.
Hassad plans overseas investments
- Gulf Times
- 15 October 2011
Hassad Food Company is keen to secure food supplies for Qatar at reasonable prices through local and international investments in various countries, according to an article in the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry memorial book ‘40 Years of Excellence and Achievement.’
Gilo River set up for Turkish company to engage in cotton production
- Voice of Gambella
- 15 October 2011
The Ministry of Agriculture has signed a 23.7 million Br land lease contract with Toren Agri Plc, a Turkish company, for large scale production of cotton at its head quarters at Asmera road
PAP debates reports on land grabbing, climate change, and the situation in Libya and Tunisia
- APO
- 14 October 2011
Pan-African Parliament calls for a moratorium on large-scale land acquisitions.