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Banco Mundial pide controles a venta de tierra en países pobres
- BBC
- 10 September 2010
El Banco Mundial (BM) pidió la aplicación de controles más estrictos a la compra de grandes extensiones de tierra agrícola en países en desarrollo.
La Banque mondiale propose le retour au métayage mondialisé
- Verts/ALE au PE
- 09 September 2010
"L'urgence n'est pas de multiplier sur l'ensemble de la planète un modèle unique agro-industriel qui a fait faillite. Il faut au contraire lancer un programme international en faveur de l'agriculture familiale," s'exclame Jose Bové du Parlement Européen
Algerie : L’agro-industrie étrangère bienvenue ?
- Maghreb Confidentiel
- 09 September 2010
Le ministre algérien de l’agriculture examine une série de candidatures étrangères -- des investisseurs européens, canadiens et arabes -- en vue de l’exploitation de terres agricoles dans le pays.
AMA Group, Bahrain's NEH seal $300-M banana deal
- GMA News
- 09 September 2010
The Philippine government has identified 10,000 ha for the Bahrain banana project in Davao del Norte. It also awaits follow-up visits from Saudi Arabia to finalize a $238.6m deal the kingdom committed to invest in fruit, aquaculture and halal food production.
World Bank land alert
- Phnom Penh Post
- 09 September 2010
In Cambodia, an assessment of the impact of foreign farmland acquisitions has been hampered by a lack of data, including the total number of concessions awarded and an accurate set of GPS coordinates for each concession, the World Bank says.
La Banque mondiale dénonce le Monopoly agricole
- Le Figaro
- 08 September 2010
Avec son rapport publié ce mercredi, la Banque mondiale met le pied sur une poudrière. Intitulé «L'intérêt croissant pour les terres agricoles dans le monde peut-il apporter de bénéfices équitables à long terme?», il relance la guerre entre industriels et paysans.
BM advierte del impacto de la compra de tierras a gran escala
- EFE
- 08 September 2010
Según el Banco Mundial, antes de 2008 la expansión anual promedio de tierras agrícolas en todo el mundo era de menos de 4 millones de hectáreas, pero "antes de que terminara 2009 se habían anunciado contratos de compraventa de tierras en gran escala por 45 millones de hectáreas".
Unprecedented land grabbing and destruction of ecological environment in Gambela, Ethiopia
- ASO
- 08 September 2010
Anywaa Survival Organisation would like to call upon indigenous people to resist this kind of land grabbing effort of the Ethiopian government, now acknowledged by a World Bank report
Land grabs in poor countries set to increase
- IPS
- 08 September 2010
The World Bank report calls for global implementation of investment principles it drafted last year but notes that enforcement mechanisms do not exist.
Large-scale farm deals endanger local control, World Bank says
- Bloomberg
- 08 September 2010
Foreign purchases of agricultural land from Mozambique to Cambodia pose “significant risks” to the livelihoods of farmers in countries with “weak land governance,” the World Bank said in a report.
World Bank: Despite benefits, large farm deals wreak harm
- Dow Jones
- 07 September 2010
Around 45 million hectares of farmland deals were announced by the end of 2009, according to the Bank, with many of them providing little, if any, compensation to rural communities for the loss of land rights
World Bank backs investment in global farmland
- Financial Times
- 07 September 2010
The World Bank has backed the controversial practice of countries selling large tracts of agricultural land to overseas investors but is urging vendors to demand much more to increase their farming productivity and peoples’ livelihoods.
New World Bank report sees growing global demand for farmland
- World Bank
- 07 September 2010
A new World Bank report says volatility in food prices has been a key factor behind a rising tide of large scale farmland purchases in the developing world, which can pose social and environment risks, if not well managed.
Indian firms foray into Latin America's agri business
- Economic Times
- 07 September 2010
Indian companies are increasingly getting a foothold into South America, acquiring assets and land not just to get entry into its lucrative agricultural market but also to export commodities such as sugar, pulses and edible oils back to India.
Red corn for a food-secure future
- Phnom Penh Post
- 07 September 2010
HLH Agriculture is a Singaporean firm running 10,000 ha project in Cambodia to produce corn for export to Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand.