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Etiopia: rapina delle terre e deportazioni, niente di grave secondo la Ministro degli Esteri dell'UE
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 24 May 2012
La Risposta della Ashton
Foreign land grab threat not just an illusion
- Bangkok Post
- 24 May 2012
Concerns about land grabbing stem from a desire to hold the government accountable when the drive to make Thailand the Kitchen of the World ends up destroying ecological systems, small farmers' livelihoods, and our food security.
A qui profite la colonisation des sols ?
- Radio France
- 24 May 2012
Entretien avec Clara Jamart (Oxfam France), Alain Karsenty (Cirad, France) et Faliry Boly (Sexagon, Mali).
Salimos a la calle para decirles: ¡Paren! Aquí vive gente
- Canal Solidario
- 24 May 2012
Este viernes, 25 de mayo DÍA DE ÁFRICA, nos dirigimos al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación para entregar las firmas recogidas en todo el Estado en contra del acaparamiento de tierras.
UN worried by land use in Asia
- UPI
- 23 May 2012
Intensive use of land for food exports and biofuel production must not come at the expense of human rights in Southeast Asia, the United Nations warned.
STOPP LANDRAUB - Gemeinsam für Afrika
- Gemeinsam für Afrika
- 23 May 2012
Rund um den Internationalen Afrikatag am 25. Mai macht Gemeinsam für Afrika in jedem Jahr deutschlandweit mit kreativen Aktionen auf Probleme und Missstände aufmerksam.
Did TIAA-CREF just launch the future of institutional investment?
- Institutional Investor
- 23 May 2012
A pension fund(!) has seeded(!) a new company (i.e., not a fund!) that will invest its own assets as well as those of peers(!) in actual farms(!) in the developed and developing world!
Cameroon: Forests pressured as leaders welcome palm oil investors
- AlterNet
- 23 May 2012
Six foreign-owned companies are currently trying to secure over 1 million hectares (about 2.5 million acres) of land for the production of palm oil in the country's forested southern zone, according to a coalition of environmental organisations.
Mbane: Pour non affection de 4312 HA à la CSS, le président de la délégation spéciale limogé par…Aliou Sow
- PressAfrik
- 23 May 2012
Le Président de la délégation spéciale de Mbane qui avait refusé d’affecter quelque 4312ha à la CSS, pour l’extension des zones de culture de la canne à sucre, a été démis de ses fonctions et remplacé depuis hier.
Profit macht hungrig
- Kontext Wochenzeitung
- 23 May 2012
Das Geschäft mit dem Elend ist für manche deutsche Bank außerordentlich lukrativ. Allen voran als Global Player die Deutsche Bank. Aber auch die Landesbank Baden-Württemberg mischte mit, bis sie dabei ertappt wurde.
Subcomissão derruba restrições mais rígidas à venda de terras a estrangeiros
- IHU
- 23 May 2012
Empresas brasileiras com maior parte de composição acionária nas mãos de estrangeiros podem escapar da imposição atual de limitar a extensão de área na hora de adquirir terras no Brasil.
Wheat price skyrockets and wheat farmland investments stand to benefit
- Seeking Alpha
- 22 May 2012
Investment advisors point to current rise in wheat prices as one more reason to invest in farmland...