Land grab update: Mozambique, Africa still in the crosshairs
By: Timothy A. Wise, Food Tank
Date: November 1st 2016
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
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The worldwide race to own fertile land
By: Armando Mombelli
Date: October 14th 2016
Source: Swissinfo.ch
The worrying rise in foreign investors buying up land in poor countries is set to get worse in future, taking valuable resources from local populations. A report out later this month by a Bern database into ‘land grabbing’ should dig deeper into the problem.
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International Land Deals for Agriculture
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December, 2016
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Land acquisitions continue to be an important trend
Large-scale land acquisitions continue to be an important issue for governments, development organisations, NGOs and farmers’ organisations all over the world; this remains the case even in times of global economic slowdown, recession and crisis. The scale of this trend and its significant impacts on rural transformation and livelihoods make it necessary to further monitor, observe and positively influence such deals wherever possible.
Custodians of the land, defenders of our future
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September, 2016
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Since 2009, Oxfam and others have been raising the alarm about a great global land rush. Millions of hectares of land have been acquired by investors to meet rising demand for food and biofuels, or for speculation. This often happens at the expense of those who need the land most and are best placed to protect it: farmers, pastoralists, forest-dependent people, fisherfolk, and indigenous peoples.
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