Comments for Food crisis and the global land grab

Comment on Food pirates: Indian firms buying farm land in Africa by Ian

Ian — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:44:44 +0000

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Comment on Alternative investing: Digging into farmland by Paul Kanitra

Paul Kanitra — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:25:41 +0000

An exchange traded farmland futures contract would be the best alternative for most investors. It would serve as a proxy investment, not require a long term commitment and have liquidity.

Comment on Alternative investing: Digging into farmland by Gordon Ommen

Gordon Ommen — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:34:52 +0000

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Comment on La Libye s’accapare des terres rizicoles maliennes by Gérard BEGNI

Gérard BEGNI — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:39:20 +0000

Qaund on réfléchit bien à ces questions, dans le fond il n’est pas scandaleux de construire un canal ou une route comme on le fait chez nous. Et en ce qui concerne le financement, comme l’Etat malien est pauvre, il peut soit emprunter au FMI ou sur le marché financier en émettant des obligations d’Etat, ou faire ce genre de troc. On comprend bien l’intérêt du client: compte tenu de la volatilité et de la nervosité des cour, ilpréfère maîtriser la roduction el plus en amont possible. Ce qui est scandaleux en revanche, c’est que l’on vive une situation de non droit foncier qui permet d’expulser les paysans sans autre forme de procès en les acculant à la misère et la famine. Dans les vraies démocraties,les droits de propriétés des agriculteurs et autres habitants sont garanties. S’il y a expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique, il y a enquête et acahat des terres au juste prix. De plus, l’Etat peut très bien accompagner le projet en se préoccupant de politique sociale envers les populations déplacées. Car enfin supposons un instant que l’Etat malien ait les moyens financiers de réaliser lui-même ces équipements: peut-on sérieusement penser qu’il aurait agi réellement autrement ??????
Quant à jeter l’opprobe sur Khadafi, oui crtes mais ceci est un cas parmi de nombreux autres et dans le plupart des cas ce sont les Chinois (avec leur sens inné du respect des droits de l’Homme) qui sont les clients de ces opérations.
ON peut difficilement s’opposer par principeau progrès technologique à grande échelle, y compris à ce type d’opérations mais il est essentiel AVANT de stabiliser l’Etat de droit et d’établir un régime de propriété indiscutable et incontournable PARTOUT et POUR TOUS.

Comment on Roman Rosslenbroich: Way ahead of the alternatives crowd by Uday Pratap

Uday Pratap — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:06 +0000

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Comment on Des ONG dénoncent des expropriations foncières dans le sud de la Mauritanie by Cheikhany Ould Sidina

Cheikhany Ould Sidina — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:04:15 +0000

Je ne suis pas membre de ces organisations que je ne connais pas.
Mais mon expérience d’ancienne autorité sur le fleuve proche des populations et de 14 ans ( 1987 à 2000) de syndicat de l’agriculture par l’exercice de Secrétaire Général de la Fédération de l’Agriculture et de l’Elévage de Mauritanie ( FNAEM) affiliée à la CGEM m’incite à leur donner entière raison et d’ajouter que les mauritaniens comme beaucoup d’autres pays africains sont très peu informés sur les nouveaux enjeux du Land grabbing (accaparement des terres) télécommandé depuis quelques années par la Banque Mondiale .destiné à assurer la sécurité alimentaire des pays riches au détriment des pauvres populations d’Afrique et de trouver u travail aux bureaux d’études et industriels occidentaux et asiatiques.
L’Afrique vient de subir plus de 20 ans de destruction de ses agricultures ( ref ouvrage Notre continent, notre avenir en ligne) depuis l’avènement des PASA de la Banque Mondiale.
L’Afrique est aujourd’hui menacée par une nouvelle ère de « néocolonialisme foncier » aussi grave que « le pillage de ces ressources minières ».
La Mauritanie pouvait et peut, en moins de 2 ans , sans besoin de financement extérieur, si assurer l’autosuffisance et la sécurité alimentaire de la Nation Arabe et Africaine si l’Etat accepte d’entendre d’autres politiques que celles de la Banque Mondiale et des alliances douteuses de technocraties publiques et privées nées du PASA.
On essaie actuellement d’embarquer nos Etat adans une nouvelle aventure.
Le fleuve Sénégal, grenier agricole de tous les mauritaniens, actuellement victime depuis 22 ans des politiques agricoles dictées par la BIRD, ne doit pas tomber entre les mains de l’agrobusiness alimentaire étranger.
Tous les mauritaniens du Nord au Sud et toutes organisations internationales éprises de justice et développement local des populations doivent se mobiliser pour demander à l’Etat de sortir des sentiers bâtis pour valoriser, en comptant sur nos propres forces les immenses ressources hydro-agricoles du fleuve non exploitées.

