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Germany blames Chinese land buys for Africa drought
- AFP
- 28 July 2011
Germany's Africa policy coordinator on Thursday blamed China's practice of buying up land in the Horn of Africa for contributing to the devastating famine ravaging the region.
Rabobank report: China's increasing investments in South American agribusiness
- Rabobank
- 28 July 2011
Banned from buying land outright, Chinese investors have changed their model to one in which deals are structured as infrastructure investments in exchange for crop offtake, rather than direct investment into farmland.
Éthiopie : la famine menace mais les agrocarburants se portent bien
- Jeune Afrique
- 27 July 2011
Dans la Corne de l'Afrique, 12 millions de personnes souffrent de la sécheresse. Les Nations unies parlent même de famine dans plusieurs régions. Pourtant, l'État éthiopien continue de louer ses terres fertiles, délaissant une agriculture vivrière au profit de grandes exploitations tournées vers l'exportation.
Lords of the land: Preliminary analysis of the phenomenon of land grabbing in Mozambique
- JA/UNAC
- 27 July 2011
Investors from Nordic countries, despite in their countries of origin meeting the highest standards of respect for human rights, behave completely differently in Mozambique. Their practices feed a corrupt system and aggravate the already precarious living conditions of most rural communities.
UAE investors urged to start developing farmland in Sudan
- The National
- 27 July 2011
Sudan is urging the UAE to begin developing the vast expanses of farmland it has acquired in the country, as the north loses the majority of its oil revenues following the independence of South Sudan.
Can Africa develop a regional response to ‘resource grabbing’?
- PLAAS
- 26 July 2011
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) held a meeting of parliamentarians from across the continent last week to discuss an appropriate African response to resource grabs
“Land grabs” in agriculture: Fairer deals needed to ensure opportunity for locals
- Worldwatch Institute
- 26 July 2011
The US-based Worldwatch Institute recommends three considerations to help guide global land transactions to promote mutual benefit.
Transferência de terras na África ameaça alimentação, diz ONG
- Terra
- 26 July 2011
O domínio de terras agrícolas por países ricos na África, a fim de alimentar suas próprias populações, pode deixar os moradores rurais africanos sem terra e trabalho, agravando o problema da fome no continente.
Gobierno quiere controlar tenencia y extranjerización de tierra
- Subrayado
- 26 July 2011
El Ejecutivo elabora otros dos proyectos de ley que apuntan a controlar en qué manos están las tierras uruguayas.
Etiopía vende sus tierras a pesar de la hambruna
- Guin Guin Bali
- 26 July 2011
Enormes extensiones de tierra fértil en la zona del río Omo, en el sureste de Etiopía, se están alquilando a empresas malasias, italianas y coreanas.
State planning to own at least 30% of Ukraine's farmland
- Kyiv Post
- 26 July 2011
"Although the World Bank is not happy with the absence of companies in the farmland market, we're insisting on our position, which remains unchanged," Deputy Head of the State Agency for Land Resources of Ukraine, Mykola Kaliuzhny, has said.
Govt quizzed over controversial land deal with US firm
- The Guardian
- 26 July 2011
Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives shadow minister Meshack Opurukwa has questioned a contract between the government of Tanzania and a US-based firm – Agrisol Energy – in which the latter is to acquire huge chunks of land in Rukwa region to produce food crops.
Fixing Pak food problems
- Pakistan Observer
- 26 July 2011
The Government of Pakistan should avoid providing land to the foreign investors and encourage the local small farmers for rapid poverty reduction and food security in the country.
Révélation : l’Ethiopie cède des terres agricoles à des compagnies étrangères en pleine période de famine
- Survival
- 25 July 2011
Une enquête de Survival International a apporté des preuves alarmantes selon lesquelles les tribus indigènes sont spoliées de leurs terres agricoles les plus productives pour être allouées à des compagnies étrangères qui y pratiqueront une agriculture intensive d’exportation
Exposed: Ethiopia gives farmland to foreigners while thousands starve
- Survival
- 25 July 2011
A Survival investigation has uncovered alarming evidence that some of Ethiopia’s most productive farmland is being stolen from local tribes and leased to foreign companies to grow and export food – while thousands of its citizens starve during the devastating drought.