Le 19 novembre 2013, au Musée national du Mali, la Convergence malienne contre l’accaparement des terres, composée de cinq organisations faitières de la société civile que sont l’AOPP, la CAD-Mali, la CNOP, la LJDH et l’UACDDDD/No vox, a lancé sa campagne intitulée : « Stop aux accaparements des terres au Mali ».
Papua New Guinea is the latest known victim in a modern era of land grabs orchestrated by foreign corporations according to an investigative report and a film.
Myanmar officials have proposed to Bangladesh to invest in agriculture in their country as it has a lot of arable lands for this purpose. The Myanmar government also said they were ready to give long-term lease of land to Bangladeshi entrepreneurs for agricultural purposes from which both the countries would benefit.
Global fund managers and some of the world's largest pension funds have bought more than $1.5 billion of agricultural land in Australia over the past three years.
La possibilité offerte par le projet du Code d’investissement aux étrangers d’entrer dans le capital des sociétés propriétaires des terres agricoles constitue une atteinte à la sécurité alimentaire de la Tunisie.
Quelle que soit la finalité — production agricole ou investissement financier —, de ces accaparements des terres, les bénéfices échappent presque toujours aux communautés locales. L’exemple de l’Ethiopie est emblématique.
Luego del desastre ecológico, China necesita urgentemente tierras para cultivar sus alimentos y ya puso un pie sobre Argentina.
Duxton Asset Management is buying a stake in seven sheep and cattle farms even as it voiced concern over the country’s system of regulating foreign investment.
Communities are finding that ancestral lands are slipping into the hands of foreign companies for oil palm cultivation, as demand for the product grows in Europe, India and China.
Three FAO reports published in 2013 looking at Lao PDR, Zambia and Ghana
Late on Wednesday night an Australian trust backed by Swiss, Danish and US fund managers agreed to pay more than $200 million for 12,000 hectares of almond groves in northern Victoria.
The deal was struck through Zeder's existing investment in that country - its 73.4%-owned commercial farming venture, Chayton Africa