Cheikhany Ould Sidina tel 00 222 2138559
cheikhany_ouldsidina@yahoo.fr

Comment on Stop land grabbing now! by b cole

b cole — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:19:13 +0000

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Comment on Fertile ground for investment by Waylon Stansbury

Waylon Stansbury — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:05:31 +0000

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Comment on Fertile ground for investment by Guillermo Desilvo

Guillermo Desilvo — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:33:58 +0000

It’s great to see that people like you are spending their time posting useful information for others. Experts willing to donate their time to post free knowledge for others are pretty hard to find.

Comment on Zambia eyes Gulf investment in farm sector by Alexis Phiri

Alexis Phiri — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:41:34 +0000

mmmmmmh – history has a way of sneaking back.
Hope time wont come when Zambians will be crying, “Mayoooooo!” our land has been taken – dread that day.
You can say what you want, call me naive if you want – land is better off driven and in the hands of its indigenous people – take a leaf from our beloved Chinese brothers or indeed our one time colonizers; they keep their land dear to their hearts.

Comment on Saudis to invest $500 million in Brazil agriculture by sachin

sachin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:38:51 +0000

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Comment on Fertile ground for investment by Lonny Blandino

Lonny Blandino — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:52:17 +0000

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Comment on Land grab fears for Ethiopian rural communities by Ethiopian

Ethiopian — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:20:49 +0000

Dr. Niang, What you write sounds wonderful and equatable, when you say “We” is it the government of Ethiopia? Would like to know.

Comment on Land grab fears for Ethiopian rural communities by Abdoulaye Niang, Ph.D in Ag Economics

Abdoulaye Niang, Ph.D in Ag Economics — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:38:31 +0000

We developed a sustainable approach to better prepare Africa to harness Africa’s land and water resources for Agriculture to generate global wealth through an optimal contribution to the creation of global economic growth with food and nutritional security and sustainable development. We developed a Model of Agriculture and land development supported by a Pole of Technological Convergence, Creativity and Innovations in Agriculture based on three pillars:
1. Precision agriculture;
2. Protected cropping, and
3. Smart fertilization.
The technologies are Israeli for programmable drip and ferti-irrigation and Nethouse while solar system is German.
We developed a Concept of Co-enterprise and a Scheme of liberalization of globalized capital to make it inclusive of the participation of local, national and regional groups of entrepreneurs, investors and grand public in a Transnational corporation (at least 40 percent) and shared with foreign groups of entrepreneurs and investors either in a multinational corporation as Strategic Partner (a most 30 percent) and in the Pool of multinational corporations (at most 30 percent) according to a set of Regional Wealth Retention Rules: 40+/30-/30- for extracting agriculture wealth. The Rules help to create conditions for ensuring the 4S: Capital security, financial security, economic security and human and social security.
Local potential entrepreneurs, investors through stimulus measures and programmes will become shareholders with a Security Threshold that is a minimum level of capital that they must hold as long as the con-enterprise is in activity to minimize the risk of local wealth war. The agriculture wealth (land, water….) is evaluated for instance at 3000 US$ per ha, a portion of this wealth through stimulus programmes and measures could be used to get the local entrepreneurs and investors and specially those who held for years a usufruct right on the land into the ownership of the co-enterprise.
I will be happy to share with the listeners of BBC the model. Please note that few months ago I was on the panel discussion on the use of ICT, gave an interview with BBC Nigeria. Please see http://www.tambaroua.com the farm.
Thanks

Comment on Des investisseurs saoudiens seraient prêts à prendre le contrôle de la production de riz au Sénégal et au Mali by mohammed ennejar

mohammed ennejar — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:31:58 +0000

pour les investisseur saoudien ou imarati

Comment on Funds: Eastern Europe the focus for “Green Revolution II” investors by Uday Pratap

Uday Pratap — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:27:38 +0000

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Comment on Siva buys into Karuturi Global by Radha Gopalan

Radha Gopalan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:37:34 +0000

The Government of India seems to have joined the ‘landgrab’ bandwagon. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is soon likely to fund Indians setting up farms abroad. See link below for details:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/11/27/stories/2010112752100100.htm

Why is a bank meant to provide financial assistance for rural development in India using its resources to deprive rural communities in Africa of a livelihood? Are there not enough deserving projects in rural India for NABARD to support?

