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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.
Small-scale farmers increasingly at risk from 'global land grabbing'
- Guardian
- 15 April 2011
While investment is critical for agriculture, the rush into long-term land leases is a dramatic step with many risks and substantial social and environmental costs
IBA MAR FAYE: l'accaparement des terres en Afrique
- YouTube
- 15 April 2011
Iba Mar Faye sociologue à l'IPAR Sénégal dresse un portrait de l'accaparement des terres au plan international et prend l'exemple de l'Afrique de l'ouest et du Sénégal.
Land grabbing in Ethiopia - welfare or farewell
- 15 April 2011
This study is conducted in order to shed light on and investigate the welfare situation for people affected by farmland investments. It deals with three cases in the Oromia region: Castel Winery, Elfora Agro-Industries PLC and Sher Ethiopia PLC
"Planète à vendre" ou la délocalisation lucrative de l'agriculture
- AFP
- 15 April 2011
Après l'industrie et les services, c'est l'agriculture qui garantit des retours sur investissements lucratifs aux riches acquéreurs de terres dans les pays pauvres, comme le montre un documentaire d'Arte.
China's Agria wins control of Wrightson
- TVNZ
- 15 April 2011
Agria has lifted its stake in PGG Wrightson to 50.5%, putting control of New Zealand's biggest rural services company in Chinese hands.
The Cerrado: Brazil’s other biodiverse region loses ground
- Yale e360
- 14 April 2011
While Brazil touts its efforts to slow destruction of the Amazon, another biodiverse region of the country is being cleared for large-scale farming. But unlike the heralded rainforest it borders, the loss of the cerrado and its rich tropical savanna so far has failed to attract much notice.
The great African land rush
- The Atlantic
- 14 April 2011
"Only 12% of [the land investors have acquired in Africa in the last few years] is actually being farmed," Oxfam Senegal's Head of Economic Justice Lamine Ndiaye says. "The other 88% is just sitting there. It's just for speculation. You buy it, and three years later, you sell it at a higher price."
Henry Saragih, Secrétaire général de La Via Campesina : « La terre appartient à ceux qui la travaillent »
- CCFD
- 14 April 2011
"À La Via Campesina, nous sommes farouchement opposés à l'accaparement de terres et demandons qu'une véritable politique de réforme agraire soit entreprise au niveau mondial."
Lituanie et Slovaquie peuvent interdire la vente de terres jusqu'en 2014
- La France Agricole
- 14 April 2011
La Commission européenne a autorisé la Lituanie et la Slovaquie à prolonger jusqu'en 2014 l'interdiction de vendre des terres agricoles aux étrangers, afin d'éviter une éventuelle spéculation
Ladrones merodeando por África
- Soberanía Alimentaria
- 14 April 2011
En este artículo contamos con la voz de dos importantes dirigentes campesinos africanos Mamadou Cissokho del Senegal e Ibrahim Coulibaly de Mali, que siempre se han distinguido por su autonomía política como por su feroz defensa de la independencia de las organizaciones campesinas.
Le business de la terre
- Politis
- 14 April 2011
Avec Planète à vendre, Alexis Marant brosse le tableau des nouveaux investisseurs en quête de terres cultivables. Édifiant.
Prince Talal offers Egypt land options
- Al Arabiya
- 13 April 2011
The world’s wealthiest Arab, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, has dismissed allegations that he had conceded land that he had bought to anyone
Los extranjeros y la compra de tierras en la Argentina
- El Tribuno
- 13 April 2011
Existe un proyecto de ley elaborado por el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional para legislar la compra de tierras por capitales extranjeros, la normativa brasileña es una de las principales bases legales de sustentación de esta iniciativa.