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divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/28646?ns=guardianpageName=Environment%3A+Rich+countries+launch+great+land+grab+to+safeguard+food+supplych=Environmentc3=The+Guardianc4=Food+%28Environment%29%2CBiofuels+%28Environment%29%2CConservation+%28Environment%29%2CEndangered+habitats+%28Environment%29%2CEnvironment%2CWorld+news%2CFood+and+drink+industry+%28Business%29%2CBusiness%2CAgriculture+%28Science%29%2CKorea+%28News%29%2CSciencec5=Environment+Conservation%2CBusiness+Markets%2CNot+commercially+useful%2CClimate+Change%2CEnergy%2CEthical+Living%2CFood+and+Drinkc6=Julian+Borgerc7=2008_11_22c8=1122193c9=articlec10=GUc11=Environmentc12=Foodc13=c14=h2=GU%2FEnvironment%2FFood" width="1" height="1" //divpRich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of agricultural land in developing countries in an effort to secure their own long-term food supplies./ppThe head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Jacques Diouf, has warned that the controversial rise in land deals could create a form of "neo-colonialism", with poor states producing food for the rich at the expense of their own hungry people./ppRising food prices have already set off a second "scramble for Africa". This week, the South Korean firm Daewoo Logistics announced plans to buy a 99-year lease on a million hectares in Madagascar. Its aim is to grow 5m tonnes of corn a year by 2023, and produce palm oil from a further lease of 120,000 hectares (296,000 acres), relying on a largely South African workforce. Production would be mainly earmarked for South Korea, which wants to lessen dependence on imports./pp"These deals can be purely commercial ventures on one level, but sitting behind it is often a food security imperative backed by a government," said Carl Atkin, a consultant at Bidwells Agribusiness, a Cambridge firm helping to arrange some of the big international land deals./ppMadagascar's government said that an environmental impact assessment would have to be carried out before the Daewoo deal could be approved, but it welcomed the investment. The massive lease is the largest so far in an accelerating number of land deals that have been arranged since the surge in food prices late last year. /pp"In the context of arable land sales, this is unprecedented," Atkin said. "We're used to seeing 100,000-hectare sales. This is more than 10 times as much."/ppAt a food security summit in Rome, in June, there was agreement to channel more investment and development aid to African farmers to help them respond to higher prices by producing more. But governments and corporations in some cash-rich but land-poor states, mostly in the Middle East, have opted not to wait for world markets to respond and are trying to guarantee their own long-term access to food by buying up land in poorer countries./ppAccording to diplomats, the Saudi Binladin Group is planning an investment in Indonesia to grow basmati rice, while tens of thousands of hectares in Pakistan have been sold to Abu Dhabi investors. /ppArab investors, including the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, have also bought direct stakes in Sudanese agriculture. The president of the UEA, Khalifa bin Zayed, has said his country was considering large-scale agricultural projects in Kazakhstan to ensure a stable food supply. /ppEven China, which has plenty of land but is now getting short of water as it pursues breakneck industrialisation, has begun to explore land deals in south-east Asia. Laos, meanwhile, has signed away between 2m-3m hectares, or 15% of its viable farmland. Libya has secured 250,000 hectares of Ukrainian farmland, and Egypt is believed to want similar access. Kuwait and Qatar have been chasing deals for prime tracts of Cambodia rice fields./ppEager buyers generally have been welcomed by sellers in developing world governments desperate for capital in a recession. Madagascar's land reform minister said revenue would go to infrastructure and development in flood-prone areas. /ppSudan is trying to attract investors for almost 900,000 hectares of its land, and the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi, has been courting would-be Saudi investors. /pp"If this was a negotiation between equals, it could be a good thing. It could bring investment, stable prices and predictability to the market," said Duncan Green, Oxfam's head of research. "But the problem is, [in] this scramble for soil I don't see any place for the small farmers." /ppAlex Evans, at the Centre on International Cooperation, at New York University, said: "The small farmers are losing out already. People without solid title are likely to be turfed off the land."/ppDetails of land deals have been kept secret so it is unknown whether they have built-in safeguards for local populations./ppSteve Wiggins, a rural development expert at the Overseas Development Institute, said: "There are very few economies of scale in most agriculture above the level of family farm because managing [the] labour is extremely difficult." Investors might also have to contend with hostility. "If I was a political-risk adviser to [investors] I'd say 'you are taking a very big risk'. Land is an extremely sensitive thing. 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Aufbruch in eine neue Welt: Die großen Filmstudios setzen verstärkt auf dreidimensionale Filme. Produzent Jeffrey Katzenberg ("Shrek", "Madagascar") stellt jetzt mit "Monster vs. Aliens" seinen ersten abendfüllenden 3D-Trickfilm vor und prohezeit die "dritte Revolution im Kino". Sein Optimismus scheint berechtigt.

