ES HORA DE PROHIBIR EL ACAPARAMIENTO DE TIERRAS, NO DE DARLE UNA FACHADA DE “RESPONSABILIDAD”

Friends of the Earth International and a coalition of social movements denounce the 'Responsible Agricultural Investment' (RAI) principles promoted by the World Bank and other international agencies. The document asserts that these voluntary guidelines serve as a 'moral facade' for financial speculation and corporate land grabbing, which lead to forced evictions, water privatization, and the destruction of small-scale farming. It calls for the immediate suspension of land grabs, the return of stolen lands, and a transition toward food sovereignty based on agroecological methods and genuine land reform.

• The 'Responsible Agricultural Investment' (RAI) principles, promoted by the World Bank, IFAD, UNCTAD, and FAO, are characterized as a maneuver to legitimize land grabbing and provide a 'moral facade' for corporate control of agricultural lands.
• Large-scale land acquisitions are driven by financial speculation seeking returns of 20%, which is fundamentally incompatible with food security, as food production typically yields profits of only 3% to 5%.
• The document estimates that at least 50 million hectares of fertile cropland have been transferred from farmers to corporations in recent years, with the World Bank reporting 47 million hectares leased or sold in 2009 alone.
• Land grabbing results in severe human rights violations, including forced evictions, the suppression of critics, and the 'de facto' privatization of water resources.
• The document highlights specific instances of land grabbing, such as the 320,000 hectares agreed upon by the Beidahuang Group in Río Negro, Argentina, and 10,000 hectares in the Office du Niger region of Mali.
• The authors advocate for a transition to food sovereignty, emphasizing peasant and family farming, agroecological methods, and the implementation of the 2006 International Conference on the Application of the Principles of the UN Declaration on the Human Rights of Peasants to Land Reform and Rural Development.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2011). ES HORA DE PROHIBIR EL ACAPARAMIENTO DE TIERRAS, NO DE DARLE UNA FACHADA DE “RESPONSABILIDAD”. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RAI-ES.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. ES HORA DE PROHIBIR EL ACAPARAMIENTO DE TIERRAS, NO DE DARLE UNA FACHADA DE “RESPONSABILIDAD”. 2011. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RAI-ES.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Friends of the Earth International |title=ES HORA DE PROHIBIR EL ACAPARAMIENTO DE TIERRAS, NO DE DARLE UNA FACHADA DE “RESPONSABILIDAD” |date=17 April 2011 |url=https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RAI-ES.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{friendsoftheearthinternational2011hora, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{ES HORA DE PROHIBIR EL ACAPARAMIENTO DE TIERRAS, NO DE DARLE UNA FACHADA DE “RESPONSABILIDAD”}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2011}, month = apr, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RAI-ES.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }