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Land grab: The race for the world's farmland
- The Independent (UK)
- 03 May 2009
Neo-colonialists are buying up agricultural land in Africa – and local farmers could be crushed unless there are international rules to protect them.
Food security in the Caribbean
- Trinidad Express
- 02 May 2009
The Caribbean is still struggling to develop a new agricultural model. While small scale agriculture and land ownership continues to have a deep rooted and emotional appeal, large scale farming with its echo of servitude–in the Anglophone Caribbean at least–remains far from attractive.
Saudi Arabia eyes agricultural investments in RP
- abs-cbnNews.com
- 01 May 2009
A delegation from Saudi Arabia is set to arrive in Manila next week to explore possible investments in the country's farm sector
Seminar on the global land grab and human rights
- 3D Three
- 01 May 2009
The Global Land Grab: A Human Rights Approach seminar will analyze the global land grab through a human rights lens, assessing the trade and investment agreements that are enabling the trend, as well as its likely effects on small farmers, indigenous peoples and food sovereignty.
Selling farms to foreigners: Question of profit or loss
- The Straits Times
- 01 May 2009
Rattled by last year's food price crisis, governments and corporations have signed a slew of deals to lease or buy arable land in cash-strapped nations, mainly in Africa and Southeast Asia.
We need our own stimulus package
- Africa Investor
- 01 May 2009
The Ernst & Young office in Addis is currently advising several investors from the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, who are investing tens of millions of dollars in the agro industry in Ethiopia.
Souveraineté alimentaire: Les futurs députés européens interpellés sur les questions agricoles
- Basta !
- 30 April 2009
Abandonner les agrocaburants, soutenir l’agriculture familiale plutôt que l’agro-business, empêcher des fonds spéculatifs de s’acaparer des terres, relocaliser la production alimentaire… Telles sont quelques-unes des doléances de la Confédération paysanne et d’associations de solidarité internationale auprès des futurs députés européens.
Bidwells to speak at Washington 'land grab' conference
- Land Gazette
- 30 April 2009
'Land Grab: The Race for the World's Farmland' is the title of the conference, focusing on the recent race to secure large areas of arable farmland around the world.
Food scare sparks Third World land rush
- Reuters
- 30 April 2009
The International Food Policy Research Institute said 15 million to 20 million hectares of farmland in poor nations were sold since 2006, or were under negotiation for sale to foreign entities.
Angola invests in agricultural revival
- Reuters
- 30 April 2009
The Angolan government plans to invest $1 billion in 2009 in the farming sector and welcome in U.S. Chiquita Brands International Inc to its banana industry. Other foreign companies and countries, including China have also said they plan to invest millions of dollars in the war-shattered nation’s coffee, sugar, cassava and palm oil industries.
Jarch doubles its Sudanese empire
- The Hidden Paw
- 29 April 2009
Although it slipped past the world’s media, in mid-April it emerged that Jarch Capital had doubled its landholdings in Southern Sudan. That takes the acreage owned by Phillippe Heilberg and chums to a massive 800,000 hectares, or 3,000 square miles, which the firm claims will become a gigantic agricultural plantation.
Giusti quiere limitar el derecho a extranjeros para adquirir tierras
- Diario de Madryn
- 29 April 2009
El diez por ciento del territorio argentino está en posesión de extranjeros, lo que constituye alrededor de 300 mil kilómetros cuadrados, según un estudio realizado por la Federación Agraria Argentina en el año 2007.