Madagascar : Escape 2 Africa profite de la fin de la semaine pour exhiber son mode multijoueur en vidéo.

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Cette nouvelle vidéo (WMV9, 1280x720, 58 secondes) pour Madagascar 2 : Crate Escape vient mettre en avant les différents modes multijoueurs.

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Après avoir fait bouger vos corps au rythmes de Big And Chunky et I Like to Move it, un petit moment romantique viendra égayer ce nouveau clip tiré de Madagascar 2. She [...]

Exotic, but realistic, jaded, weary but somewhat hopeful...Someone told me that the listings on Craigslist is far better than the BS found on match.com and eharmony.com but I don't know...a quick scan through these ads looks like the detritus and dross of humanity lurketh beneath methinks...

So having said that, I'll give anything a shot at least once and see what happens. I'm not looking for marriage, 2.5 kids, the house in the suburbs, following "The Formula", saving up for retirement and examining joint investments and essentially having a life punctuated by events dictated by the Hallmark Corporation or Edward Jones retirement ads.

Maybe we'll grow old together, maybe we won't but I'd much rather be with someone who is willing to elope off to Madagascar and get married on a deserted beach overlooking the Indian Ocean, or at least be open to it.
We're both attractive romantics and idealists at heart, we both left-of-center vote Liberal, or Green, and we're both addicted to overseas traveling as well as having a healthy interest and love in what this world and life can give us.

Me: Exotic beauty who is conservative in her lifestyle but very liberal in her politics, still believes in saying "Please" and "Thank you" and that there is still something to be said for good old fashioned manners. Well-read, well-traveled and well-educated, a big fan of chaos theory and the works of Ryszard Kapucinski.

You: Well-adjusted professional, over 5'11, lean, not looking for your mother, on the same frequency, like going to rock concerts and enjoy spicy food. Your heart is still open to the universe and you have made peace with your past. No exes or kids hanging about, life is a clean slate and you're looking for someone who also is a clean slate. Late 30's to mid 40's, while you may have experienced the cynical side to life (who hasn't?), you still see the possibilities to it also and are willing to give it a go.

I don't have a lot of faith in these things especially for "those looking for love" or that "you can make love happen", it seems it happens when you're not looking and usually unexpectedly, when you're ready for it. Either that or it's purely a game of statistics, your guess is as good as mine. Hence why I'm also posting in Paris.

As part of the Malagasy citizen media community, I often try to highlight the social and economic progress Madagascar has made. It stems from the belief that not enough attention is given to the effort and creativity of Malagasy citizens working for the betterment of their communities.

However, a positive outlook is sometimes just not possible when harsh economic conditions strike. The past week, Malagasy bloggers could not escape discussing the harsh reality of endemic poverty that affects the vast majority of the population. Here are a few examples of how poverty has cornered many communities into difficult decisions.

Patricia, Foko blogger who recently had the opportunity to speak at the Interdependence day in Brussels, reports cases of teenage girls who are put up for sale by their parents (fr)

Pour certains, les parents et la jeune fille se mettent d’accord pour la personne qui va acheter la jeune fille et pour la somme ou le cadeau en échange. Il faut préciser que la personne qui achète n’est pas forcement un étranger mais c’est seulement ce qui se présente dans la plupart des cas. Pour d’autres, cela se présente sous forme d’ordre, les parents ordonnent et la jeune fille obéit!
Le dernier cas qui a été publie est celui d’une jeune mineure de 15 ans qui a été offerte a un étranger pour 200.000 Ariary. Il lui a meme promis le mariage, mais après avoir ete avec elle une nuit et l’avoir deviergee, il lui a remise entre les mains de son pere.
Cette histoire n’est qu’une parmi les cas identiques qui se présentent dans l’île.

