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Hassad wraps up purchase
- The Land
- 03 May 2012
With the purchase of nearly 15,000ha of land in Jerramungup last month, the Qatar-based Hassad Food Company now owns 250,000ha of farmland in Austalia
Acaparamiento del planeta. Boletín Nº 177 del WRM
- Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques
- 03 May 2012
¡No al acaparamiento del planeta! ¡La lucha de las comunidades campesinas, indígenas y tradicionales, es la lucha por la soberanía alimentaria, la reforma agraria y la agricultura campesina, por el acceso a tierras, agua y aire!
Human rights violations and deteriorating security threaten indigenous peoples in Ethiopia
- ASO
- 03 May 2012
The attack on the Saudi Star Company has served as a pretext for a hunting down of innocent civilians and a campaign of murder, torture, harassment and intimidation in the remote corners of the country, warns Anywaa Survival.
Study on private equity in agribusiness in Southern Africa
- USAID
- 03 May 2012
The overall objective of this report is to identify potential interventions to enhance the capacity of newly created private equity funds in agriculture and/or agribusiness in Africa, especially the stimulation of technical assistance to agricultural value chains.
Land rights and the World Bank Group: Setting the record straight
- FOE
- 03 May 2012
Responding to concerns raised by Friends of the Earth International and others about the impacts of land grabbing, The World Bank claims that land lease deals in developing countries can reduce hunger and poverty, and build sustainable agriculture. The facts tell otherwise.
The facts about ZTE in DR Congo
- Rural Modernity
- 03 May 2012
With publication of the Land Matrix, the inaccurate claims of a 2.8 million ha land deal by China's ZTE in Congo are alive again. Here's a look at the facts.
Swedish aid investment resulted in land-grabbing
- Sveriges Radio
- 02 May 2012
Swedfund, the Swedish development investment company, has invested tens of millions in a company that will produce ethanol in Sierra Leone, but the local people affected by water shortages and hunger when the company took over their land. Now the inhabitants urge Sweden for help.
Focusing on land grabs in Africa
- IPS
- 02 May 2012
On the evening of April 24, following a daylong rally against large-scale land investment deals in poor nations, the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan became the venue for a 30-minute light show against land grabs in Africa.
Vill se öppenhet från Swedfund om Sierra Leone
- Sveriges Radio
- 02 May 2012
Biståndsminister Gunilla Carlsson vill att Swedfund öppet delar med sig av resultaten, när organisationen själv granskar situationen i Sierra Leone. Efter Ekots rapportering, om att biståndsorganisationens investeringar i landet orsakar vattenbrist och hunger för fattiga, ska Swedfund besöka landet och se över de investeringar som gjorts i ett etanolprojekt.
Course à la terre : Un phénomène spectaculaire de la mondialisation
- Mediasolidaire
- 02 May 2012
L’accaparement des terres : les enjeux au sud. C’était l’axe central d’un apéro thématique le 24 avril dernier dans un centre culturel de Saint-Ouen. Reportage de Radio Solidaire.
Argentina: Informe audiovisual sobre el proyecto árabe en el Chaco
- Centro Mandela
- 02 May 2012
Informe audiovisual sobre el proyecto árabe en el Chaco. Intentamos establecer otro punto de vista con respecto a los mega proyectos económicos y su impacto socioambiental.
China land grab claims 'exaggerated' - StanChart
- Agrimoney
- 02 May 2012
Claims of Chinese "land grabs" in Africa, to grow food for importing, have been overstated – for now - although "this could be a longer term motivation", Standard Chartered said.