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Les deux pieds à terre pour repousser les spéculateurs
- Terre
- 08 May 2012
Les terres agricoles sont devenues un produit financier au même titre qu’une action cotée en Bourse, selon le professeur Louis Hébert de HEC-Montréal
Arab states 'must invest in Central Asian farmland'
- The National
- 08 May 2012
Arab states should buy land in Kurdistan and Kazakhstan to produce staple foods to secure future food resources says a senior Arab League official.
Biggest Buffett targets seen spanning Deere to Henkel
- Bloomberg
- 08 May 2012
Warren Buffett said yesterday that over the next 100 years, farmland will beat gold, which surged to a record in 2011 after increasing more than sixfold in the past decade.
"The great food robbery": La recensione di Dario Dongo
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 08 May 2012
"Land grabbing", il nuovo libro della Ong 'Grain' accende i riflettori sui responsabili della rapina di terre
Le Cambodge suspend l'attribution de nouvelles concessions
- AFP
- 07 May 2012
Le gouvernement du Cambodge a annoncé lundi avoir suspendu l'attribution de nouvelles concessions aux entreprises privées, alors que les tensions foncières suscitent désormais des violences inquiétantes.
Hassad Foods and 250,000 ha of Australian farmland
- All About Feed
- 07 May 2012
Hassad Foods' farmland purchases in Australia are guided by a risk minimising strategy. The lands are distributed across different climes and water regimes over a wide geographic area.
Paraguay: Carperos invadirían finca en San Cristóbal
- Diario Popular
- 07 May 2012
Los carperos del Alto Paraná anuncian la invasión de 200 hectáreas, propiedad del productor brasiguayo Valdir Ruffato, quien junto a su hijo Flavio José Ruffato, están presos por sospecha de un triple homicidio registrado en el distrito de San Cristóbal.
Un nuevo reporte sobre la movilización campesina contra el acaparamiento de tierras
- Vía Campesina
- 07 May 2012
La Coordinación Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas (CNOP) de Malí y La Vía Campesina han publicado hoy un nuevo reporte sobre la movilización de movimientos sociales contra el acaparamiento de tierras.
Cambodia suspends land consessions after unrest
- AP
- 07 May 2012
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen temporarily suspended new land concessions to private companies in an effort to ease political pressure over an issue that has triggered social unrest and occasional violence.
Assessing New Zealand’s food security
- Epoch Times
- 07 May 2012
New Zealand is one of many countries upon whom China’s entrepreneurs have cast their eyes for opportunities to buy farmland, mineral and power resources to shore up China’s looming food shortage and resource-hungry economy.
A new report on peasant and farmer mobilization against land grabbing
- Via Campesina
- 07 May 2012
The National Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP) of Mali and La Via Campesina have today published a new report on the mobilization of social movements against land grabbing.
Nouveau rapport sur la mobilisation paysanne contre les accaparements de terres
- La Via Campesina
- 07 May 2012
La Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali et la Via Campesina publient aujourd'hui un nouveau rapport qui illustre la mobilisation des mouvements sociaux contre les accaparements de terres qui menacent la souveraineté alimentaire et mettent en danger la petite paysannerie partout dans le monde.
Great resource rush
- Zawya
- 07 May 2012
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among the top four countries on a massive investment spree to acquire agricultural resources.
Ukraine’s foreign investors and the lifting of farmland moratorium
- Frishberg.com
- 07 May 2012
Ukraine has long been called “the bread-basket of Europe,” and for one excellent reason: its fertile, black soil. The estimated value of this treasure is anywhere between 40 and 80 billion dollars. The only problem with investing in such an obviously profitable business was an artificial bureaucratic/legislative barrier commonly known as the “moratorium on alienation of farm land” (the “Moratorium”).
Museveni angry over NGO report on land grabbing
- The Independent
- 06 May 2012
Two international organisations, Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance (ULA), face de-registration for what government calls inciting violence over land issues.