For some families, the parents and the young girl agree on whom she should be wedded to and for what price. It must be noted that the buyer is not always a foreigner; it’s just that in most cases here, foreigners are involved. In other cases, the parents force the young girl to obey.
The latest case that was published was the story of a 15 year old who was sold to a foreigner for 200,000 ariary (note: about $107 USD). He promised to marry her but after spending the night with her, he brought her back to her father.
This story is just one of many of its kind on the island

( photo credit to Hebdo de Madagascar and Foko )

News2dago confirms that the dream of trying to wed a foreigner is peaking drastically (mg):

Tonga eto Madagasikara ireo mpanera vazaha ka nampiantso ireo malagasy te hanambady vazaha. Gaga fotsiny aho nahita ity tantitra an-gazety fa mahery ny 4.000 izy ireo no milingilingy te hanambady vazaha. Ary voalaza fa arahan-dranomaso mihitsy oe ireo izay tsy lany. Indrisy tokoa fa dia hitomanina ankehitriny ny hanambady vazaha.

Many foreign “matrimonial agencies” have arrived in Madagascar to look for women willing to be a foreigner’s bride. I was astonsihed to read that more than 4,000 volunteered to take the plunge. It was also reported that many were crying upon learning that they were not selected. It is indeed a sad day when one is left begging for a foreigner to take her with him.

In the comment section, many bloggers reacted to the story. Tritriva notes that it’s not only women who are seeking to wed a foreigner. Sylvie says that marrying a foreigner is not bad but make sure that he does not have children from a previous union because they will never respect you and your spouse will always take his children’s side. Maintikely argues that one should not be too prompt to judge and respect the women’s choices. Shw warns that life overseas may not be as ideal as they think it would be.

Lomelle, blogger of foko-Mahajanga, witnessed another sad aspect of poverty. She recalls (fr):

On avait été contacté pour faire un reportage à Andralanitra. Rondro et moi y sommes allé sans trop savoir ce qui nous attendait sur place. Tout ce qu’on savait c’est que c’était un reportage sur les ordures [..] Un camion à ordure roulait devant notre voiture au moment où on s’est rapproché de l’endroit. Arrivé à sa destination il a renversé toutes les ordures et à ce moment là une quelque trentaines de personnes se sont ruées sur les ordures [..] EcÅ“urement, c’est le seul mot qui puisse définir ce que j’ai ressenti à ce moment là. EcÅ“urement pour toute ces personnes qui n’ont que les ordures pour vivre [..] Ecoeurement pour l’attitude répulsive que j’avais adopté à ce moment là. Je me suis cru être une fille ouverte d’esprit,n’ayant ni préjugé, ni jugement. Pourtant devant ce spectacle je n’avais qu’une seule envie, me tirer de là et me detacher de ces gens.”

I was send to write a report on Andralanitra. Rondro and I went without knowing what to expect. We were only told that it was report on waste management [..] We were driving behind a waste truck until we reached the waste facility. When the truck released the waste, about thirty people came rushing to dig through the trash. I felt sick, sick for all those people who had only trash to survive. Sick for my own reaction at that instant. I always thought that I was an open-minded girl, without prejudice nor judgment. However, as I was watching this sad spectacle, I only wanted to run far far away from these people.

Micramia has a different take on the poverty issue and its perception. He explains that poverty is not an incurable disease (fr):

Si vous arrivez encore à manger normalement chaque jour, vous n’êtes pas pauvre. Mais la pauvreté est curable. À mon avis la pauvreté est en faite due au manque d’intelligence. Seul les gens qui n’utilisent pas leur coco n’arrivent pas aller loin. Il sont pauvre intellectuellement et si on n’a rien dans la tête, comment avoir de l’argent pour acheter de quoi manger [..] la solution c’est de se cultiver, augmenter ces connaissances.

If you can still have a decent meal on a daily basis, you are not poor. Moreover, poverty can be fixed. In my opinion, poverty is due to a lack of intelligence. People who cannot make it far are just not using their heads. They are intellectually poor, that is why thay cannot find money to eat [..] the solution is to learn and increase one’s skills.