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WEBSep 11, 2024 · The incredible £263m farm that's the biggest in Europe - but owned by the Middle East. Express. 08 September 2024. The Agricost Farm in Romania, covering an incredible 57,000 hectares of land, was purchased from a Romanian businessman by UAE-based Al Dahra investment in 2018.
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WEBAug 26, 2024 · Koch invests in massive land grab from West African herders. Exposed. 21 August 2024. An investment arm of the largest private company in the U.S. — Koch, Inc — is investing in an agricultural business venture that will generate carbon credits while pulling local natural resources from almost 2.9 million hectares of land in West Africa.
How to resist the expanding global land grab - farmlandgrab.org
WEBMar 19, 2024 · Mali made headlines as a hotbed of the global land grab in the wake of the 2008 food price crisis when massive tracts of its arable red earth were swept up by foreign investors. The ensuing rural devastation and displacement reflected a bleak new reality for peasant communities throughout the Global South. At the time, Mali had not passed a ...
The state of the global farmland grab, according to the Land …
WEBOct 27, 2021 · The Land Matrix Initiative, a collaboration between academic research institutes and the International Land Coalition, has just released a new report on large scale land acquisitions – as they call them – in the agricultural sector worldwide. The report accounts for 33 million hectares which international investors have acquired for agricultural production since 2000.
What is land grabbing? A critical review of existing definitions
WEBJan 8, 2016 · A critical review of existing definitions. by Katelyn Baker-Smith and Szocs Boruss Miklos-Attila. Land grabbing is a serious issue that affects the environment, economy, social welfare and human rights. Despite the global reach of land grabbing, there is no definition that fully captures the issue. Here, Eco Ruralis presents not only its ...
farmlandgrab.org | Land grab? The race for the world's farmland
WEBJan 8, 2010 · The race for the world's farmland. The world is experiencing a grain rush. With increasing frequency, food-importing countries and private investors are acquiring farmland across the developing world. This new publication marks one of the first efforts in the United States to bring together perspectives from international organizations, farmers ...
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WEBAug 23, 2024 · Koch invests in massive land grab from West African herders. Exposed. 21 August 2024. An investment arm of the largest private company in the U.S. — Koch, Inc — is investing in an agricultural business venture that will generate carbon credits while pulling local natural resources from almost 2.9 million hectares of land in West Africa.
farmlandgrab.org | Charts: The top 5 land-grabbing countries
WEBAnd as Mother Jones blogger Tom Philpott has noted, the grabbers have an average per capita GDP about five times the size of the grabbed. Take a look at the top five land-grabbing countries below and their respective claims: Top Global Land Poachers by Area Grabbed, 2002 to 2012 Israel United Arab Emirates China United States United Kingdom 4 5 ...
farmlandgrab.org | Land grabs: a data visualisation
WEBSep 15, 2012 · Land grabbing: what is it? Land grabbing is a term that describes the acquisition of farmland by companies, governments and individuals. In the last years the term has been used to refer to the large-scale acquisition of farmland by foreign investors, a trend that has increased since the 2007-2008 world food price crisis, which prompted a renewed interest in foreign lands as a means to achieve ...
Land squeeze: Soaring land prices, grabs and carbon schemes …
WEBMay 12, 2024 · Soaring land prices, land grabs, and carbon schemes are creating an unprecedented ‘land squeeze’, threatening farmers and food production, reveals a comprehensive new report today by IPES-Food. The report comes as land issues rise up the global agenda – with the World Bank holding a conference on ‘Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action’ in Washington DC this week, a ...
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