Argentina's congress has started to debate a bill that would regulate the purchase of farmland by foreigners in the Latin American country, Press TV reports.

Foreign investors have spent a record $12 billion buying up Australian farmland and agricultural businesses over the past year, but have put off investing a further $14 billion until the outcome of a Senate inquiry in March 2012, a new report by Ferrier Hodgson says.

In un viaggio che va dagli uffici di Washington della Banca Mondiale fino a una rivolta contadina nel cuore dell'Africa Occidentale, la puntata di domenica 18 dicembre cerca di percorrere i fili intrecciati di finanza, politica e modelli di sviluppo economico che stanno muovendo una corsa globale all'accaparramento di terra.

Asian Peasant Coalition's press release on land grabbing in Indonesia

Na África, o geógrafo brasileiro Bernardo Mançano Fernandes critica "estrangeirização" da terra: Brasil é vítima e autor de política encabeçada pela China.

Argentina’s lower house of Congress has passed a bill limiting foreign ownership of rural land to 1,000 hectares per family. The bill must now be passed by the Senate.

What do Peruvian fishmeal, Chilean wine and Brazilian soy beans have in common? They’re all on China’s shopping list as it steps up its agribusiness acquisitions and investments overseas to overcome considerable supply constraints at home.

Alongside countries like Liberia, Laos, Congo and Sierra Leone, Romania is one of the countries where foreign companies own large areas of farmland, according to a report put together by GRAIN.

Tras obtener el aval en comisión, el proyecto se discutió en Diputados durante la madrugada de este viernes. Y hubo acuerdo para dar la media sanción. El marco incorpora cambios en cuanto a la cantidad de tierras en venta y lo que podrá adquirir un inversor foráneo.

En los últimos meses desde GRAIN hemos estado participando en una serie de reuniones y talleres en diferentes partes del mundo sobre acaparamiento de tierras. Compartimos algunos de los documentos que hemos preparado para estas reuniones.

Tony Hales, managing director of Stadia Trustees, puts forward the case for including farmland in clients’ self-invested personal pensions (UK)

In the past few months, GRAIN staff have been participating in a range of meetings and workshops in different parts of the world on land grabbing. Here are some of the documents we prepared for these meetings.