(1) Jean-Claude Gandur, multimillonario suizo dueño de Addax Bioenergy, ha adquirido 10,000 hectáreas de tierras fértiles en Sierra Leona desplazando a agricultores locales, a pesar de las quejas sobre escasez de alimentos y acceso al agua. (2) José Minaya, director de TIAA-CREF, el mayor fondo de pensiones de maestros estadounidenses, ha invertido cientos de millones en un fondo brasileño que compra tierras y las convierte en plantaciones de caña de azú
The document summarizes the growing trend of "land grabbing" where large corporations and states acquire large areas of agricultural land in other countries to produce food for export. It notes that over 60 million hectares of land have been targeted globally since 2008, mostly in Africa. The main actors driving this include investment funds, foreign governments, and multinational agribusiness firms. Several examples are given of land acquisition deals across Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America totaling millions of hectares for crops like soybeans, palm oil, rice and sugarcane. Concerns are raised about the impacts on food security, rural livelihoods and control over natural resources.
El documento describe el fenómeno del acaparamiento de tierras agrícolas por parte de gobiernos y corporaciones extranjeras en países en desarrollo, con el objetivo de producir alimentos para la exportación. Se ha acelerado debido a la crisis alimentaria y financiera mundiales, y ha involucrado la adquisición de decenas de millones de hectáreas en todo el mundo, especialmente en África. Los principales actores son Estados del Golfo, China, fondos de pensiones y capital privado de Occidente, y empresas agroalimentarias mult
The document discusses the ProSavana project in Mozambique, which involves the governments of Mozambique, Brazil, and Japan. The project would develop large-scale industrial farming in northern Mozambique's Nacala Corridor similar to farming models in Brazil. It may amount to one of the largest land grabs in Africa, involving millions of hectares of land. Local peasants in the target area met to discuss the project, expressing concern that the land is already used by small-scale farmers and no one has consulted them about the plans.
(1) Jean-Claude Gandur, multimillonario suizo dueño de Addax Bioenergy, ha adquirido 10,000 hectáreas de tierras fértiles en Sierra Leona desplazando a agricultores locales, a pesar de las quejas sobre escasez de alimentos y acceso al agua. (2) José Minaya, director de TIAA-CREF, el mayor fondo de pensiones de maestros estadounidenses, ha invertido cientos de millones en un fondo brasileño que compra tierras y las convierte en plantaciones de caña de azú
The document summarizes the growing trend of "land grabbing" where large corporations and states acquire large areas of agricultural land in other countries to produce food for export. It notes that over 60 million hectares of land have been targeted globally since 2008, mostly in Africa. The main actors driving this include investment funds, foreign governments, and multinational agribusiness firms. Several examples are given of land acquisition deals across Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America totaling millions of hectares for crops like soybeans, palm oil, rice and sugarcane. Concerns are raised about the impacts on food security, rural livelihoods and control over natural resources.
El documento describe el fenómeno del acaparamiento de tierras agrícolas por parte de gobiernos y corporaciones extranjeras en países en desarrollo, con el objetivo de producir alimentos para la exportación. Se ha acelerado debido a la crisis alimentaria y financiera mundiales, y ha involucrado la adquisición de decenas de millones de hectáreas en todo el mundo, especialmente en África. Los principales actores son Estados del Golfo, China, fondos de pensiones y capital privado de Occidente, y empresas agroalimentarias mult
The document discusses the ProSavana project in Mozambique, which involves the governments of Mozambique, Brazil, and Japan. The project would develop large-scale industrial farming in northern Mozambique's Nacala Corridor similar to farming models in Brazil. It may amount to one of the largest land grabs in Africa, involving millions of hectares of land. Local peasants in the target area met to discuss the project, expressing concern that the land is already used by small-scale farmers and no one has consulted them about the plans.