The bottom line is that it is the responsibility of the host governments to set policies and a legal framework that protect their citizens’ interests – by encouraging investment, and protecting the rights of affected individuals.
17 Abril: Día Internacional de las luchas campesinas
- Vía Campesina
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16 Mar 2012
The Australian Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce is pushing for even tougher restrictions on foreign ownership of farmland and agribusinesses than those advocated by his party, fuelling Liberal anger at Tony Abbott's failure to rein in National Party ''freelancing'' on sensitive economic issues.
L’attacco all’uso agricolo della terra non è il risultato dell’equilibrio instabile e della competizione delle forze di mercato né, tanto meno, della spontanea iniziativa di sanguinari profittatori.
Où que vous soyez le 17 avril 2012, complétez cette affiche en y indiquant les accapareurs de terres de chez vous et envoyez-nous une photo de la manière dont vous l'utilisez pour protestez.
- La Via Campesina
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16 Mar 2012
Vidéo de la marche organisée le 13 mars 2012, à Bamako, Mali, par l'Union des Associations et Coordination des Associations pour le Développement et la Défense des Droits des Démunis.
The £35bn BT Pension Scheme is seeking to replace its commodity future exposure with investment in agricultural land
- Professional Pensions
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16 Mar 2012
Officials from Chongqing in southwest China plan to invest US$6 billion this year to develop agriculture in Brazil, Argentina, Canada and other countries.
- Want China Times
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15 Mar 2012
Small farmers lose livelihoods as 'controversial' palm-oil producing multinational moves in. Much of rural Liberia's population lives on land that has been in the family for generations.
Lo que viene ocurriendo en el Perú no es un proceso aislado, sino parte de un fenómeno mundial de adquisición de tierras a gran escala, alentado por el ascenso en la demanda global de alimentos, forraje, madera, minerales y viviendas.
A new exploratory report from the Stockholm International Water Institute investigates how the current surge in land acquisitions and investments by foreign countries, sovereign wealth funds, private corporations and domestic investors will affect transboundary water management, an area where current knowledge is sparse.
Despite decades of anti-colonial civilian resistance in Africa, a pernicious movement of land acquisition is overtaking the continent at a rate unprecedented since the conquests of the 19th Century.
- Waging Nonviolence
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14 Mar 2012
Qatar will invest in three sectors in farming in Bulgaria says Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov.
Investitori europei in Uganda.
- Il Fatto Alimentare
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14 Mar 2012
Estas Directrices entendidas como derecho a la tierra, las pesquerías y los bosques para la humanidad toda, podrán ser otra herramienta en el camino para erradicar el hambre del mundo.