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Farming money: How European banks and private finance profit from food speculation and land grabs

Friends Of The Earth Europe

This report analyses the activities of 29 European banks, pension funds and insurance companies, including Deutsche Bank, Barclays, RBS, Allianz, BNP Paribas, AXA, HSBC, Generali, Allianz, Unicredit and Credit Agricole. It reveals the significant involvement of these financial institutions in food speculation, and the direct or indirect financing of land grabbing.

 

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http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/publications/Farming_money_FoEE_Jan2012.pdf