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Acaparando rosas
- Palabre-ando
- 24 April 2013
Actualmente una de cada nueve rosas llegan de una única multinacional de la flor cortada, la hindú Karuturi Global Ltd, que en sus viveros de Etiopía y Kenya produce 580 millones de flores anualmente.
Mysterious lake threatens Ethiopian sugar ambitions
- Bloomberg
- 24 April 2013
Authorities have attributed the growth of a saline lake to irrigation runoff, including that from a company bought this year from the government by Horizon Plantations, a venture majority owned by Mohamed al- Amoudi, the largest single investor in Ethiopia.
On shaky ground: Risks in land investments
- Shareaction & FOE
- 24 April 2013
The briefing suggests a series of questions for asset owners to pose when considering a land investment either directly or via a shareholding to enable them to make an informed risk assessment.
Des paysans roumains unis contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles
- Le Figaro
- 24 April 2013
Des paysans d'Ecoruralis dénoncent la mainmise des sociétés multinationales sur près d'un million de terres arables, soit 6% des superficies cultivables roumaines.
Le ministre de l’agriculture à l’Office du Niger : Des grands travaux en cours pour l’atteinte de la souveraineté alimentaire
- L'Indépendant
- 23 April 2013
Le ministre de l’agriculture du Mali a visité les réalisations du projet Malibya. Les travaux sont arrêtés en attendant la reprise que les responsables de l’Office du Niger espèrent de tous leurs vœux.
Colombia: Declaración final del Congreso para la paz
- Prensa Rural
- 23 April 2013
Seguiremos luchando por la suspensión de las concesiones de territorios a empresas transnacionales. Seguiremos expulsando a esas compañías de nuestras regiones. Buscaremos derogar las normas que legalizan el despojo y que amenazan la vida y la permanencia en los territorios.
Ethiopians stormed World Bank in Washington DC
- Daily Independent
- 23 April 2013
Ethiopians stormed the 17th Street Office complex of the World Bank in Washington DC, protesting the bank’s alleged support for land grab and ethnic cleansing by President Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Good grab, bad grab
- The Water Channel
- 23 April 2013
With the large and sometimes overexposed attention for land grabbing in Africa, good examples tend to be forgotten
Encouraging pension funds to divest from land grabbing activities
- Blue & Green Tomorrow
- 22 April 2013
Friends of the Earth is running an ethical pension campaign to encourage investors to ask their providers if they invest in land grabbing activities. Emma Websdale spoke with campaigner Kirtana Chandrasekaran to discuss why it is such an important issue.
UK company defends wheat project claims
- The Land
- 22 April 2013
Capital Alternatives, which offers investments ranging from holdings in African agriculture to pop memorabilia, claims it can generate returns of more than 20% over five years on West Australian wheat farms.
¿De quién es la tierra?
- El Diario
- 22 April 2013
La agricultura familiar lucha en todo el mundo por sobrevivir en medio de una gran competición por los recursos naturales.
Swedish buffer fund AP2 under scrutiny from NGO over Brazilian farmland investments
- Responsible Investor
- 22 April 2013
Sweden’s SEK227.3bn (€26.7bn) state buffer fund Andra AP-fonden (AP2) has been accused of a lack of transparency and snapping up cheap agricultural land in Brazil by campaign group Swedwatch. AP2 denies the allegations.
Karuturi : une litanie de problèmes
- TJN et al
- 22 April 2013
Karuturi Global Limited, société holding de droit indien et dont le siège est situé à Bangalore, peut se retrouver sous la loupe de l'administration fiscale du Kenya pour fraude fiscale, mais les plaintes déposées contre elle vont plus loin.
Ghana: Stop foreigners from taking over our lands - Varsity registrar pleads
- Ghana Web
- 22 April 2013
The Registrar of the Knutsford University College has filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking to compel the government to take action to prevent foreigners from taking over the lands of Ghana.
Find out more about landgrabbing on our doorsteps
- ARC2020
- 22 April 2013
ARC2020 is organising a 10-day EU-wide Speakers’ Tour on Landgrabbing in Romania from 21-30 April