Food crisis and the global land grab http://farmlandgrab.org Governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food - or simply to make money Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation ACIL plans to invest $15 mn to start contract farming abroad http://farmlandgrab.org/17982 http://farmlandgrab.org/17982#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:40:01 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17982 http://farmlandgrab.org/17982/feed 0 India's ACIL Cotton Industries said it plans to invest nearly $15 million to start contract farming of crops like coffee, pulses, oilseeds, cereals, potato, sugarcane and vegetables through... L’envolée actuelle des prix alimentaires présente des risques http://farmlandgrab.org/17987 http://farmlandgrab.org/17987#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:14:58 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17987 http://farmlandgrab.org/17987/feed 0 Les risques les plus élevés d'expropriation de terres agricoles demeurent en Amérique latine, mais l'impact le plus fort des tensions actuelles pourrait se faire sentir sur les accords de terres... « Oser lutter pour oser vaincre » http://farmlandgrab.org/17952 http://farmlandgrab.org/17952#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:12:06 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17952 http://farmlandgrab.org/17952/feed 0 Au forum de Kolongo, presque 30 témoignages ont dénoncé les violences et la non prise en compte des réalités paysannes : personnes âgées battues, une femme enceinte de 5 mois a perdu son bébé sous... Privatization of agricultural land in Ukraine needed to meet domestic demand for food, says premier http://farmlandgrab.org/17974 http://farmlandgrab.org/17974#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:37:27 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17974 http://farmlandgrab.org/17974/feed 0 Prime Minister Azarov says Ukraine won't be able to meet its demand for food without the revision of issues related to ownership in the agricultural sector Rising food prices bring host of political risks http://farmlandgrab.org/17971 http://farmlandgrab.org/17971#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:56:38 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17971 http://farmlandgrab.org/17971/feed 0 Food prices are soaring and the highest risks of farmland expropriation remain in Latin America, while the greatest impact of the recent rally could be on land deals in Africa, some suggest. Argentina eyes GCC investments in food http://farmlandgrab.org/17966 http://farmlandgrab.org/17966#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:03:11 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17966 http://farmlandgrab.org/17966/feed 0 "Argentina will welcome investment from Bahrain in its agricultural sector so it can guarantee its own food security," Ignacio Rossi Sammartino, deputy head of mission of the Commercial Section at... UAE has a long history of support for Sudan http://farmlandgrab.org/17942 http://farmlandgrab.org/17942#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:50:54 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17942 http://farmlandgrab.org/17942/feed 0 Abu Dhabi acquired 30,000 ha of Sudanese farmland last June through the ADFD to grow alfalfa, a crop used to feed cattle. Soudan: avec la perte du Sud, l’économie du Nord serait fragilisée http://farmlandgrab.org/17962 http://farmlandgrab.org/17962#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:41:06 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17962 http://farmlandgrab.org/17962/feed 0 Avec ses terres arables irriguées par le Nil, le potentiel du Nord-Soudan fait des envieux parmi des pays arabes et asiatiques, qui se sont bousculés au portillon pour acquérir des droits à long... Libya could provide 60,000 hectares of field for Turkish investors http://farmlandgrab.org/17945 http://farmlandgrab.org/17945#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:51:48 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17945 http://farmlandgrab.org/17945/feed 0 Libyan officials said that they could allocate 60,000 hectares of field for Turkish investors for production of wheat and corn. More talks on the land grab http://farmlandgrab.org/17933 http://farmlandgrab.org/17933#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:57:24 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17933 http://farmlandgrab.org/17933/feed 0 In Ethiopia, resentments over land grab have already started claiming lives. The TPLF regime has already killed 10 protesting ethnic Anuak farmers and has sent thousands more to concentration camps. Alternative investing: Digging into farmland http://farmlandgrab.org/17929 http://farmlandgrab.org/17929#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:14:18 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17929 http://farmlandgrab.org/17929/feed 2 Finding suitable farmland investment vehicles is not as easy as one might think. Cacería de tierras fértiles http://farmlandgrab.org/17937 http://farmlandgrab.org/17937#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:49:11 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17937 http://farmlandgrab.org/17937/feed 0 El mundo asiste a una vertiginosa carrera de compra de tierras fértiles, sobre todo en África y Sudamérica. Georgia calls on SA farmers for help http://farmlandgrab.org/17918 http://farmlandgrab.org/17918#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:03:22 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17918 http://farmlandgrab.org/17918/feed 0 The government of Georgia is offering state-owned farmland, for purchase, to farmer members of the Transvaal Agricultural Union (TAU) in South Africa The changing face of agricultural business http://farmlandgrab.org/17913 http://farmlandgrab.org/17913#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:50:41 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17913 http://farmlandgrab.org/17913/feed 0 "We want to make agriculture sexy," says the head of Macquaraie's Retail Agribuiness operation. Mauritanie : hold-up sur les terres des populations du Sud http://farmlandgrab.org/17900 http://farmlandgrab.org/17900#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:21:57 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17900 http://farmlandgrab.org/17900/feed 0 Ce hold-up avait été révélé au grand public en juillet 2010 par Eveil Hebdo qui mettait en cause le président Ould Aziz sur le point de signer