Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 08 May 2013
Agrimoney.com | 07 May 2013
Savills, the UK property consultancy, believes sub-Saharan Africa, in agriculture, is the Brazil of the 1970s but warns against investments in farms of over 5,000 ha because of land ownership sensitivities.
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Macauhub | 07 May 2013
Olam is putting together an investment plan for the areas of agricultural production and food distribution, which could equal the amount of investment made since it started operating in Mozambique.
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New Internationalist | 06 May 2013
A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’. Hazel Healy reports on a land rush in full swing.
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Hindu Business Line | 06 May 2013
Foreign investment in African land has been greatly fostered by the Indian Government and its business associations.
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Financial Review | 06 May 2013
Black River Asset Management, a hedge fund run by an arm of the world's largest agriculture company, Cargill, has increased its stake in the unlisted agricultural company BFB Group
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Front Page Africa | 05 May 2013
Land conflicts are causing delays in Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum's oil palm plantation plans in Liberia.
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The National | 03 May 2013
Global rules for investment in agriculture need to be overhauled, Sultan Al Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Economy, said yesterday, as signs emerge of rising barriers to the flow of investment around the world.
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Gulf News | 02 May 2013
Hesham Al Shirawi, Chairman of Economic Zones World, mooted the idea of establishing free zones for agri-business in Africa during the Africa Global Business Forum 2013. The establishment of corn farms is also a lucrative business proposition, he added.
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Ooska News | 02 May 2013
The member countries also agreed to draft a unified strategy for cooperation with other Arab countries that have agricultural land, including Sudan, Morocco and Yemen, as well as with African countries.
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Malaya | 02 May 2013
Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd. will work with the Department of Agriculture to identify lands in the Philippine for the production of cash crops, hoping to eventually control over 200,000ha.
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Government of Ghana | 02 May 2013
Chinese executives of state farms in Ningxia Province visit Ghana to explore opportunites in rice farming and express interest in acquiring the struggling state-owned Aveyime Cattle Ranch.
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Gulf News | 01 May 2013
Last week, hundreds of Sudanese protested in Eastern Khartoum demanding the government revoke the sale of farming lands to Gulf investors. There is no logical reason behind these demonstrations except ignorance of the reality of the GCC approach, says economist.
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Nigeria News | 01 May 2013
"We have also approved the allocation of 20, 000 hectares of land to a Chinese company for rice production," says state governor, Alhaji Garba Umar.
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The New Times | 30 Apr 2013
African lawmakers have resolved to strengthen existing laws at the national and regional level to prevent fraudulent land deals on the continent
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Arab News | 29 Apr 2013
Commerce and Industry Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has approved the establishment of a new East Asia Agricultural Development and Investment Company to invest in farming.
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Vientiane Times | 27 Apr 2013
The company will also seek to obtain land concessions for additional rice cultivation in the districts of Soukhouma and Sanasomboun.
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Reuters | 26 Apr 2013
Sudanese police used tear gas and batons to break up a protest of more than 250 people on Friday demanding that the government revoke the sale of farming land to Gulf Arab investors
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Green Scenery | 24 Apr 2013
Green Scenery calculates that 60% of the total area in Pujehun district is already being, or could soon be converted for large-scale industrial agriculture, primarily for oil palm plantations.
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Bloomberg | 24 Apr 2013
Authorities have attributed the growth of a saline lake to irrigation runoff, including that from a company bought this year from the government by Horizon Plantations, a venture majority owned by Mohamed al- Amoudi, the largest single investor in Ethiopia.
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Daily Independent | 23 Apr 2013
Ethiopians stormed the 17th Street Office complex of the World Bank in Washington DC, protesting the bank’s alleged support for land grab and ethnic cleansing by President Girma Wolde-Giorgis
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Blue & Green Tomorrow | 22 Apr 2013
Friends of the Earth is running an ethical pension campaign to encourage investors to ask their providers if they invest in land grabbing activities. Emma Websdale spoke with campaigner Kirtana Chandrasekaran to discuss why it is such an important issue.
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The Times of Zambia | 19 Apr 2013
Delegates demand that land should not be recklessly sold to foreigners during proceedings at Zambia's National Constitution Convention in Lusaka.
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Wall Street Journal | 18 Apr 2013
Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson says plans to increase scrutiny on farmland investments would ruin any chance at all of a free-trade deal being struck with China.
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New Vision | 17 Apr 2013
The Uganda Land Alliance (ULA) has observed that unfair government policies and ignorance of land rights and values have escalated the problem of land grabbing by investors in the country.
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Halal Focus | 15 Apr 2013
Pressed on which countries in Africa would be suitable food sources, Hisham Abdullah Al Shirawi, the chairman of Economic Zones World, says the test would be countries where water was in abundance and which were not spoilt by strife.
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Think Africa Press | 15 Apr 2013
As part of a trend that is accelerating across Africa, thousands of Cameroonians have been displaced from their homelands to make way for large-scale agribusiness projects.
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Les Echos | 06 mai 2013
Le groupe céréalier AgroGénération, créé en 2007 par l'homme d'affaires Charles Beigbeder, va être absorbé par Harmélia, un rival ukrainien, détenu à 100 % par le fonds d'investissement américain SigmaBleyzer.
