Agricultural land investment Ukraine

• YouTube
• 14 November 2009

Land investments in Ukraine agriculture

CHINA-ÁFRICA: Entre el altruismo y la hegemonía

• Costa Rica Hoy
• 13 November 2009

China se comprometió a hacer todo lo posible para ayudar a los países de África a superar la pobreza y a combatir amenazas como el cambio climático, pero es acusada de querer despojar a ese continente de sus recursos naturales.

Irã quer investir em agricultura no Brasil

• Yahoo
• 13 November 2009

O embaixador do Irã no Brasil, Mohsen Shaterzadeh, confirmou hoje que seu país está interessado em impulsionar investimentos de empresas iranianas no setor agrícola brasileiro. Em entrevista coletiva, em Brasília, ele disse que essa é uma das 15 áreas de cooperação que o presidente iraniano, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, pretende estimular a partir de sua visita oficial ao Brasil, no próximo dia 23

Campesinos y movimientos sociales dicen no al acaparamiento de tierra

• Via Campesina & GRAIN
• 13 November 2009

Del 13 al 17 de noviembre de 2009, representantes de organizaciones campesinas y movimientos sociales que han participado directamente en la lucha contra esta nueva ola de apropiación global de tierras, confluirán en Roma.

Les paysans et les mouvements sociaux disent non à l'accaparement des terres

• Via Campesina & GRAIN
• 13 November 2009

Du 13 au 17 novembre 2009, des représentants des organisations paysannes et des mouvements sociaux qui sont directement impliqués dans les luttes contre cette nouvelle vague d’accaparement des terres seront à Rome.

Farmers and social movements say no to land grabbing

• Via Campesina & GRAIN
• 13 November 2009

From 13-17 November 2009, representatives from peasant organisations and social movements that have been directly involved in struggles against this new wave of global land grabbing will be in Rome.

The new phenomenon of land grabbing in Africa and its impact on livelihoods and ecosystems

• UNU-IAS
• 13 November 2009

A look at land grabbing in Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea with a particular focus on pastoral and peasant farming communities, by Dr. Zeremariam Fre

BrasilAgro to invest $100 million in Brazil farmland expansion

• Bloomberg
• 12 November 2009

BrazilAgro owns close to 200,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil, said Elsztain. Cresud Sacifya, the biggest farmland owner in Argentina, holds 22.89 percent of BrasilAgro and operates the company.

EXCLUSIVE-New Gulf fund to target Africa, E.Europe farmland

• Reuters
• 12 November 2009

A private sector fund worth $350 million plans to launch by the end of the year in the Gulf, with the aim of acquiring farmland in Romania, Moldova and Tanzania

SPECIAL REPORT-Is Africa selling out its farmers?

• Reuters
• 12 November 2009

Many small Ethopian farmers do not share their leaders' enthusiasm for leasing off farmland to foreign investors

Up for grabs: Deforestation and exploitation in Papua’s plantations boom

• EIA
• 11 November 2009

The planned expansion of plantations in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia should be immediately suspended and reviewed amid concerns over massive deforestation and widespread exploitation of local communities, environmentalists warned today.

Mozambique: China's Farming Ambitions Take Shape

• SciDev.net
• 11 November 2009

Is Africa's land up for grabs? [EN, FR, DE]

• Modern Ghana
• 11 November 2009

“Governments are sitting on a box of dynamite,” Namanga Ngoni, president of AGRA, initiated by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, told the media.

UAE firm to lease farmland in Iraq - official

• Reuters
• 11 November 2009

"Agriculture companies from Germany and the United States have also shown interest in developing a project in Iraq, but nothing is final yet," said Sami R Al Araji, the chairman of Iraq's National Investment Commission

Los grandes capitalistas a la conquista de tierras de cultivo de países pobres

• Kaos en la Red
• 10 November 2009

Los capitalistas conquistan los recursos de la naturaleza mundial mediante la guerra o la compra.