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Unpacking a Chinese company's land grab in Cameroon
- GRAIN
- 22 October 2010
China's IKO ltd intends to produce rice and cassava on over 10,000 ha of lands it has acquired in Cameroon.
Convoitises sur les terres agricoles mondiales. Les pays arabes au coeur du débat
- CIHEAM
- 22 October 2010
Le monde arabe, zone dont le déficit agricole se creuse, n’est pas absent dans cette course mondiale au foncier.
Le Parlement européen accable le régime Hun Sen
- Libération
- 22 October 2010
Dans une résolution adoptée en session plénière à Strasbourg, les députés s'en prennent vivement à la "politique brutale d'accaparement des terres au détriment essentiellement des pauvres, l'étouffement de toute forme de critique et de protestation."
Nouveau rapport : Accès à la terre et droit à l’alimentation
- SRFood
- 21 October 2010
Olivier De Schutter a présenté aujourd'hui les conclusions de son nouveau rapport “Accès à la terre et droit à l’alimentation” devant la 65ième session de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies.
Laos and the Resource Curse
- Asian Sentinel
- 21 October 2010
China and other nations are making Laos an industrial farm, to the detriment of its ecology
Civil society communiqué on large scale land acquisitions in Zambia
- ZLA
- 21 October 2010
Land is too important to be left to the whims of international commercial interests to overrun the land rights of the ordinary people of Zambia.
Lawsuit aims to annul Saudi prince's Toshka land deal
- Daily News
- 21 October 2010
Groups consider land deal "treason", saying its aim is to steal Egyptian water and create a state inside the state.
Prime farmland in Argentina costs almost as much as in United States
- MercoPress
- 21 October 2010
There is a growing interest from buyers, a greater number of requests to visit potential acquisitions and the best farmland is specifically targeted.
New report: Access to land and the right to food
- SRFood
- 21 October 2010
Olivier De Schutter presented his new report on access to land and the right to food at the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations.
Quand le Cameroun nourrit la Chine
- Politis
- 21 October 2010
Le gouvernement camerounais a cédé des terres à une entreprise asiatique qui exploite des paysans locaux pour cultiver du riz destiné à la Chine.
"Colonialist, imperialist and criminal"
- Slow Food
- 21 October 2010
“We should be supporting our own farmers and letting Africans cultivate their own land in their own way," says Slow Food President.
Le Comité de la sécurité alimentaire appelle à une action contre la volatilité des prix alimentaires et la faim
- FAO
- 19 October 2010
Comité étudira l'accaparement des terres et lance "un processus inclusif portant sur les Principes pour des investissements agricoles responsables".
CFS calls for action against food price volatility and hunger
- FAO
- 19 October 2010
FAO Committee to further study 'land grab' issue and launch "process of consideration" of the Principles for Responsible Ag Investments.
Indian firms find Africa fertile ground for contract farming
- Livemint
- 19 October 2010
MMTC, Iffco and Bharti are the latest to find the continent’s land and labour attractive for their agribusiness.
Cerca de meio milhão de brasileiros e brasileiras dizem SIM ao limite da propriedade de terra
- Fórum Nacional pela Reforma Agrária e Justiça no Campo
- 19 October 2010
O Fórum Nacional pela Reforma Agrária e Justiça no Campo entrega hoje à sociedade brasileira o resultado do Plebiscito Popular