Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 25-Feb-2010
East African Community | 24-Feb-2010
"EAC Partner States should resist the leasing or selling of large chunks of land to foreign entities for production of food or bio-fuel feedstock solely for export, which will be disadvantageous to food security in the region" says the East African Legislative Assembly
Guardian | 23-Feb-2010
More radical steps are being taken to increase production, both by the government, which recently approved two new strains of genetically modified rice, and by agricultural entrepreneurs, who are buying and cultivating land in neighbouring countries.
VOA | 22-Feb-2010
"What Karuturi is doing is what Africa needs, wants and deserves," says Ram Karuturi. Yet 400 Ethiopians have signed a petition saying they received no compensation after being evicted from land taken over by Karuturi.
AFP | 22-Feb-2010
Following Brazil's trail, Indonesia is encouraging foreign and local investors to lease huge swathes of fertile countryside and help make the country a major food producer.
BBC Radio 4 | 22-Feb-2010
Bill Law investigates the causes and consequences of the great global land grab. Tonight, episode one in Kenya.
Addis Fortune | 21-Feb-2010
Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, the newest food growing company formed by Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi, is to acquire 100,000sqm of land in Bishoftu (Debre Zeit) this week, its senior official disclosed.
Jordan Times | 21-Feb-2010
Jordan and Kazakhstan are considering a joint venture to produce grain in Kazakh territories to secure the Kingdom's needs at fair prices.
Le Républicain (Bamako) | 19-Feb-2010
La véritable nouveauté semble être le déplacement de l’épicentre de la spéculation de l’économie virtuelle vers l’économie réelle, précisément l’agriculture de marché, qui est non pas un facteur de sécurité alimentaire, mais la source même de péril climatique, d’insécurité alimentaire, et d’insécurité tout court.
Agriprods | 18-Feb-2010
There is something amazingly patronising in the way Payne claims that Emergent has ‘adopted’ a Mozambican village of 3,000 people and hired its citizens to clear 2,000 acres of land to farm it with her firm.
AFP | 18-Feb-2010
Suivant l'exemple du Brésil, l'Indonésie ambitionne de devenir un grand producteur agro-alimentaire, en proposant des centaines de milliers d'hectares de rizières et de champs aux investisseurs nationaux et étrangers.
Arab News | 18-Feb-2010
The chairman of Golden Gras says the solution to problems around buying farmland abroad for Saudi food production is 60:40 partnerships.
VoA | 18-Feb-2010
BKK Partners, an Australian financial advisory firm, has a client that wants to buy 100,000 ha of Cambodian farmland. Human rights workers and politicians are concerned.
Bretton Woods Project | 15-Feb-2010
Emphasis is given to property rights and the need to “strengthen land rental and sales markets” – which will give ammunition to those critical of the Bank’s involvement in ‘land-grabbing’.
World Bank | 25-Jan-2010
A discussion note prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNCTAD and the World Bank Group to contribute to an ongoing global dialogue.
Hub Rural | 18-Jan-2010
Le Forum international sur l’accès à la terre, organisé par Peuples Solidaires et la Confédération Paysanne française, a eu lieu les 18 et 19 avril 2009 à Montreuil (France). Les Actes de ce forum sont disponibles.
Le Messager | 06-Jan-2010
Reste une inconnue : le riz produit sur ces 10 000 ha restera-t-il au Cameroun ou sera-t-il massivement exporté vers la Chine comme le craignaient au départ les gens sur place ?
Africa Investor | 01-May-2009
The Ernst & Young office in Addis is currently advising several investors from the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, who are investing tens of millions of dollars in the agro industry in Ethiopia.
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