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Les terres de Sierra Leone : Ruée sur l'or vert
- RFI
- 11 Mar 2011
Reportage de Mehdi Meddeb
Hard struggle: Challenges of the peasant struggle in Mozambique
- Real World Radio
- 11 February 2011
Land grabbing in Mozambique by transnational corporations, that hire rural workers who are not able to access lands to produce, is one of the issues that concern peasants of that country the most.
The 21st century goldrush – African arable land grabs
- Guardian
- 28 January 2011
Lester Brown from the Earth Policy Institute reveals how rich countries worried about their future food supplies – along with investment banks – are buying up arable land in Africa, yet are failing to deliver any benefits to local people.
Guardian Focus Podcast: Land grabs in Africa
- Guardian
- 28 January 2011
With climate change and rising demand for biofuels pushing up food prices, rich countries are increasingly looking for land in poorer nations to feed themselves. But is this at the expense of the host country?
Talk point: Land grabs
- Guardian
- 26 January 2011
In this month's Global development podcast, the Guardian looks at land grabs, explores why they are happening, considers their implications and examines what – if anything – can be done to ensure large-scale agricultural investments are used for local development.
Has Cambodia become a country for sale?
- BBC
- 13 January 2011
Around 15% of Cambodian land has been signed over to private companies, a third of them foreign, using leases under which they promise to develop the plots and provide jobs.
L'accaparement des terres agricoles en Afrique de l'Ouest
- RCI
- 10 January 2011
Depuis quelques années, des intérêts étrangers tentent de racheter de grandes quantités de terres agricoles en Afrique de l'ouest. Emission sur RCI.
Land grab fears for Ethiopian rural communities
- BBC
- 15 December 2010
A controversial new farms policy has led to a number of arrests and the killings of 10 local farmers, say local activists.
Land deals of wealthy nations
- PRI
- 24 November 2010
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ruth Meinzen-Dick, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, about the downside of land deals between countries.
Mali helps Libya with leased farmland
- PRI
- 24 November 2010
The farner’s union claims that the Malibya deal was done behind closed doors and then presented as a fait accompli, a deal that effectively hands over control of Mali’s main rice growing region to a foreign power.
Inquiétude des paysans maliens sur la question des terres
- RFI
- 22 November 2010
Les paysans maliens sont inquiets de l'accaparement des terres par de grandes sociétés maliennes ou internationales. Pour le dénoncer, 2 000 cultivateurs se sont réunis ce week-end dans la ville de Kolongo au nord-est de Mopti, à l'appel des syndicats paysans.
Abou Dabi future place de négoce internationale
- RFI
- 21 November 2010
Abou Dabi, qui a des vues sur des terres agricoles en Irak, vient de créer une nouvelle structure, ADS pour «Abu Dhabi Sources».