La Via Campesina is mobilising on April 17 to oppose the current offensive by some states and large corporations to grab land from the farmers, women and men, who have been cultivating it for centuries.
Kiribati President Anote Tong says there are no plans to begin moving people to the newly-purchased 2,200 ha of land in Fiji. The estate is rich agricultural land and its role is more likely to be for food security.
Southeast Asia has become ever more appealing to investors from both within and beyond the region seeking to include agriculture in their portfolios.
Fonterra will develop two new dairy farms in China, increasing to five the number of farms the co-operative has in the country, while, the NZ Government is expected to announce any day whether Shanghai Pengxin can buy the 8000ha Crafar dairy farms.
We hear from Liberia, where foreign investment is finally starting to flood in after years of civil war. Big international companies are arriving and taking over vast areas of the country - in a move some local farmers and activists describe as a land grab.
Although the downfall of President Ravalomanana brought the Daewoo project to a halt, it did not end foreign investors' attempts to acquire land in Madagascar.
According to worldbankpresident.org, Nigeria's finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - not exactly a foe of land grabbing - may be in the lead to become the next president of the World Bank.
Nyéléni Newsletter Nº 9, prepared specially for the International Day of Peasant Struggle on 17 April, is on land grabbing.
Two key areas requiring urgent attention are global agricultural norms and financialization.
Dix sept familles des fermiers sud-africains de la société Congo-Agriculture ont déjà réalisé une plantation de 1200 hectares de maïs à Malolo, dans les départements du Niari et de la Bouenza.
Between April 1-4, 2012, farmers, small land owners, women, youth, and elders assembled in Freetown to have their voices heard and strategize a way forward.
The world's agricultural system is changing from one in which land is owned by farmers or communities and cultivated by farmers to one where corporations have the sole say in what gets cultivated where and who will profit.
