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「責任を持って小農を破壊しようとする『責任ある農業投資原則』」
- Project Syndicate
- 08 June 2010
Japanese translation of article of Olivier De Schutter "Responsibly Destroying the World’s Peasantry".
Senators question rules on farm sales to foreigners
- ABC
- 08 June 2010
Questions have been raised at a Senate inquiry in Canberra about whether foreign investment rules go far enough to keep Australian agriculture sustainable.
Corporations and investors buying up Canadian farmland: NFU report on land grabbing
- NFU
- 07 June 2010
The National Farmers Union (NFU) today released the first report of its kind documenting Canadian developments in a global farmland grab.
NFU warns of family farm takeovers
- CBC
- 07 June 2010
The National Farmers Union is warning that the Canadian family farm is under threat from increased corporate control and foreign ownership.
ONG vs trader: L'Afrique et la faim, une occasion en or pour les hedge funds
- L'Echo
- 07 June 2010
Finis les produits financiers complexes, place aux investissements concrets. Aussi concrets qu’une ferme ou un champ de blé.
Indonesia allows foreign investment in agriculture
- Reuters
- 07 June 2010
Foreigners will be allowed to have a maximum ownership of 49 percent in plantations for staples such as rice, according to a presidential decree seen by Reuters on Monday.
The new land rush in Africa: An interview with Michael Taylor of the ILC
- SID
- 07 June 2010
ILC is actually trying to promote some sort of dialogue between the different proposals for principles for responsible farmland investment
La finance au secours de l'alimentation mondiale
- Les Echos
- 07 June 2010
La déclinaison spécifique des principes de l'investissement responsable des Nations unies par rapport à la question alimentaire s'impose.
Hope grows in former killing fields as it seeks to become bread basket again
- The National
- 07 June 2010
“We plan to have invested $1bn in farms within five years,” says Petrus du Toit of Ridge Solutions, which is acquiring farmland in Angola with backing from foreign investors.
Felda unit to spend RM688m for cattle project in Malaysia
- Malaysia Insider
- 07 June 2010
Joint venture with the India/UAE Allana Group acquires 20,000 head of cattle owned by Felda and gains access to over 850,000 hectares of oil palm land.
Conference in Geneva looks at opportunities for global farmland investment
- jetfin AGRO
- 07 June 2010
Institutional investors and wealth managers compare winning solutions, enabling them to take the right investment decisions in key markets such as farming, soft commodities or timber.
Kuwait backs rice cultivation study in Laos
- Vientiane Times
- 07 June 2010
Kuwait has provided US$350,000 to the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to study the suitability of extending irrigation so rice can be grown for export to Kuwait.
Advocacy campaign against landgrabbing in Sierra Leone
- MADAM
- 07 June 2010
Local NGOs investigate the acquisition of land by Swiss company ADDAX in Sierra Leone.
Karuturi Global on Ethiopian plans
- NDTV
- 07 June 2010
"Personally, I believe that in five years or in ten years time I would like to be seen and compared with peers such as Cargill or the Archer Daniels of the world or the Bunges of the world."
Destruir responsablemente el campesinado del mundo
- Project Syndicate
- 06 June 2010
Es lamentable que, en lugar de desarrollar la agricultura de un modo que sea social y medioambientalmente más sostenible, actuemos como si se pudiera acelerar responsablemente la destrucción del campesinado mundial.