You can rely on sophia murphy for crisp, credible analyses of agricultural trade and food issues. Your search for land grabs returned 89 results page 19 first person blog the land grabs next door oct 10, 20. It offers an expression of oxfams fundamental principles. Authors support oxfam land grab campaign the bookseller. Oxfam says the increasing appetite for sugar has gone largely unnoticed as a contributory factor to land grabs in the developing world. Though a recent phenomenon, land grabs have generated considerable debate that remains highly polarized. Oxfam s behind the brands campaign says that the worlds ten biggest food and drink companies lack strong enough policies to stop land grabs and disputes from featuring in their supply chains.
Group presses companies on their sugar purchases by. In its report, sugar rush, published on wednesday, oxfam said sugar, along with soy and palm oil, was driving largescale land acquisitions and land conflicts at the expense of smallscale food. Most of oxfams 750 charity shops around the uk sell books, and around 100 are specialist bookshops or book and music shops. Princeton sugar is sweet, but the ethics of its production is anything but appealing. How sugar fuels land grabs, claims that people are at risk of losing their homes and land in a rush to feed a growing appetite for sugar. Pepsi and abf to make sure their sugar doesnt lead to land grabs. Were the scottish arm of oxfam gb, working to improve the lives of the worlds poorest people, at home and abroad. Oxfam has documented numerous land conflicts and land grabs associated with sugar production. This very sketchy picture of ethiopia suggests that the land grabs in this country are supported by a national.
Oxfams report, banking on shaky ground, details four case studies involving each of the big four banks. Our collection of secondhand books is huge and growing all the time, so theres always something new to discover. Oxfam has taken particular aim at the sugar industry, with a report on land disputes involving largescale sugar producers in brazil and cambodia. Since oxfam reported sugar land conflicts last year, two big buyers cocacola and pepsico have stepped in with new supplier policies. Is your bank involved in land grabbing in some of the poorest communities overseas.
Nov 23, 20 pepsi pressured to fight big sugar s land grab. Explore the connection between big companies, sugar and land grabs. Jun 03, 2014 can pepsi and coke end land grabs for sugar. Worried about land grabs, group presses 3 corporations to. After 250,000 people joined the call for cocacola, pepsico and associated british foods, three of the biggest players in the sugar industry to make sure the sugar in their food and drinks doesnt lead to land grabs, cocacola committed to take steps to stop land grabs in their supply chain. Coke and pepsico were among companies criticized in 20 for links to land disputes, with oxfam saying nearly 800 largescale land. The unprecedented increase in the world population coupled with the great demand for food have encouraged several investors to acquire land and water in some developing countries, sudan is not an exception. The new fight over who owns the earthpearce has written a book on a topical and controversial themeforeign investment in farmlandthat can be commended on at least three counts. Communities from brazil to cambodia are losing homes to make room for sugar crops, it is claimed. Grievances, human rights, and investor protections bibliography references articles, books, and reports 10th annual columbia international investment conference. First, he did a lot of traveling in africa, asia and south america to visit some rather difficulttoreach outposts such as gambella in ethiopia. Too often, the sugar in your favourite food and drinks is sourced by kicking farmers and their families off their land.
Her latest paper, land grabs and fragile food systems, is up to her usual standard. Big food and drink companies must act to stop conflicts over land as global sugar production continues to soar. Explore the issues around land grabs and be inspired to take action as active global citizens. This briefing shows how one crop sugar has been driving largescale land acquisitions and land conflicts at the expense of smallscale food. Oxfam says the increasing appetite for sugar has gone largely unnoticed as a contributory factor to land grabs in the developing. Westpac and national australia bank nab have become the first of the big four banks to release a policy on land grabs a significant step forward to stop unfair land deals that leave people around the world homeless and hungry. Oxfam set out to find a good example of largescale land acquisition and so we went to paraguay, one of the poorest countries in south america whose economy relies on agriculture. Oxfam has accused three big international food companies of buying sugar from what the advocacy group described as plantations that had unfairly taken land from farmers in cambodia and brazil. Land grabbing is a bitter secret in the sugar supply chains of some of the worlds biggest food and beverage companies. Australias banks grabbing land from worlds poor green left. Investors are targeting the worlds weakestgoverned countries to buy land, according to new analysis published by oxfam to mark todays international day of action on land grabs. Oct 02, 20 food and drink firms urged to crack down on sugar land grabs this article is more than 6 years old demand for sugar is triggering land conflicts, says oxfam, as it calls on cocacola and other. Oxfam s grow campaign is asking coldplay fans to take part in a groundbreaking global music project to highlight the global injustice of land grabs.
