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El robo de las tierras de África
- DRS
- 19 May 2010
Entrevista a Ruedi Küng, corresponsal para África de la Radio suiza alemana DRS
Declaración de Brasilia
- ALAI
- 19 May 2010
"La actual agudización del acaparamiento de tierras, de los océanos y de las masas de agua por parte de grupos económicos, empresas transnacionales y capitales especulativos es una de las agresiones más graves e inminentes que enfrentan los pueblos y su soberanía alimentaria."
Govt wants Indians to buy land in South America
- Hindustan Times
- 18 May 2010
Since the land acquisition will be by private parties only, the chances of such purchase becoming a political issue are remote, officials feel.
Namibia: Will farm project mean the river runs dry?
- IPS
- 18 May 2010
"Local businessmen make deals with foreign investors and convince tribal authorities in the area to give them land, but the water from the river is not just for people to take," says Water Affairs Under Secretary A. Nehemia who had not been informed about the farm.
Die neue Landnahme: Der Globale Süden im Ausverkauf
- INKOTA
- 18 May 2010
Nachdem der ländliche Sektor jahrzehntelang vernachlässigt wurde, hat in den vergangenen Jahren eine regelrechte Jagd auf Acker- und Weideland eingesetzt.
NZ: German investors buying up farmland
- Southland Times
- 18 May 2010
A German investment fund that bought a majority interest in a Southland dairy farm, Aquila Capital's AgrarInvest, also has shareholdings in three other Kiwi dairy companies.
Agriculture : un Fonds africain en gestation
- Ouestafnews
- 17 May 2010
Le Fonds pour l’agriculture en Afrique sera financé par la Banque africaine de développement (Bad) et l’Agence française de développement (AFD) à hauteur de 40 millions de dollars chacun.
Gulf looks to science to turn desert to farmland
- Reuters
- 17 May 2010
Gulf nations hope science will turn desert areas into arable land to boost food security and avoid the risks inherent in buying farmland abroad.
Foreign-owned farms control over 6% of Czech farmland
- CTK
- 17 May 2010
Farms of foreign owners control more than 6 percent of the total Czech farmland area of 3.6 million hectares, weekly Euro says in its latest issue to be published on Monday, referring to data of the Czech Statistical Office
Saudi Arabia: A desert kingdom's quest for food security
- Zawya
- 17 May 2010
The process of buying up large swathes of farmland in foreign countries is politically sensitive, but "beggars can't be choosers" says a senior executive at a leading Middle Eastern food commodities trading firm
Cameroun: L’attribution des terres aux investisseurs étrangers divise
- Journal du Cameroun
- 17 May 2010
De nombreux paysans camerounais désapprouvent la politique gouvernementale visant l’octroi de vastes espaces cultivables à des investisseurs étrangers
San fight land grab in Namibian park
- IPS
- 15 May 2010
Demeter International got a 25-year lease for 10,000 ha of Bwabwata National Park, which it will start ploughing in October. Hundreds of families will lose access to the forest.
Groups sound alert over the World Bank's financing of oil palm plantations
- WRM
- 15 May 2010
Groups issue sign-on letter calling on the World Bank to stop funding oil palm plantations.
Virtual land grabs and climate change
- EU Reporter
- 14 May 2010
Expanding the acreage of organically farmed land to 20% would increase the EU's virtual land importation by 30%. And policies to achieve the EU’s 10% biofuel objective would also increase the rate of EU land-grabs.
Russia - Iranian farm investment
- meatinternational.com
- 14 May 2010
A group of Iranian businessmen is planning to invest up to $40 million in the construction of a livestock breeding complex and a feed plant in Russia's Chelyabinsk region by 2013