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年金ファンド、世界のランドグラブの主役へ
- CADE
- 30 June 2011
Japanese translation of article of GRAIN, "Pension funds: key players in the global farmland grab"
AgroGeneration détaille son augmentation de capital
- Reuters
- 29 June 2011
Le producteur français de matières premières agricoles AgroGeneration a lancé une augmentation de capital de 10 millions d'euros afin de financer l'acquisition de silos en Ukraine et le développement du groupe en Argentine.
Sierra Leone opposition urges scrapping of land deals
- AFP
- 29 June 2011
A leading Sierra Leone opposition party has called on the government to cancel major land deals signed with international investors, saying they were taking away the livelihood of peasant farmers.
$53B food basket
- Zawya
- 29 June 2011
The GCC's food import bill stood at $25.8-billion in 2010, and will more than double to reach $53.1-billion in 2020, according to an Alpen Capital report.
Who’s who in $4.4 trillion foreign farmland spending spree
- Crikey
- 29 June 2011
As controversy continues to bubble in Australia over the latest big local farmland buy-up and what it means for food production, it’s worth looking to see where these foreign raiders are coming from, who’s backing them and how other countries are tightening their regulations to stop them.
Chinese miner's land buyout passed national interest test, says Bill Shorten
- The Australian
- 29 June 2011
The buy-up of prime agricultural land by Shenhua has sparked a furious political debate in Australia
Pension funds: key players in the global farmland grab
- GRAIN
- 29 June 2011
Pension funds may be one of the few classes of land grabbers that people can pull the plug on, by sheer virtue of the fact that it is their money.
Tunisie : Le ministère de l'Agriculture nie avoir décidé de louer 10 mille hectares de terres agricoles
- TAP
- 28 June 2011
Le ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Environnement a nié la décision de la Tunisie de louer 10 mille hectares de terres agricoles aux investisseurs étrangers.
Argentina: Manifestación en repudio a acuerdo agroalimentario con China
- Agencia de Noticias biodiversidadla
- 28 June 2011
El 20 de junio, en la ciudad de General Roca, Río Negro, la Asamblea de Vecin@s y Organizaciones del Alto Valle Movilizados por la Soberanía Alimentaria convocó una manifestación pública.
Sierra Leone Environment Protection Agency investigates Addax environmental activities in Makeni communities
- Standard Times
- 28 June 2011
Full force delegation headed by the EPA Executive Chairperson, Madam Haddijatou Jallow, visited the Addax operational areas and got first hand information from the community people.
OPIC board approves nearly $500 million for renewable resources investment funds
- OPIC
- 28 June 2011
The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation pours $150 million into fund targeting farmland acquisitions in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
ZDA receives only 2 bids for Nansanga bloc
- Zambia Post
- 28 June 2011
Sable Transport Limited of Zambia and Bonafarm Group of Hungary were the only two companies that submitted their bids for the acquisition of the core venture of 9,350 hectares and three other commercial farms.
UN food boss brings street cred to new job
- Globe and Mail
- 27 June 2011
Mr. Graziano, newly elected director general of the FAO, said the land-grab pace was not significant, but that the situation needs to be monitored because “every serpent starts off small.”
En Sierra Leone, les multinationales font main basse sur les terres agricoles
- Mediapart
- 27 June 2011
Addax loue sur 50 ans près de 52.000 hectares. Le but : transformer dès l'an prochain 100.000 tonnes de canne à sucre en bioéthanol qui viendra remplir les réservoirs des voitures en Europe.
Mise en garde de Kofi Annan : La faim pourrait devenir une catastrophe permanente
- Témoignages
- 27 June 2011
Samedi, lors d’une conférence de la FAO, le président de l’Alliance pour une révolution verte en Afrique dénonce l’accaparement des terres par les grandes puissances