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RFI | 06 mai 2013
Les résultats d’une première étude sur le phénomène de la cession des grandes superficies de terres en Afrique de l’Ouest viennent d’être publiés à Abidjan.
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Le Républicain Mali | 06 mai 2013
Lettre ouverte de la Convergence Malienne contre les Accaparements de Terre à Monsieur le Gouverneur de Ségou
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Le Monde | 03 mai 2013
Nouvel épisode à rebondissement pour Charles Beigbeder. L'homme d'affaires a annoncé, vendredi 3 mai, qu'il associait ses fermes en Ukraine à celles de son concurrent Harmelia, contrôlé par un fonds américain, le texan SigmaBleyzer.
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CNCR | 03 mai 2013
Reportage diffusé par la radio ZIK-FM de Kaolack sur la campagne de lutte contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles conduite par le Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux (CNCR).
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Infos Gabon | 24 avr 2013
Le Gabon Vert, fort de ses 5 millions d’hectares cultivables, est ouvert aux investisseurs.
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CIRAD | 24 avr 2013
Ce numéro spécial des Cahiers Agricultures analyse la place accordée au foncier et aux diverses formes d’agriculture dans les stratégies des Etats, des investisseurs et des communautés d’acteurs locaux.
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La France Agricole | 17 avr 2013
Pour Clara Jamart, « des banques telles que la BNP Paribas, la Société générale et le Crédit agricole financent largement la production d'agrocarburants, et se rendent complices de l'augmentation des prix alimentaires et des dynamiques d'accaparement de terres dans les pays du sud. »
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Yaoundé Infos | 16 avr 2013
« Protéger les communautés locales, les femmes et les minorités contre l’accaparement des terres » c’est le thème de cette importante rencontre organisée du 10 au 12 avril 2013.
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Le Podcast Journal | 15 avr 2013
La condamnation de Marc Ona Essangui, leader de la société civile gabonaise, a une peine de six mois de prison avec sursis et au paiement d’une amende de 5 millions de francs cfa a suscité une levée de boucliers hors des frontières gabonaises.
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CCPA Kaolack | 10 avr 2013
Sidy Ba, secrétaire général du CCPA, fait un exposé sur l'accaparement des terres lors de l'atelier de partage et de réflexion «La sécurité alimentaire face aux enjeux liés aux OGM et à l'accaparement des terres»
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CENSAT | 07 may 2013
El objetivo es abrir un espacio de debate y análisis sobre el acaparamiento de tierras como fenómeno global y relacionar esta práctica mundial con la política agraria en Colombia.
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Entorno Inteligente | 06 may 2013
La implementación de los planes de uso y manejo de los suelos que comenzó a exigir el Ministerio de Ganadería, afectará la dinámica de arrendamientos de tierras.
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Blogs El País | 18 abr 2013
Argentina, Brasil y Bolivia han reaccionado al fenómeno adoptando restricciones a la propiedad extranjera de la tierra, sin embargo Grain advierte de que las barreras que están creándose contra la inversión extranjera resultan endebles.
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Argenpress | 16 abr 2013
Radiografía de uno de los grupos económicos más poderosos, poseedor de cientos de miles de hectáreas en el país y la región, y dueño del imperio inmobiliario más grande de la Argentina. Sus propiedades, historia y vínculos con el poder.
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UMOYA | 09 mar 2013
Sen- Ethanol, es el nombre de un proyecto muy controvertido.Esta sociedad de capitales extranjeros y senegaleses, asociada a la Sen-Huile, otra sociedad de la cual ella es accionista y que ha obtenido la concesión de 20.000 hectáreas en agosto del 2012 por parte del Estado senegalés.
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afrika süd | 03 May 2013
Mosambik lockt kommerzielle Farmer, um die vernachlässigte Landwirtschaft zu modernisieren. Mega-Projekt ProSavana: Dem Agrobusiness wird ein riesiges Gebiet im Norden zur Erschließung überlassen. Brasilien exportiert mit Finanzmitteln aus Japan sein Agrarmodell samt der Widersprüche nach Afrika. Doch formiert sich Widerstand.
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Justiça Ambiental et al | 02 May 2013
Grupos da sociedade civil finalmente viram, após uma fuga, um exemplar da versão mais recente do Plano Director para o programa ProSAVANA, com data de Março de 2013. O documento deixa claras as intenções do projecto e confirma que os governos do Japão, do Brasil e de Moçambique estão secretamente a preparar o caminho para a usurpação de terras em grande escala no Norte de Moçambique.
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Portal Vermelho | 14 Apr 2013
Se você quiser encontrar um brasileiro com motivos para estar feliz com a última década, e otimista quanto ao futuro, procure entre os proprietários de terras. Entre 2003 e 2012, o preço médio do hectare no Brasil pulou de R$ 2.280 para R$ 7.470. Foi um crescimento de 227%, o dobro da inflação registrada no mesmo período.
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I Bahia | 11 Apr 2013
Segundo estimativas da organização Oxfam, que lançou um relatório em 2011 e mantém uma campanha dedicada a tratar publicamente do tema, grandes negócios de comércio de terras realizados desde 2000 envolveram 227 milhões de hectares, mais que o dobro de toda a área.
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