Archives for November 2014

BACK TO BASICS!    http://youtu.be/PvpDuNIBTKc http://youtu.be/wDHduZ8ulcs   THE BALLAD OF AN ILL-FATED LAND GRAB PROJECT IN MALI! The New Food World Order and Global Land Grab http://youtu.be/QVSE9sBrnos

The past decade has seen a huge rush to acquire land, a phenomenon that some have dubbed “The Great African Land Robbery.” These acquisitions are motivated by rising food and fuel prices, anticipated commodity and resource scarcities, and new incentive …

David Ralph: Rattling as if it might come away from the dirt-spattered ceiling at any moment to decapitate us all, a fan hacked at the heavy air in the lobby of the Econo Lodge in Dar es Salaam. ‘No soliciting’ said a sign on the wall beside the recept …

Timothy A. Wise: Can land grabs by foreign investors in developing countries feed the hungry? So says the press release for a recent, and unfortunate, economic study. It comes just as civil society and government delegates gather in Rome [in August 201 …

Liz Alden Wily: Up to 90% of sub-Saharan Africa’s land area is currently untitled. Without legal owners, this land falls to the state, which makes it easy to lease to foreign investors. There is rarely anything illegal about African governments selling …

Sputnik Kilambi: The rise of China and India in Africa has important implications for the continent’s development. While the two Asian giants provide a much needed alternative to the old and until now sole paradigm of dependence on the West, both count …

Graham Peebles: Ancestral land that for generations has served as home and livelihood for hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in Ethiopia is being leased out, on 99-year renewable contracts at nominal sums to foreign corporations. The land givea …

Obang Metho: Land, Water and Resource-Grabbing and Its Impact on Food Security in Africa Editor’s note: Obang spoke about the Land, Water and Resource-Grabbing and Its Impact on Food Security in Africa at the 1st Africa Congress on Effective Cooperatio …

Meet The Millionaires and Billionaires Suddenly Buying Tons of Land In Africa Oakland Institute just completed the most thorough investigative report on who’s buying land in Africa we’ve seen yet: “Hedge Funds Grabbing Land in Africa,” as BBC called it …

  Farmland prices have been driven by a rising demand for land with some sovereings looking to secure their food supply and investors looking to diversify their portfolios. Developing nations often perceive this sort of investing to be land grabbi …