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Destroying local livelihoods with Mifee
- Jakarta Globe
- 20 January 2013
“We don’t want to work for palm oil companies, we want our forest back,” says Christianus Ungkujay
Bárcenas y otro ex tesorero del PP poseen un latifundio al norte de Argentina
- El Mundo
- 20 January 2013
La conexión del dinero supuestamente 'negro' del PP con Argentina es 'vox pópuli' en el país sudamericano desde 1990. Aquel año saltó la noticia de que el valenciano Ángel Sanchís, en ese momento tesorero del partido, poseía un latifundio de 30.000 hectáreas en la provincia de Salta, al norte del país y justo en la frontera con Bolivia.
Entrevista a Vicent Boix, autor del libro "Piratas y pateras. El acaparamiento de tierras en África"
- Kaosenlared
- 19 January 2013
La tierra es el último eslabón que tienen por controlar teniendo en cuenta que ciertos eslabones de la cadena alimentaria exportadora ya están acaparados por multinacionales (semillas, intermediación, etc)
Responsible investment in the food and agriculture sectors – Key factor for food security and rural development
- GFFA
- 19 January 2013
Ministers' Communiqué from the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture – Berlin, January 19th 2013
Rwanda seeks land reforms
- East African
- 18 January 2013
Foreigners will not be allowed to lease land for a period exceeding 49 years and those who fail to put their land to use will face stiff penalties, which include repossession.
Global Grain Stocks Drop Dangerously Low as 2012 Consumption Exceeded Production
- 17 January 2013
The world produced 2,241 million tons of grain in 2012, down 75 million tons or 3 percent from the 2011 record harvest. The drop was largely because of droughts that devastated several major crops—namely corn in the United States (the world’s largest crop) and wheat in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Australia. Each of these countries also is an important exporter.
Rafael Alegría advierte que continuarán conflictos agrarios en el Aguán
- Proceso Digital
- 17 January 2013
El dirigente de la organización Vía Campesina, Rafael Alegría, aseguró que continuarán los conflictos agrarios, las movilizaciones y recuperaciones de tierra en el Bajo Aguán.
Ética y agricultura
- Los Tiempos
- 16 January 2013
¿Por qué la compra de órganos es objeto de condena internacional y la de tierras agrícolas no lo es, aún cuando supone la expulsión de los terratenientes locales y la producción de alimentos para exportación a países ricos y no para el consumo local?
Argentine farm sales raise questions of land speculation by Soros
- CorpWatch
- 16 January 2013
Hedge fund billionaire George Soros made a fortune betting against the British pound in 1992 and was accused of doing the same against the Thai baht and the Malaysian ringitt in 1997. Today Soros is making a killing buying and selling farmland in South America.
Plaidoyer des femmes rurales pour un accès équitable à la terre
- APA
- 15 January 2013
Des femmes rurales du Sénégal affiliées à plusieurs structures agricoles ont plaidé, mardi à Diender (Thiès), pour leur accès aux terres et la fin de la spéculation foncière.
Cambodia: Protesting Land-grabbing, "Gangnam Style"
- Cultural Survival
- 15 January 2013
Cambodian human rights activists showed once again that they are on cutting edge of pop culture by performing a choreographed dance to a land rights themed version of the viral video "Gangnam Style" in Phnom Penn.
Hidden billionaire milking Saudi dairy fortune in desert
- Bloomberg
- 15 January 2013
Almarai’s ownership of dairies, processing plants and a distribution system makes it more profitable than its peers. The operation’s earnings before interest and taxes margin is at least 30 percent bigger than Danone, Nestle and Savola.