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Africa for sale
- International Rivers
- 14 September 2011
Land and water grabs spell disaster for rural people and rivers
Mali : l’accaparement des terres une menace pour la sécurité alimentaire
- WADR
- 14 September 2011
La Coalition des alternatives pour le développement (CAD) au Mali s’érige en défenseur des paysans de la zone Office du Niger, dont plusieurs d’entre eux se sont vu déposséder de leurs terres par des sociétés étrangères.
Land rush and sustainable food security
- The Hindu
- 14 September 2011
"We found little evidence that such large-scale acquisitions have helped to provide food and jobs to the local population. More than three quarters of the deals are yet to demonstrate improvements in agricultural output," says the chair of a UN high-level panel of experts on land tenure and international investment in agriculture
Investors make land bets as agriculture play
- Market Watch
- 13 September 2011
Agrifirma, a private investment company backed by financier Lord Rothschild, transferred around half of its assets to a new joint venture with Brazilian private equity firm BRZ Investimentos.
Swiss giant Glencore may bid for KS Oils
- Times of India
- 13 September 2011
The world's largest commodities trader Glencore International AG is evaluating a bid for KS Oils, a leading Indian edible oil firm that has recently been acquiring farmland in Indonesia
Global land grabs creating security and political problems
- ABC
- 13 September 2011
It's become known as the global land grab. More and more wealthy countries are buying up agricultural land in the developing world in at attempt to hedge against high food prices.
Ethiopia builds 10 new sugar plants as it aims to become leading exporter
- Bloomberg
- 13 September 2011
Foreign investment is being sought to develop projects on 5 million hectares of land that has been identified for sugar production.
Group says US desire to own land in PH behind fresh bid on charter change
- ALLVOICES
- 13 September 2011
"The desire of foreign monopoly capitalists in the US to acquire lands in PH is an open book. It is not a best kept secret. The monopolists in the US also want 100 percent ownership of other profitable sectors in the Philippines including but not limited to mining, eco-tourism, energy, public utilities, mass media, oil and gas, health and education."
Bittersweet Harvest: Thai sugar company on land grab in Cambodia?
- Khmerization
- 13 September 2011
Major Thai producer among businesses facing land-grab allegations in Cambodia's lucrative sugar industry.
The war over land
- IPS
- 12 September 2011
In Guatemala, land is fiercely disputed, especially by agribusiness interests keen on expanding export crops like sugar cane and African oil palm.
Edition spéciale : fin de l’interdiction de la vente de terres en Ukraine
- EurActiv
- 12 September 2011
L’année prochaine, l’Ukraine lèvera un moratoire sur la vente de terres agricoles, une action perçue comme un pas important dans l’ouverture du pays à des acheteurs étrangers potentiels.
Half a million lives threatened by land & water grabs in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley
- Oakland Institute
- 12 September 2011
Oakland Institute report exposes how a controversial hydroelectric project in Ethiopia's Omo Valley is facilitating the take over of 350,000 ha of land for sugar cane and cotton plantations and resulting in state-sponsored human rights violations.
A huge oil palm plantation puts African rainforest at risk
- Yale Environment 360
- 12 September 2011
As global agricultural companies turn to Africa, a U.S. firm, Herakles Farms, is planning a massive oil palm plantation (60 000 ha) in Cameroon
Romanian farmland set to cultivate future growth
- Business Review
- 12 September 2011
"We are in negotiations with several foreign investment funds that are interested in buying thousands of hectares of Romanian farmland,” says analyst with DTZ Echinox.
Africa land grab: New century, more colonisers
- Newsclick
- 12 September 2011
Indian companies acquire land in Africa at throw away prices to ensure India's food security. Prof Jayati Ghosh analyses the issue and offers alternative solutions.