un décret qui pourrait octroyait 50 000 ha de terrain à... Extranjerización de la tierra en Argentina http://farmlandgrab.org/17892 http://farmlandgrab.org/17892#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:15:28 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17892 http://farmlandgrab.org/17892/feed 0 Argentina con un potencial de producción aun no explorado constituye una gran base de interés por sus producciones para países asiáticos The great land grab in Mali http://farmlandgrab.org/17883 http://farmlandgrab.org/17883#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:41:58 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17883 http://farmlandgrab.org/17883/feed 0 Local farmers risk losing their land and their livelihood, but perhaps the greatest risk of the Malibya project in Mali is the loss of water. Argentina: Costa y Línea Sur, Reclaman legislación sobre tierras http://farmlandgrab.org/17925 http://farmlandgrab.org/17925#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:00:41 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17925 http://farmlandgrab.org/17925/feed 0 La legisladora del ARI, Magdalena Odarda, manifestó sus coincidencias con los posicionamientos de la Pastoral Social de la Patagonia Des ONG dénoncent des expropriations foncières dans le sud de la Mauritanie http://farmlandgrab.org/17876 http://farmlandgrab.org/17876#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:33:16 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17876 http://farmlandgrab.org/17876/feed 1 Les ONG n'ont pas révélé l'identité des multinationales de l'agro-busness bénéficiaires des attributions foncières en question; toutefois certaines sources parlent de sociétés saoudiennes,... Land: The new international strategic asset. How Africa is losing big time http://farmlandgrab.org/17889 http://farmlandgrab.org/17889#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:19:46 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17889 http://farmlandgrab.org/17889/feed 0 The seizing of the poor farmers' land is destroying their only hope of survival on earth. Bangladesh wants rice and land concessions http://farmlandgrab.org/17871 http://farmlandgrab.org/17871#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:55:52 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17871 http://farmlandgrab.org/17871/feed 0 Bangladesh wants to invest in growing rice in Cambodia for future exports back to Bangladesh and has requested long-term land leases for up to 99 years, such as Cambodia has already granted to other... Revisiting the issue of “land grabbing” http://farmlandgrab.org/17880 http://farmlandgrab.org/17880#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:27:43 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17880 http://farmlandgrab.org/17880/feed 0 Affected rural poor communities and their allies are not likely to simply accept the land grabbing process in the way the World Bank and its supporters might suppose. Agria interest purely investment: chairman http://farmlandgrab.org/17859 http://farmlandgrab.org/17859#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:14:52 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17859 http://farmlandgrab.org/17859/feed 0 Chinese agribusiness companies Agria and New Hope Group launched a joint bid to take Agria's stake in New Zealand's PGGW to a controlling 50.01%, but Agria CEO Xie Tao said the move was not motivated... Terra agrícola de África é o novo alvo. Mas as colheitas são para outros http://farmlandgrab.org/17863 http://farmlandgrab.org/17863#comments Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:07:58 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17863 http://farmlandgrab.org/17863/feed 0 O solo cultivável é o novo objectivo na corrida aos recursos naturais. Mas são os países ricos a ganhar mais com isso Argentina: La iglesia rionegrina planteó sus críticas al proyecto de sojización con China http://farmlandgrab.org/17922 http://farmlandgrab.org/17922#comments Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:53:55 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17922 http://farmlandgrab.org/17922/feed 0 Los Departamentos de Pastoral Social de las Diócesis de San Carlos de Bariloche expresaron su desacuerdo “con el alquiler de tierras públicas o privadas ni a grandes Pools de Siembra, sean argentinos... “Land leasing and BBC cynicism”: Ethiopian government responds http://farmlandgrab.org/17844 http://farmlandgrab.org/17844#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:24:12 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17844 http://farmlandgrab.org/17844/feed 0 Not a single farmer has been dispossessed of his holding on account of foreign investment, blasts Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Accaparement des terres arables en Afrique : Enda Tiers monde cloue au pilori la stratégie de la Banque mondiale http://farmlandgrab.org/17839 http://farmlandgrab.org/17839#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:01:34 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17839 http://farmlandgrab.org/17839/feed 0 Rien n’est pire, selon Enda Tiers monde, que la stratégie choisie par la Banque mondiale pour amortir les conséquences de l’accaparement des terres en Afrique New Zealand regulator rejects Natural Dairy’s acquisition http://farmlandgrab.org/17835 http://farmlandgrab.org/17835#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:22:52 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17835 http://farmlandgrab.org/17835/feed 0 The New Zealand Minister for Building and Construction and the Minister of Finance rejected Natural Dairy Holdings’ application to acquire Crafar Farms, the largest private family farm in New Zealand Earth grab: No to a biomass economy http://farmlandgrab.org/17829 http://farmlandgrab.org/17829#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:31:31 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17829 http://farmlandgrab.org/17829/feed 0 Public forum in Canada with farm leaders from the Global South Blocage d’un projet d’achat d’exploitations laitières par des Chinois http://farmlandgrab.org/17819 http://farmlandgrab.org/17819#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:21:26 +0000 GRAIN http://farmlandgrab.org/?p=17819 http://farmlandgrab.org/17819/feed 0 La Nouvelle-Zélande a bloqué, mercredi, un projet controversé de rachat de grandes exploitations laitières, aujourd'hui en faillite, par un groupe coté à Hong Kong, territoire appartenant à la Chine.