AGRA

Thousands of militant peasants rally to halt landgrabbing in Indonesia
- APC
- 12 January 2012
Militant peasants from Asian Peasant Coalition mounted a mobilisation against global land grabbing.
Mise en garde de Kofi Annan : La faim pourrait devenir une catastrophe permanente
- Témoignages
- 27 June 2011
Samedi, lors d’une conférence de la FAO, le président de l’Alliance pour une révolution verte en Afrique dénonce l’accaparement des terres par les grandes puissances
'Best chance' to end polio - Bill Gates promotes vaccines and food programs to attack poverty
- AllAfrica
- 09 February 2011
Gates says many large land deals in Africa are beneficial, criticizes Western groups for holding them back, and says those who invest in Africa are the ones who are at risk.
African Agriculture Fund first closing at USD135m
- AAF
- 29 November 2010
The fund will operate according to a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in to prevent unsustainable practices.
Land investments are wholesale sell-outs for women farmers
- Pambazuka
- 03 June 2010
With the emerging land investments a new set of challenges emerges for the woman farmer.
Les investissements fonciers sont une vaste trahison des agricultrices
- Pambazuka
- 03 June 2010
En privant effectivement les paysans locaux de leurs terres et en perpétuant souvent « des méthodes agricoles nuisibles à l’environnement », cette évolution menace d’avoir des conséquences très négatives pour les petits exploitants, et en particulier les femmes
African farmland leases threaten to drive conflict, but rules could help
- AlertNet
- 29 Mar 2010
Even with new guidelines on land leases in Africa, the deals could lead to growing problems down the road, warned Emmy Simmons, a longtime USAID official
Forum on land reform highlights ongoing issue of land grabbing in Indonesia
- AGRA
- 23 February 2010
Educating the peasant movement is a key to genuine land reform implementation and the position of peasant movements as strong political bases against land grabbing in the future.
Africa's land and family farms - up for grabs?
- GRAIN
- 15 February 2010
Over the years many Big Ideas have been imposed on Africa from outside. The latest is that the region should sell or lease millions of hectares of land to foreign investors.
SPECIAL REPORT-Is Africa selling out its farmers?
- Reuters
- 12 November 2009
Many small Ethopian farmers do not share their leaders' enthusiasm for leasing off farmland to foreign investors
Is Africa's land up for grabs? [EN, FR, DE]
- Modern Ghana
- 11 November 2009
“Governments are sitting on a box of dynamite,” Namanga Ngoni, president of AGRA, initiated by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, told the media.
Profits before people: The great African liquidation sale
- Pambazuka
- 05 November 2009
The fervour with which foreign commercial interests are forcing their agricultural 'solutions' on the African continent represents nothing more than an established endeavour to protect profits and access to resources.

Sign the petition to stop the deployment of police/military and criminalisation of peasants struggling for their land against oil palm plantation company in Buol Regency, Sulawesi, Indonesia