China, the world's most populous country and biggest consumer of grain, should expand its farming overseas to ensure enough food for its people because of limited land and low productivity at home, agriculture experts said on Wednesday.
Governments in the global south are claiming farmland is 'empty' and 'unused' – and flogging it off to foreigners who promise investment. The June summit in Rio needs to call a halt to this.
Emission de RFI avec Ibrahima Coulibaly, président de la Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali et membre du comité de coordination internationale de La Via Campesina, Ousmane Badiane, directeur pour l’Afrique à IFPRI et Mathieu Boche, doctorant au CIRAD, spécialisé sur les questions de propriété foncière.
"We, the women of Senegal, with the other women of the world, demand that the State put an end to land grabbing and regain control over spoilated lands since land must belong to those who work it in order to feed themselves and the country"
"El Acaparamiento de tierras es una violación del derecho internacional de derechos humanos", declara Sofia Monsalve de FIAN Internacional.
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Este informe analiza las principales amenazas a la Soberanía Alimentaria en África y recoge tres estudios de caso investigados por Veterinarios Sin Fronteras en tres países africanos
¡Una edición especial del Boletín Nyéléni sobre acaparamiento de tierras está ahora en línea!
La soberanía alimentaria de los pueblos enfrenta un nuevo enemigo: el acaparamiento de vastas extensiones de tierras agrícolas
Wilmar acquires three new plantations for 19,712 hectares in Nigeria's Cross River State.
When University of Texas professor John Doggett spoke at the Governor's Ag Conference in Nebraska, he stirred up echoes of an issue that has been largely dormant in America for the past few years, but one that he said will soon return.
On April 17th, Berlin based INKOTA activists gathered in front of Deutsche Bank on Friedrichstraße dressed as bankers and ready to dig into an oversized cake representing the African continent.
En partenariat avec le site d’informations Basta !, les Amis de la Terre publient aujourd’hui un rapport d’investigation qui porte sur les agissements de la compagnie malaisienne Sime Darby au Libéria.