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Alimentos: el mercado falló
- La Jornada
- 01 December 2009
Los grandes "acaparamientos de tierras" en África y Asia también son signos de desconfianza en los mercados mundiales. Algunos importadores con recursos –como Arabia Saudita, Kuwait, China y Corea del Sur– han optado por cultivar alimentos en tierras que poseen o controlan en el extranjero en vez de importarlos mediante el comercio internacional. Estos países han cerrado contratos para comprar o arrendar unos 20 millones de hectáreas de la mejor tierra agrícola en países pobres.
Even Island States can make plans to improve food security
- IPS
- 01 December 2009
"Mauritius cannot depend on [Mozambique and Madagascar] for sustainable agricultural development. It’s better for us to cultivate our own land to produce more food and leave some land for future generations."
Sudan arable land attracting Arab, Asian investors
- AFP
- 01 December 2009
"I think it is not right to sell or give your land to foreigners... until you have exhausted every local possibility," said Osama Daoud, chief executive of the Sudanese DAL group which runs large agricultural projects.
Ethiopia: Zenawi on land grab policy that made farmers “cotton picking” slaves
- Gadaa.com
- 01 December 2009
Video: Mr. Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, discusses his government’s land grab policy, where the federal government has taken over millions of hectares of farmland from the States of Benishangul, Gambela and Oromia to distribute it to the so-called investors.
China’s Centre for Agricultural Technology in Mozambique opens at start of 2010 to boost productivity
- Macauhub
- 30 November 2009
According to researcher, Loro Horta, the technological centres project is the result of a growing Chinese interest in African agricultural resources.
Farmland investments and political risk - Venezuelan nationalisations
- Ag Capita
- 30 November 2009
"Foreign governments and institutional investors have only recently been moving into the space and in a very limited way and yet they have already generated considerable controversy and political backlash where they have deployed capital into the emerging markets. We believe that this will only become worse over time," says Agcapita's Stephen Johnston.
A grande dádiva de terras: Neocolonialismo por convite
- Resistir
- 30 November 2009
A construção de impérios em estilo colonial está a ter uma enorme recuperação, e a maior parte dos colonialistas são recém-chegados, a abrirem o seu caminho depois dos predadores europeus e estado-unidenses bem estabelecidos.
Renta de tierras agudizará la crisis alimentaria
- La Jornada
- 30 November 2009
Avanza en Etiopía el alquiler de grandes extensiones agrícolas a firmas indias y chinas
Wall Street fait main basse sur les terres agricoles
- La Terre
- 30 November 2009
Sous l’œil bienveillant de l’ONU, les grands noms de la finance s’accaparent des régions agricoles entières.
«La FAO a une attitude schizophrénique»
- La Terre
- 30 November 2009
Entretien. Les institutions internationales prônent un «code de conduite»pour encadrer les rachats de terres. Une solution qui n’améliorera pas le sort des pays pauvres, estime Devlin Kuyek, de l’ONG Grain.
アフリカでも進行する国際的な農地取引誰にとってのチャンスなのか(2009)
- AJF
- 30 November 2009
アフリカでも進行する国際的な農地取引誰にとってのチャンスなのか(2009)　AFJの会報より
Korea leases African land to ensure food security
- APA
- 30 November 2009
The South Korean government has realised that its 49 million people cannot, in the long term, be fed sustainably without the assistance of Africa’s abundant land resources.
AFSA urges leaders to resist massive land grabs
- Daily Monitor
- 29 November 2009
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa urged African leaders to resist the corporate industrialization of African agriculture which will result in massive land grabs, and for the issue to be raised at the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.
Guerre des terres en Afrique: la Lybie, l'Arabie Séoudite, Dubai, la Chine raflent les terres arables et irriguables
- Rénovez Maintenant 67
- 29 November 2009
Pour équilibrer leurs comptes, les fonds spéculatifs et les fonds souverains raflent des millions de terres arables et cultivables dans les Pays ACP (Afrique, Caraïbes, Pacifique) et dans les PED (Pays En Développement).
Alimentación: hacia un nuevo colonialismo
- La Jornada
- 29 November 2009
La extensión de lo que ha sido calificado por el director de la FAO, Jacques Diouf, como un "sistema neocolonial", constituye el avance de un peldaño en la aplicación de la visión global de libre mercado que ha prevalecido en las últimas décadas en la política alimentaria mundial, la cual convierte las necesidades alimentarias de la población en una inmensa oportunidad de negocios privados.