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Call for cases on land rights and the right to food
- UNHCR
- 08 January 2010
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food launches a call for cases that illustrate the links between security of land tenure, access to land and the right to food.
Call for papers: 4th London International Oromo Workshop on the scramble for land
- gadaa.com
- 08 January 2010
A one-day workshop on the scramble for land, ‘investment’ and environmental degradation in Oromia: consequences for the future (City University London, 3 July 2010)
Land grab? The race for the world's farmland
- Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars
- 08 January 2010
This new publication marks one of the first efforts in the United States to bring together perspectives from international organizations, farmers, and investors alike about a trend often referred to as a new phase of the world food crisis.
Un mouvement spéculatif mondial : Ruée sur les terres africaines
- Le Monde Diplomatique
- 08 January 2010
L’achat massif de ces terres aux seules fins de spéculation financière porte en lui le germe du conflit, du désastre environnemental, du chaos politique et de la faim à un degré jamais connu dans le passé, écrit Joan Baxter.
The South Africa-Congo concession: Exploitation or salvation?
- Pambazuka
- 07 January 2010
The much-discussed Congo land-lease, granting 200,000 hectares to South African farmers with a further 10 million hectares in the balance, appears to mark a departure from the usual terms underpinning foreign acquisition of fertile land by multinationals
I grandi capitalisti alla conquista delle terre coltivabili dei paesi poveri
- ComeDonChisciotte
- 07 January 2010
Si impadroniscono delle risorse naturali sempre più scarse attraverso la guerra delle armi o il danaro. La scomparsa delle popolazioni in via di sviluppo a loro non importa.
Arab nations ask to set up rice processing outlets
- Bangkok Post
- 07 January 2010
Saudi Arabia and neighbours take a new tack in the quest to secure supplies of food from Thailand, this time seeking rice processing factories.
Corporate farming in Pakistan opposed
- The News
- 07 January 2010
Voicing aversion to corporate agriculture farming, speakers at a seminar on Wednesday underlined the need for taking effective steps to counter its adverse effects in Pakistan.
Chinois au Cameroun : une incompréhension foncière
- Le Messager
- 06 January 2010
Reste une inconnue : le riz produit sur ces 10 000 ha restera-t-il au Cameroun ou sera-t-il massivement exporté vers la Chine comme le craignaient au départ les gens sur place ?
The scramble for land in Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Review
- 05 January 2010
Ginbot 7 wants to send an unequivocal message to the land grabbers that any land deal that has not been agreed to by the Ethiopian people will not be honored by future elected governments.
Sime Darby takes over Guthrie for 60-year operation
- Daily Observer
- 05 January 2010
Sime Darby, which is expected to employ an estimated 22,000 Liberians over the next 10 years, will cultivate roughly 220,000 hectares of land in four counties including Gbarpolu, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount and Bong.
From the Bosphorus: Straight - A proposal to be stewed, roasted, baked or boiled
- Hurriyet
- 04 January 2010
This proposal smacks of the 18th and 19th century capitalizations of the Ottoman government that made Turkey a vassal of European powers. Thanks Mr. Korkmaz. But no thanks.
Kolonialismus oder Entwicklungschance: Der Kampf ums Essen
- Der Spiegel
- 04 January 2010
Der Spiegel video on Dominion Farms in Kenya and a Chinese farm project in Tanzania. Auf Deutsch.
Industrialization by invitation: Will it work in Ethiopia?
- Aiga Forum
- 04 January 2010
Ethiopia’s strategy of leasing farmland to foreign investors is not without critics.
Turkey to hire lands to foreign funds
- Hurriyet
- 03 January 2010
Turkey has been in talks for the past year with “three big international funds” in order to hire out agricultural lands. One of the deals will be announced very soon, the country's investment promotion agency says.