Arias sostuvo además que tras la tierra está el interés de empresas transnacionales, y manifestó al ministro de Agricultura su preocupación por su promoción de la inversión privada y extranjera en el agro.

China's most powerful agricultural company Beidahuang Group, BDH, has made offers on a number of farms in the state's south west, amounting to about 80,000 hectares of land.

Es impostergable una legislación que limite en forma explícita la tenencia de tierra, dice la CNFR

Powerpoint on what's happening with the law, for foreigners, in Brazil

Calvin Burgess recorded statement to police over threats on his life after he was chased by angry villagers who were protesting eviction from their farms which the company insists belongs to them.

A Singapore-based investor in agriculture is to put in an investment of $50 million in 10,000 hectares of fully irrigated and precision levelled commercial rice farm in Ondorie area of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

Mozambique offered to lease to Mauritius some 23,500ha of land subject to Mauritius coming up with viable and sustainable projects.

The likelihood of Ethiopia facing stiff competition from Tanzania and Uganda in attracting investment from Indian agri-businesses reared its head during a visit from a 35 member delegation last week.

By Gang Gong Li, Gerry Albert Corpuz and Portnip Pakangcharap

China is keen on entering into lease agreements with the Philippines to develop unused land for agriculture, says Chinese Ambassador to Manila.

Latinoamérica se ha convertido en una de las regiones más apetecidas por los países con grandes recursos financieros, escasos de agua y de buenas tierras para el cultivo.

The land of a traditional kingdom within Uganda has been used as a political threat and reward for over a century. It grows grain, it may have oil and gas, and it is home to the quickly expanding capital