"The stock market's pretty wild. The bond market's nothing. CDs are zero," said Steve Runyan, an agricultural real estate appraiser, "and so you have a tremendous amount of money in pension funds and investment funds of some kind that need some kind of return." Some of his clients for California farmland are international companies looking at global population trends.

In an apparent attempt to avoid protests from farmers who have expressed fears that the goverment would acquire their lands to give it to MNCs, Chief Minister urges them not to be carried away by a "misinformation campaign".

O governo está decidido a limitar e regular a compra de terras por estrangeiros, mas ainda não sabe exatamente como fazê-lo.

Oromo nationals in Berlin staged a peaceful demonstration to protest against Meles Zenawi’s sale of farmlands in Oromia to local and international land speculators and to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

Nous appelons toutes les organisations qui partagent ces principes et soutiennent ces actions à rejoindre notre Alliance internationale contre l'accaparement des terres, une alliance que nous créons ce jour, solennellement, ici à Nyéléni.

Les préoccupations autour de l'accaparement des terres, en Afrique particulièrement, sont bien fondées et très grave, s'exclame Dennis Garrity, ambassadeur de l’UNCCD pour la lutte contre les terres arides

Legislation and practices aiming to safeguard customary land rights are largely failing to give real decision-making authority to communities affected by large-scale land acquisitions in sub-Saharan Africa, says a recent report by the Center for International Forestry Research.

En octubre de 2010, Miguel Saiz gestionó ante la firma china Heilongjiang Beidahuang State Faros Business Trade Group Co. Limited un megaproyecto de inversión de capitales asiáticos para el desarrollo de cultivos en áreas bajo riego. Ahora la justicia frenó todo y le pasó la pelota al gobernador entrante, Carlos Soria.

La firma retiró a sus técnicos del país y frenó el proyecto que implicada instalar un sistema de riego en 300.000 hectáreas. Además, el acuerdo sufrió un revés judicial

The China Green company wants to acquire 10,000 acres of farmland in Pakistan on lease to grow fruits and vegetables.

Um estudo da Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO) em 17 países da América Latina e do Caribe descobriu intensos processos de concentração e estrangeirização de terras na região.

Foreign investors aren't just after land in Africa. Access to water is essential – which can bring them into direct competition with the needs of local communities