She locates the current row over land grabs in some broader debates that have rather fallen off the agenda, namely globalization and trade rules. The salt the antipoverty group oxfam is asking pepsis shareholders to approve a resolution. Grading coke and pepsi on their efforts to curb land grab in brazils sugar industry. The report, banking on shaky ground, explains that largescale land acquisitions have risen due to the rise in global food prices since 2008. John deere adds four new models to lseries utility wheel loader line. We have everything from classic childrens books to fireside fiction, super scifi, travel and history books.
Poorly governed countries targeted by land investors, warns oxfam. These clips were edited together into a music video that helped raise the profile of land grabs during the campaign targeting the world bank. Nov 15, 20 sugar rush, a recent report released by oxfam international as part of its behind the brands campaign, has shown that our use of sugar implicates us in land grabs that violate the. The implication of land grabbing on pastoral economy in sudan. Oxfam set out to find a good example of largescale land acquisition and so we went to paraguay, one of the poorest countries. In this debate, one view presents land deals as a path to sustainable and transformative rural development through capital accumulation, infrastructural development, technology transfer, and job creation while the alternative view sees land grabs as a new wave of neocolonization. The bitterness of sugar by peter singer project syndicate. A recent investigation by oxfam revealed that companies supplying sugar to pepsico and its franchisees have been implicated in violent land grabs, pushing small farmers off. Browse over 60,000 new titles, preowned novels and secondhand antique books, all available to buy online. Our commitment to tackling poverty and empowering communities continues.
After more than 2 decades oxfam s school program has closed. Food and drink firms urged to crack down on sugar land grabs. Nicaragua nicaragua sugar estates limited01leon and chinandega 2008. Grading coke and pepsi on their efforts to curb land grab.
Oct 02, 20 worried about land grabs, group presses 3 corporations to disclose sugar purchases. Oxfam files shareholder resolution urging pepsico to address land grabs. Tell pepsico and associated british food to make sure their sugar doesnt lead to land grabs. Oxfam accuses suppliers to cocacola and pepsi of taking land. Oxfam s behind the brands campaign has warned that the worlds ten biggest food and drink companies, including cocacola and pepsico, lack strong enough policies to prevent land grabs and land. After more than 272,000 people signed petitions and took action with oxfams behind the brands campaign, pepsico, the worlds secondlargest food and beverage company, committed to take steps to stop land grabs in its supply chain. Oxfams behind the brands campaign has warned that the worlds ten biggest food and drink companies, including cocacola and pepsico, lack strong enough policies to prevent land grabs and land. The move comes after 250,000 people had signed a petition in connection with international ngo oxfams campaign for food and beverage companies such as cocacola to respect the land rights of local communities, and oxfam had found evidence of land grabs and disputes by companies that supply sugar for cocacola the worlds largest. The land grabs next door oxfam america first person blog.
Worried about land grabs, group presses 3 corporations to disclose sugar purchases. Oxfam backs greater investment in agriculture and increased support to. Food and drink firms urged to crack down on sugar land grabs this article is more than 6 years old demand for sugar is triggering land conflicts, says oxfam, as it calls on cocacola and other. Concerned about land grabs, oxfam called on cocacola, pepsico and associated british foods to disclose more about the sources of their sugar supplies.
Oxfam in ottawa is a community group of oxfam canada, an international development agency with a focus on womens rights and gender equality. Oxfam accuses coke and pepsi of taking land from the poor the. Environment green living oxfam accuses coke and pepsi of taking land from the poor. We all rely on the landour common groundand farms to put food on the table. Poor communities across the globe are in dispute or even being kicked off their land, without consultation or compensation, to make way for huge sugar plantations.
The answers to all of these questions come to bear on the definition and measurement of what the media and ngos like oxfam. Land grabs and sugar land grabs are big deals where local communities that rely on the land are evicted without consent or compensation. Sugar rush, a recent report released by oxfam international as part of its behind the brands campaign, has shown that our use of sugar implicates us in land grabs that violate the rights of some of the worlds poorest communities. The denial of such rights is at the heart of poverty and suffering. Although oxfam has done much to better the issue of.
Land tenure and land grabs in africa land grabs in africa occur in a number of ways. Search results for oxfam food politics by marion nestle. Find 2 listings related to books a million in sugar land on. Land grabbing is the shocking story of how one half of the world is starved to feed the other. Oxfam second hand bookshop adelaide 57 hutt street, adelaide, south australia 5000 rated 4.
