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World Bank land grab report under fire
- WSJ
- 29 July 2010
The report is due for publication next month, but leaks are already getting out, and causing a stir among Brussels’ huge development activist community.
Fears grow we're selling the golden goose
- NZ Herald
- 29 July 2010
Public opinion is clearly against the Crafar farms sale on the basis that NZ is "selling the farm", while selling a controlling stake in a processing plant is seen as another issue altogether. There is a strong argument for conditionality either way, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Coalition backs Greens' call for register of foreign farm ownership
- ABC
- 29 July 2010
The Federal Opposition is supporting a call for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in rural Australia.
Liberia: Fertile ground for ambitious Equatorial Palm Oil
- Proactive Investors
- 28 July 2010
The UK-based EPO has almost 170,000 ha of land suitable for sustainable crude palm oil cultivation and its aim is to be a 100,000 ha producer with output totalling 250,000 tonnes per annum.
Arabs mull $65bn food security plan
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 28 July 2010
Arab nations are considering launching an ambitious strategy involving investment of nearly $65 billion in the next 20 years to expand their farming sector and ensure food for their fast-growing population.
Greens want foreign ownership register for farming
- ABC
- 28 July 2010
The Greens have called for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in Australia.
Large investments in agri sector are a step closer to Guyana becoming region's main food supplier
- GNA
- 28 July 2010
Guyana investment agency is working with several investors who have interest in large projects for soybean, livestock, cattle and rice covering 70,000 acres in Pirara, Region 9.
Key fears foreign buys of farmland
- NZ Herald
- 28 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key yesterday warned of other potential foreign buyers of large tracts of New Zealand farmland lining up behind the Hong Kong company bidding for the Crafar farms as his Government signalled a new focus on overseas investment rules.
Hedge funds and the true cost of vulture capitalism
- Socialist Worker
- 27 July 2010
Hedge funds and bankers are buying everything from farmland to mines across the Global South. Mark L Thomas looks at how speculators here fuel exploitation half a world away
Appropriation des terres agricoles du Sud : la communauté mondiale à la recherche d'une éthique
- Actu Envrironnement
- 27 July 2010
Afin de garantir leurs approvisionnements alimentaires et/ou énergétiques, de nombreux pays investissent dans des terres agricoles dans les pays en développement. Face à ce phénomène en pleine croissance, la communauté internationale semble démunie.
World Bank warns on ‘farmland grab’ trend
- Financial Times
- 27 July 2010
Investors in farmland are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap and failing to deliver on promises of jobs and investments, according to the draft of a report by the World Bank.
Dossier : L'accaparement des terres, une nouvelle forme de colonialisme
- Radio Vatican
- 27 July 2010
Les catholiques d’Action de Carême et les protestants de Pain pour le prochain unissent leurs forces pour lutter contre une nouvelle forme de colonialisme : «L’accaparement des terres»
National not likely to relax land sale to foreigners
- Radio New Zealand
- 27 July 2010
The New Zealand Government has signalled it is unlikely to change overseas investment rules to make it easier for land to be sold to foreigners.
Australia, NZ fear foreign buy-up of farmland
- Radio Australia
- 27 July 2010
New Zealand's Green Party has drafted a bill seeking to stop overseas buyers snapping up large tracts of NZ land. Australian farmers also fear they may have trouble coping with future food and water demands if foreign interests snap up too many of the nation's agricultural resources.
Labor rejects food security concerns
- ABC
- 27 July 2010
Critics say Australia's Labor party has failed to come to grips with country's future food security, including the acquisition of domestic farmland by foreign investors