Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 04-Mar-2010
Emirates Business | 03-Mar-2010
Gulf oil producers have abandoned long-standing nationalistic policies of achieving food self-sufficiency and switched to a more realistic approach of using their strong financial muscle to invest in farm projects in fertile countries.
GRAIN | 02-Mar-2010
GRAIN a discuté avec Nyilaw Ochalla afin de mieux comprendre les conséquences pour les Anuak et les autres communautés locales de la nouvelle vague d’acquisitions de terres en Éthiopie.
The Times (Johannesburg) | 02-Mar-2010
Minister says new policy proposal will put the restriction of foreign land ownership in South Africa back on the table, as foreigners are buying lands "three times faster" than government is acquiring for redistribution and restitution
GRAIN | 02-Mar-2010
GRAIN speaks with Nyikaw Ochalla, an Anuak living in exile, about the consequences for the Anuak and other local communities from the land grabs happening in Gambella province and the rest of Ethiopia.
France Inter | 01-Mar-2010
Première destination l'Ethiopie, l’un des pays où cette question se pose avec beaucoup d’acuité. Deuxième destination la Chine qui a un grand besoin de nouvelles terres. Troisième destination Madagascar, où le projet d’achat de terre par Daewoo a été complètement abandonné.
AFP | 01-Mar-2010
La société AgroGeneration, dont l'entrepreneur Charles Beigbeder est l'un des principaux actionnaires, a fait son entrée lundi en Bourse pour lever des fonds et investir dans les céréales en Ukraine.
EchoGéo | 27-Feb-2010
Madagascar hésite toujours entre la formalisation de droits sur le sol au profit du plus grand nombre et l’octroi de vastes espaces à des firmes internationales.
Bloomberg | 26-Feb-2010
Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. plans to invest in Georgia, including the purchase of farm land, following a fact-finding trip in April.
BBC 4 (Radio) | 25-Feb-2010
"What they are saying is that the local people are now suffering very badly as a direct result of these foreign companies taking over."
Gadaa.com | 25-Feb-2010
"Today, the Oromo issue is not hidden from the world leaders and stakeholders. However, it is being ignored. The Meles regime is selling Oromo land on world market, although this government does not have the right to sell Oromo land."
Reuters | 25-Feb-2010
A new land deal allowing South African farmers to produce livestock, milk and fruit in Libya has been put on hold pending the finalisation of an investment protection agreement between the two countries.
Le Temps | 25-Feb-2010
Olivier de Schutter, rapporteur spécial des Nations unies sur le droit à l’alimentation, commente le phénomène du rachat de terres agricoles dans les pays du Sud et le projet Addax Bioenergy en Sierra Leone
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