They got no compensation from the company and live underneath the bridge now, dos santos told the antipoverty nonprofit oxfam pdf last year in a report on land grabs in the sugar industry. A report released last month by oxfam revealed that australias big four banks have invested in land grabs that have dispossessed local land owners across the world. With your help, oxfam has been campaigning on land grabs as part of our grow campaign for food justice. Columbia university, new york, november 1011, 2015. Oxfam, the aflcio, trillium asset management and several other investors today filed a formal shareholder resolution urging pepsico to account for land rights violations in its supply chain. Oxfam accuses suppliers to cocacola and pepsi of taking land from poor communities to make room for sugar crops. One thing ive learned from my experiences and oxfams campaign. This current phenomenon often referred to as land grabbing as it always violates the right of local land users and affects the environment. Since 2000, at least 4 m ha of land has been acquired through 100 largescale deals by sugar industries.
Email australias big brands to urge them to not abandon the millions of women who make our clothes. Oxfam accuses coke and pepsi of taking land from the poor. Oxfam accuses suppliers to cocacola and pepsi of taking. The driving forces of african land grabs are global. Press release oxfam welcomes pepsicos commitments to act following tremendous public pressure africa.
Betterinformed and more ethical consumers could change this. Oxfam is calling on everyone who cares about what she makes to ask brands to pay for their existing orders. Pepsico declares zero tolerance for land grabs in supply chain search. After 250,000 people joined the call for cocacola, pepsico and associated british foods, three of the biggest players in the sugar industry to make sure the sugar in their food and drinks doesnt lead to land grabs, cocacola committed to.
Reshaping economic governance in the era of sustainable development. Twinings owner abf urged to ditch land grab sugar london. Renholmen receives large orders from nordic countries. The resources on these pages will no longer be updated. This handbook is the product of the experience of oxfam uk and ireland in its work in over 70 countries around the world. Land grabs are huge purchases of land by banks, private investors, governments or corporations which result in the often violent eviction of local people from their homes and the loss of the livelihoods and small farms which feed their families. Oxfam is a global organization working to end the injustice of poverty. Behind the brands, oxfam behind the brands, teach about sugar, teach about fair. Increasing sustainable production and productivity of safe, nutritious, diverse, and culturally acceptable food and reducing food loss and waste.
A typical oxfam bookshop will have around 50 volunteers, as well as a small number of fulltime staff. Cocacola promises to protect land rights of farmers. Since the food crisis of 20078, when the cost of staples such as rice and corn went through the roof, the race to acquire land in the southern hemisphere has become more intense than ever. Oct 05, 2012 authors support oxfam land grab campaign.
And its working cocacola has announced it will be the first of the big 3 to agree to do more to respect communities land rights throughout their supply chain. It is a phenomenon with a historical account that goes back decades. Land grabbing is a bitter secret in the sugar supply chains of some of the worlds biggest. What we know today as a land grab, broadly described by the editors as largescale acquisitions of lands by foreigners to use in large agricultural projects, is only one of the multiple manifestations of land grabs. Wealthy individuals or enterprises stake out prime land and obtain government allocation of the land for large agricultural use or industrial activity often to the detriment of small land owners that are displaced often without compensation. Visualizing the global land rush october 16, 20 posted by victoria marzilli explaining the links that connect the sugar in your coke or pepsi to the global scandal of land grabs that kick poor farmers off their land can be a long and winding story. Since oxfam reported sugar land conflicts last year, two big buyers cocacola and pepsico have stepped in.
To send a global message about land grabs, thousands of oxfam supporters and coldplay fans sent photos and videos of ordinary things out of place, echoing the displacement of land grabs. Nov 11, 20 princeton sugar is sweet, but the ethics of its production is anything but appealing. A recent investigation by oxfam revealed that companies supplying sugar to pepsico and its franchisees have been implicated in violent land grabs, pushing small farmers off their land and undermining their livelihoods. Oxfam is the largest retailer of second hand books in europe, selling around 12 million per year. Email australias big brands to urge them to not abandon the. Uganda says could eject oxfam over land grab claims. February 2016 ethical eats brought to you by oxfam. The salt the antipoverty group oxfam is asking pepsis shareholders to approve a resolution that, if passed, would force the company to disclose. So how did oxfam activists and supporters speak out on land grabbing. Signs of disarray at oxfam over ambassador of oppression. Paul theroux and henning mankell have given support to a new oxfam campaign to stop land grabs in developing countries. Land grabs displace small farmers and have become the focus of advocacy by oxfam. Land acquisitions become land grabs when they do one or more of the. In contrast, says fao, responsible investment contributes to food security and nutrition through.
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