US, UAE firms eye Zambian farming land
- Reuters
- 12 June 2009
Companies from the US and the UAE are interested in establishing large farms in Zambia to grow sugar and grains, the country's agriculture minister said
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Farmland investing: the quiet land grab is just beginning
- The Market Oracle
- 12 June 2009
An investor analysis of the case for buying up farmland
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Piqûre de rappel - Les nouvelles haciendas
- Le Soleil
- 12 June 2009
Cette ruée vers l’or vert en Afrique inquiète la plupart des paysans du continent, car ils ont peur d’être dépossédés de leurs terres pour aller grossir les bataillons des ouvriers agricoles.
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Interview: UN expert wants "land grab" rules to avert backlash
- Reuters
- 11 June 2009
De Schutter said that instead of ceding millions of hectares to foreign investors, by sale or on long-term leases, the possibility of contract farming should be explored.
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Thai sugar grower gets 10,000 hectare land concession
- Vietiane Times
- 11 June 2009
The Government of Laos has granted a major Thai investor a 10,000 ha concession in two central provinces of Laos to grow sugarcane.
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Human rights principles to discipline “land grabbing”
- UN Special Rapporteur Right to Food
- 11 June 2009
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food issued today a call to consider as a minimum a set of 11 human rights principles in the elaboration of transnational large-scale land acquisitions and leases
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Africa: Breadbasket development key to achieving African food security
- AGRA
- 11 June 2009
"The rush for land by outside players is more proof of the enormous potential of African agriculture. Africa itself must harness this potential," Kofi Annan says
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L’accaparement des terres africaines : « opportunité de développement » ou néocolonialisme foncier ?
- Basta !
- 10 June 2009
Bien étrange rapport que celui de la FAO sur l’accaparement des terres en Afrique. D’un côté les commanditaires demandent que les populations locales soient consultées et que les droits des paysans soient pris en compte. Mais de l’autre, les chercheurs refusent de parler d’accaparement et dénoncent « un certain nombre de préjugés erronés diffusés par les médias sur ce qu’on a appelé l’accaparement des terres. ».
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Topraktan 20 milyar dolar çıkacak
- CBNC-e
- 10 June 2009
Suudi tarım şirketi Planet Food World, Türkiye'de 20 milyar dolar yatırımla 5 yılda 20 bin modüler organik çiftlik kuracak.
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« Nous allons vers de nouvelles crises alimentaires »
- L'Humanité
- 10 June 2009
Un an après la conférence de la FAO, aucun progrès n’a été fait sur le phénomène actuel d’acquisition de terres agricoles à grande échelle dans les pays en développement
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Asia: Land grabs threaten food security
- IRIN
- 10 June 2009
Sam Pov, a rice farmer in Cambodia’s western Battambang Province, is very worried that his land will be taken over by a foreign investor.
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Betting the farm
- Fortune/CNN
- 10 June 2009
As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that's what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe.
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