Libya expects wheat imports to dip slightly on the back of an expected 50% rise in its wheat harvest this year, and is eyeing new investments in foreign farmland to ensure supplies, a government official said.
Youcoulele' dif Pap Sacko talks about a workshop on land grabs at the World Social Forum in Dakar and the case of the Malibya project in Mali.
Declaration from the workshop “Land Grabbing in Africa – Dangers and Challenges” that was held from 6 to 9 February, 2011, in Mbour / Senegal, as a side event to the World Social Forum 2011.
Gates says many large land deals in Africa are beneficial, criticizes Western groups for holding them back, and says those who invest in Africa are the ones who are at risk.
L’Italia non è estranea al fenomeno del land grabbing, anche se gli investimenti in terreni riguardano soprattutto aziende cinesi, indiane o saudite.E i gruppi italiani hanno messo le mani su oltre 1,5 milioni di ettari
Le président de la Communauté rurale de Mbane, au Sénégal, a tiré la sonnette d’alarme sur une ‘possible révolte des paysans’, si les terres de la localité continuent d’être vendues à des riches et aux étrangers.
‘C'est difficile de comprendre nos gouvernants qui bazardent nos terres alors que le Sénégal est un pays avec une insécurité alimentaire assez sévère,’ déplore la responsable du programme droit à l’alimentation d’Action Aid/Sénégal
La Via Campesina lancera durant le Forum Social Mondial, avec d'autres mouvements, une campagne pour mettre une fin à l'accaparement des terres
Ato Tamiru, chairman of the Gumare Kebele in Gambella, western Ethiopia, and people in his kebele have been protesting the leasing of a large tract of land to an Indian company to be used for tea farming even though there is a severe food shortage in the country.
« Il faudrait créer une commission au niveau de l’ONU qui permettrait à toute victime de l’accaparement des terres de pouvoir porter plainte » selon Ana Maria Suarez de FIAN
Interview with Ibrahima Coulibaly about land grabs in Mali
The leftist World Social Forum yesterday denounced land grabbing in Africa by foreign groups as a form of neo-colonialism in a day devoted to debates on the continent.
"L'accaparement des terres c'est du banditisme d'Etat." Entretiens vidéos avec Ibrahim Coulibaly (la CNOP, Mali), Renaldo Chingore João (l'UNAC, Mozamique) et Melanie Kasom (la Confédération Paysanne, Congo).
Food security is back on the agenda with a bang, but while countries with money but little land want to invest elsewhere, few efforts are as emotive as a global "land grab".
The UAE and other GCC member countries should draw up a unified food security strategy with the bloc, and not individual countries, investing in farms abroad to minimise risks of political blackmail.
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Socfin's response on Mbonjo case
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