Land Rights
Le Monde, Courrier International, Swiss Info, Les Echos, Tribune de Geneve, Le Temps, BBC, and more.
December 6, 2011
Phase two of our research on land grabs reveals how bad energy policies and development agendas contribute to famine and conflict in Africa.
November 17, 2011
The Guardian--Report says largescale foreign agri-investment offers 'few solutions to the poverty and hunger plaguing the country.'
November 6, 2011
Financial Times--When farmers start to plant chickpeas in a remote spot of South Sudan this month, they may well sow the seeds of a backlash. South Sudan seceded from the north in July and this Egyptian-run plantation is the most advanced of several big-ticket farming deals detractors decry as "land grabs" in the world's newest nation.
October 27, 2011
Vanderbilt Hustler--Mounting evidence suggests Vanderbilt University’s investment in emerging African markets may be creating a commodity crisis in the region, even as university officials and a hedge fund manager directly involved in the fund tout their potential for high returns and local benefits.
October 21, 2011
ONE--Thanks to the comprehensive property rights that we enjoy in the US today, our homes and livelihoods are protected from being seized by large corporations. Unfortunately, throughout much of Africa, this threat is a daily reality.
October 18, 2011
New Business Ethiopia--Oakland Institute launches campaign against Iowa-based investor Bruce Rastetter and fellow investors in the industrial agricultural corporation AgriSol Energy’s attempt to acquire 325,000 hectares of land in Tanzania that is home to 162,000 people.
September 1, 2011
Conducive--The recent phenomenon of aggressive land takeovers, also known as land grabs, has resulted in the taking of enormous portions of land throughout Africa. In 2009 alone, nearly 60 million hectares of land was purchased or leased throughout the continent for the production and export of food, cut flowers, and agrofuel crops.
October 12, 2011
Reuters--Murrin to head Emergent, Payne to head Emvest; Emergent to unveil new directors, projects; Emergent criticised in Oakland Institute report this year.
October 7, 2011
Outlook India--Outlook interviewed Anuradha Mittal, the India-born-and-educated founder and executive president of Oakland Institute, to find out why she thinks India ought to share part of the blame of causing “depravation and destitution” in Ethiopia.
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