Comment on Top experts in agricultural investment to address global AgInvesting 2010 conference by Uday Pratap

Uday Pratap — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:41:32 +0000

Stephen A. Kenney, President of Business Development for the Hancock Agricultural Investment Group (HAIG), on OpalesqueTV speaks about the rationale and investor benefits of investing in agriculture. http://www.opalesque.tv/youtube/Stephen_A_Kenney/1

Comment on Hancock ag investors eyeing more farm deals by Uday Pratap

Uday Pratap — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:40:56 +0000

Comment on Philippines Congress serves as broker to EU through Chacha, 100% foreign ownership of land, group says by reformer

reformer — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:19:46 +0000

You simply don’t know anything about elementary economics, no?! Wake up! Pag in-allow yung foreign ownership of land at 100% foreign ownership of businesses, ano sa tingin mo gagawin nila don? Syempre they will develop it! So saan sila kukuha ng tao?! Eh di sa Pilipinas!! San sila kukuha ng raw materials?! Eh di sa Pilipinas!!! Mga gunggong din kayo no! Hindi naman bibili ng lupa ang mga yan at iiwan lang nakatiwangwang. Eh di naging liability lang yun sa kanila kasi babayaran nila yung tax nun na wala naman na-ge-generate na income. Sabi kayo ng sabi na dapat sa inyo ang lupa eh hindi naman efficient ang production nyo. Ang nangyayari kukuha kayo ng loan tapos collateral yung lupa hanggang sa mabaon kayo sa utang.
Vini-villify nyo si Nograles at GMA eh para sa inyo nga yang reforms na yan! Para magkatrabaho kayo! Para magkatrabaho ang mahihirap at hindi aasa sa dole outs!!! Palibhasa uhaw kayo sa dole outs!!! Gusto nyo libre! Ayaw nyo magtrabaho!!! Ayaw nyo ng HARD WORK!! Ang Piipinas, mas gusto pa ng foreign loan at aid kesa sa foreign investment! Grabe! Ang daming tamad at bobong Pilipino!

Comment on Bernard Njonga :”Les Chinois à Nanga Eboko, c’est l’arbre qui cache la forêt” by Smeyers

Smeyers — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:12:45 +0000

Je ne comprends pas que l’on s’obstine à cultiver du riz …très pauvre en protéines et nutriments divers – le riz blanc est plus médiocre encore- ! Les rizières favorisent le paludisme.Le manioc et la patate douce sont des ” bourratifs ” sans valeurs nutritives.
Pourquoi ne pas privilégier les céréales endémiques – nettement plus nutritives – et les légumineuses ? L’apport de 3 parts céréales +1 part légumineuses = une alimentation presque complète.
Et, bien sûr, priorité absolue aux populations locales .

Comment on Saudi investors poised to take control of rice production in Senegal and Mali? by Amy Sim

Amy Sim — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:22:48 +0000

Thank you for your article. As a researcher and community supporter, this article has raised some initial questions for me:
-What are local farmers’ responses? Are they organising to resist and if so, what are some of the activities of the local or regional organisations/alliances?
-With regards to publicising these issues, what has the local, regional or national responses been in the public media and within political discourse?

Comment on Action pledged on soaring food prices by Eye-witness

Eye-witness — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:29:55 +0000

Is anybody out there reading this? “Mr al Mansouri said part of the reason for the rise in consumer prices was the young demographic of the UAE, which tends to consume more.”

I think he will never point out to farming projects overseas is failing to meet the demand. So what happened to the Zayed Farms in Sudan! What happened to so many local farm in UAE. We are importing now vegetables from Oman with prices comparable the ones imported from Hollands!

Comment on Why corporate Canada is very interested in buying the farm by Adam

Adam — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:04:42 +0000

Tomorrows wars create resistances & warriors today & call them terrorists tomorrow. privatize today & execute them tomorrow.

No Terror No Torture Just Truth.

Comment on Prince Alwaleed to sell 50 pct of Egypt Toshka by Alexander Hernandez Gomez

Alexander Hernandez Gomez — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:07:25 +0000

Hola alwaleed soy ne-fhes y quiero trabajar junto a ti ser tu fiel servedor de su majestad la tierra esta apunto de sufrir un gran colapso lo que ojo no vio y oido escucho por favor mi futuro rey dejame llegar a ti Dios Te Guarde Te Quiero.

Comment on Tema Manhean residents halt edible oil refinery Project by Vinnu

Vinnu — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:21:40 +0000

I read in a newspaper report that Malaysian Palm Oil Council is selling used palm oil as edible oil to various nations in the world. The news item is available here: http://www.weeklyblitz.net/1122/threatening-tactics-of-mpopc
The report claims that consuming used palm oil is hazadous to human health. In this case, why Malaysian government is allowing selling such oil to other nations?

Comment on Foreigners own more US farmland by Rick

Rick — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:06:26 +0000

Someday Americans are going to wake up from worshipping at the alters of money and greed and say “oops!”
shocked at the statistics from Maine. And I live here. I surmise its up in potato county.
I guess when China finishes taking over they can argue about it then.

Comment on Grupo árabe busca invertir en Argentina by Maximiliano

Maximiliano — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:22:50 +0000

Sería un movimiento importanticimo para el desarrollo y progreso de la provincia del chaco, el beneficio que va a tener la población, y la provincia en cuanto a obras y mejoramiento es algo para ilucionarse.

Comment on Multinacionales acusadas de controlar ricas tierras del tercer mundo by lydia bueno

lydia bueno — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:44:32 +0000

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