Land Grabbing in Romania: The Riso Scotti Case - 11.000 hectares - Publications
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“Rice in the Danube Delta” is an agricultural project initiated by the Italian company Riso Scotti S.P.A. in Romania. Through its Romanian subsidiary Riso Scotti Danubio S.R.L., the company controls 11.000 hectares of paddies in the Danube meadows. Originally the idea was to stop buying land at the threshold of 10.000 ha. Temptation being strong, nowadays the company´s intention is to grow up to 15.000 ha and even double this area in the longer term. Riso Scotti is the biggest brand within the rice industry in Europe, and Romania offers a great potential for agroindustrial rice production in terms of climate, water and soils. The company believes that this country may become the main rice producer of Europei. Like other agribusiness companies, Riso Scotti promotes an agricultural system based on the monoculture of rice, in the detriment of a sustainable agroecological approach.
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