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To be expected: Faulty land matrix database goes academic…
- Oil for Food
- 11 February 2013
The continuous hyping of large and unverified figures does a disservice to the important issues that are at stake.
Land grabbing in a forgotten country – MIFEE-affected villager visits Netherlands
- Awas MIfee
- 11 February 2013
‘Feed Indonesia, then feed the world’. Backed by this slogan Indonesia companies, and companies from South Korea, China and Singapore as well, are buying land in the Indonesian province of West Papua in order to grow crops.
Diatribas de Mujica en contra de la “plaga financiera” levantan fuerte polvareda internacional y derivan hacia medidas contra extranjerización de la tierra en Uruguay
- La Red 21
- 11 February 2013
Retomó impulso la coordinación entre legisladores del Frente Amplio y el Ejecutivo para impulsar una iniciativa que procure frenar la extranjerización y concentración de la tierra.
Gestion des terres en Afrique. Bolloré répond aux accusations
- Reuters
- 08 February 2013
Le groupe Bolloré a tenu à réagir à l’article intitulé « Une filiale de Bolloré épinglée pour sa gestion des terres en Afrique », dans lequel une de ses filiales est mise en cause.
Ethiopians 'driven out in land grabs'
- UPI
- 08 February 2013
Thousands of Ethiopians are being driven off their ancestral land that the government's selling without their consent to foreign investors buying up vast swathes of farmland, a U.S. watchdog reports.
Agricultural investment opportunities, best practices and innovations define CMT’s 3rd Commercial Farm Africa Summit
- Business Wire
- 08 February 2013
Speakers to include reps from IFC, Phatisa, AAF, Ruchi Soya, Vita Rice, Swiss Re, ECOWAS, and the Government of Ghana.
Investment in agriculture sector sought
- Arab News
- 08 February 2013
He said the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority and Finance Ministry would sign agreements with foreign countries to ensure investment security of Saudis.
Large-scale land acquisitions and food security
- DFID
- 08 February 2013
Report prepared for DFID considers the impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on local food insecurity and malnutrition levels.
Accaparement des terres?
- La Terre
- 08 February 2013
Il n’y a pas de phénomène d’accaparement des terres agricoles au Québec, conclut l’étude du Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations (CIRANO)
Los Estados más frágiles, en el punto de mira de los inversores en tierras
- OXFAM - CRECE
- 07 February 2013
Con motivo del día internacional contra el acaparamiento de tierras, Oxfam publica hoy un nuevo informe de análisis en el que advierte de que los países con los Gobiernos más frágiles del mundo están en el punto de mira de los inversores en tierras.
Investir dans les terres agricoles a des conséquences, avise l'UPA
- La Presse
- 07 February 2013
Les gestionnaires de fonds de retraite ont soif de revenus, et les terres agricoles, qui ont connu une hausse de valeur de 400 % en 20 ans, apparaissent fort alléchantes. Mais attention, de tels investissements ne sont pas sans conséquence, avertit l'Union des producteurs agricoles au Québec.
Government invests in Sudan farming plan
- Today's Zaman
- 07 February 2013
The Turkish Ministry of Food and Animal Husbandry purchased 5,000 square kilometers of farmland in the country's fertile south, where it secured land rights for the next 99 years