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WB, UN and govts told to back off lands
- Morung Express
- 18 April 2011
The World Bank, UN agencies and governments are criticized for promoting agricultural investments that are resulting in land grabbing on a massive scale.
Yaregal Aysheshum
- The Reporter
- 18 April 2011
"The farmland that we are transferring to foreign investors is not the land that is being used by the locals," asserts Yaregal Aysheshum, former president of the Benshangul Gumuz Regional State in Ethiopia
Financiers lock horns over macro policies while millions go hungry
- IPS
- 17 April 2011
An immense coalition of peasant collectives and land-rights organisations stated that the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty happening here this weekend would likely sign thousands of hectares away from farming communities into the hands of industrial corporations.
On n'arrête pas l'éco
- France Inter
- 17 April 2011
Entretien avec le réalisateur Alexis Marant pour son documentaire "Planète à vendre" diffusé mardi 19 avril à 20h40 sur Arte (France Inter)
El Síndrome de China: La creciente presencia china en América Latina
- Americas Program
- 17 April 2011
Las preocupaciones de que la creciente presencia china esté socavando la soberanía local han llegado a su punto más alto en Argentina, donde el gobierno de la provincia de Río Negro firmó en 2010 un acuerdo con la corporación china Beidahaung Group para arrendar unas 320 mil hectáreas de sus mejores terrenos agrícolas para la producción de soya, trigo, colza y otros productos.
The Kazangulu land clearance in Zambia ... by I.P.A. Manning
- 17 April 2011
In Zambia 15,000 hectares along the Zambezi River in the Kazungula district will be cleared of its forest, and sugar cane planted for ethanol and sugar production. It is not clear that the particular chief involved, or his customary community, were properly consulted or advised. No EIA has been produced
It's time to outlaw land grabbing, not to make it "responsible"!
- farmlandgrab.org
- 17 April 2011
Trying to compensate for the absence of legitimacy of these massive land deals by getting investors to adhere to a few principles is deceitful.
Es hora de prohibir el acaparamiento de tierras, no de darle una fachada de “responsabilidad”
- farmlandgrab.org
- 17 April 2011
Intentar compensar la ausencia de legitimidad de estos negocios con tierras haciendo que los inversionistas se adhieran a unos cuantos principios es una estafa.
Il est temps de proscrire l’accaparement des terres, pas question de le rendre “responsable”
- farmlandgrab.org
- 17 April 2011
Tenter de pallier le manque de légitimité de ces acquisitions foncières en faisant adhérer les investisseurs à quelques principes n’est qu’une vaste supercherie.
Sudan, UAE sign Memo of Understanding on Protection and Encouragement of Investment
- SUNA
- 17 April 2011
Sudan and UAE have agreed to concentrate investment in the field of agriculture, referring that the UAE Al-Thahra Company expressed desire to invest in Sudan as strategic partner in the food security projects.
Kingdom eyes settlement in Egypt land case
- Reuters
- 16 April 2011
Saudi's Kingdom Holding said on Saturday it had not given up contested land in southern Egypt and had spoken to Egypt's public prosecutor about a settlement.
Uruguay: mitos rurales
- Kaos en la Red
- 16 April 2011
La propiedad de la tierra será un tema de debate central en la administración de Mujica. Agazzi vaticinó que habrá una "lucha de posiciones" y de "búsqueda de alianzas", y se lamentó porque en nuestro país hay "mucha gente" que no le da importancia a estos temas, que son "problemas nacionales y no sólo de los pequeños productores".
Making agriculture work for jobs
- World Bank
- 16 April 2011
There is a jobs cow waiting to be milked in Africa. It is agriculture and agri-business, says World Bank VP of Africa Region
Foreign investors run fingers through Ukraine's black earth
- bne
- 15 April 2011
Chinese and other eastern investors are looking to buy agriculture land and agribusiness across the globe, and Ukraine is increasingly on their radar.
NZ under threat from massive land grab
- Green Party
- 15 April 2011
Selling the Crafar farms to an overseas consortium cannot possibly be in New Zealand’s economic interests, says Green Party Co-leader.