I am worried. A consensus is emerging among international institutions about the need to guide investment in agriculture. But at the same time, many civil society groups and farmers’ organisations, including the most representative among them, denounce ‘land-grabbing’.
The fund aims to deliver long-term returns by investing in agribusiness companies (those involved in the production, processing, distribution and marketing of agricultural products).
- Professional Adviser
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26 April 2010
"Future agriculture hectares for Saudi Arabia will be outside of the country," says president of agricultural services company ARASCO.
- Global Arab Network
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26 April 2010
New report by Oakland Institute exposes the role of the World Bank’s private sector branch, International Finance Corporation, in fueling land grabs.
- Oakland Institute
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26 April 2010
We, the peasants and small farmers of the world, do not need agribusiness and international investment schemes to eat.
Chinese investors to open 1,000 hectares of rice fields in Tommo subdistrict, Mamuju regency, West Sulawesi province, Indonesia
UNCTAD's Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission met and discussed the current land grabbing trend on 26 April 2010.
Quieren reglamentar reparto de tierras de los países ricos en las naciones pobres.
"Here’s what I’m sure of: these deals will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, creating clear winners who benefit while the losers are denied their livelihoods."
- Oakland Institute
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26 April 2010
Setzen Sie gemeinsam mit INKOTA ein Zeichen gegen den Ausverkauf von Land.
The Agricultural Stance Coalition has rejected the government’s plan to establish a food estate in Merauke, Papua. According to them, the plan sounds reckless and letting the people of Indonesia become slaves in their own country.
The UAE will set up a strategic food stock as part of a food security strategy that includes aquiring farmland in African and Asian countries