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Palm oil is coming home to Africa
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 30 October 2012
Olam is working closely with the Government of Gabon where it has developed the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil New Planting Procedure in Africa.
A corrida estrangeira pela terra brasileira. Entrevista especial com Maíra Martins
- IHU
- 30 October 2012
“Apesar de pequenos agricultores produzirem quase a metade dos alimentos no mundo, eles constituem a população mais fragilizada, em situação de miséria e fome, cuja ausência de titularidade ou posse da terra os torna mais vulneráveis”, constata a socióloga.
El 'acaparamiento de océanos’ representa una amenaza tan seria como el ‘acaparamiento de tierras’
- Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho a la Alimentación
- 30 October 2012
El Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre el derecho a la alimentación, Olivier De Schutter, advirtió hoy sobre la amenaza que el ‘acaparamiento de los océanos’ representa para la seguridad alimentaria.
Avec les accords fonciers en Afrique, on se croirait au Far West – Il faut appeler le shérif, dit la FAO
- The Guardian
- 29 October 2012
José Graziano da Silva, directeur-général de la FAO, a admis qu’il était impossible d’empêcher les gros investisseurs d’acheter de la terre, mais que les transactions menées dans les pays pauvres devaient être encadrées.
Les paysans éthiopiens pleurent leur terre volée
- Terra Eco
- 29 October 2012
Photographe italien, Alfredo Bini livre son regard sur l’accaparement des terres éthiopiennes par les pays de la péninsule arabique, qui veulent sécuriser leurs approvisionnements en ressources alimentaires.
Argentina seeks Arab agriculture investment
- Nuqudy
- 29 October 2012
Argentinian Agriculture Minister Norberto Yauhar met last week with Saudi Ambassador Turki M.A. Al Madi to discuss investments that the Kingdom is considering in Argentina, particularly in San Luis.
Land deals in Africa have led to a wild west – bring on the sheriff, says FAO
- Guardian
- 29 October 2012
Amid warnings that land deals are undermining food security, the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has compared "land grabs" in Africa to the "wild west", saying a "sheriff" is needed to restore the rule of law.
Santa Fe, Argentina: limitan la adquisición de tierras rurales por extranjeros
- El Santafesino
- 29 October 2012
Se efectuó en la provincia de Santa Fe a través del Registro General de la Propiedad del Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos.
What's eating Australia? Foreign buyers at the farm gate
- Reuters
- 28 October 2012
Australia risks losing an opportunity to become a farmyard for Asia, as growing unease over foreigners buying rural land threatens to provoke protectionist policies.
Indian firms reap bitter harvest in Africa
- The Hindu
- 26 October 2012
Indian companies which invested in controversial deals involving hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Ethiopia have found themselves out of their depth in a fast-growing African economy.
Africa's false dilemma
- Huffington Post
- 26 October 2012
"It seems incongruous that Herakles Farms claims it is trying to improve the lives of local people but then there is scarcely any consultation with those same people over what is to be done with the land they depend on for their livelihoods, nor any serious acknowledgment of the risks posed to local environments and the global climate," writes Kumi Naidoo
Report urges govt to address land grabbing issue
- The Irrawaddy
- 26 October 2012
Current rush of foreign investment into Burma’s agricultural and natural resource sectors, combined with what the report calls an “almost universal tenure insecurity in both rural and urban areas,” will increase landlessness
Small farmers losing rights due to large-scale land grabs
- Cornell Chronicle
- 26 October 2012
A growing worldwide land rush is having a negative impact on the local and indigenous people says José Graziano da Silva, director-general of the FAO to conference at Cornell University.
Hunger, food security and large scale land leases for industrial agriculture must be on the political agenda of all parties
- Awareness Times
- 26 October 2012
Green Scenery challenges all political parties to take a position on large scale land acquisitions of foreign direct investors in agriculture for the 2012 election.
Commercial farming in the Congo not for the faint-hearted
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 26 October 2012
An organisation called Congo Agriculture, affiliated to South African farmers union Agri SA, had been established to facilitate and drive the process of setting up South African farmers in the Congo.