An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens
Saudi Arabia, along with Abu Dhabi and Kuwait, want to buy more than $1 billion worth of Aussie farmland in a 21st century land grab.
Right now communities in Latin America, as around the world, are suffering a new kind of invasion of their territories
"Nous proposons l'interdiction pure et simple des achats et locations de terres à grande échelle ou à défaut la proclamation d'un moratoire à ces pratiques," dit la déclaration écrite conjointe du CETIM, MRAP, AIJD, Association Africaine d'Education pour le Développement et WILPF à l'ONU
"If the government wants to eliminate famine, it should give farmers access to more land, and not give it away for corporations"
En un momento en el que la seguridad alimentaria del mundo se está convirtiendo en una cuestión prioritaria, las inmensas tierras aptas para la agricultura en los países emergentes atraen la atención de los inversores. Países como Brasil, Argentina, Ucrania, Rusia, Kazajastán, Sudán, Malawi, Angola, Indonesia, Laos o Camboya se encuentran entre los preferidos de los inversionistas.
Since Saudi Arabia abandoned its wheat cultivation programme two years ago, due to dwindling water resources in the desert kingdom, it became a major buyer of wheat from global markets.
Gulf oil producers have abandoned long-standing nationalistic policies of achieving food self-sufficiency and switched to a more realistic approach of using their strong financial muscle to invest in farm projects in fertile countries.
A lot has been said to Sierra Leoneans about the Addax project, but almost nothing has been heard about the high price that Sierra Leone will have to pay.
GRAIN a discuté avec Nyilaw Ochalla afin de mieux comprendre les conséquences pour les Anuak et les autres communautés locales de la nouvelle vague d’acquisitions de terres en Éthiopie.
Minister says new policy proposal will put the restriction of foreign land ownership in South Africa back on the table, as foreigners are buying lands "three times faster" than government is acquiring for redistribution and restitution
GRAIN speaks with Nyikaw Ochalla, an Anuak living in exile, about the consequences for the Anuak and other local communities from the land grabs happening in Gambella province and the rest of Ethiopia.
Première destination l'Ethiopie, l’un des pays où cette question se pose avec beaucoup d’acuité. Deuxième destination la Chine qui a un grand besoin de nouvelles terres. Troisième destination Madagascar, où le projet d’achat de terre par Daewoo a été complètement abandonné.
La société AgroGeneration, dont l'entrepreneur Charles Beigbeder est l'un des principaux actionnaires, a fait son entrée lundi en Bourse pour lever des fonds et investir dans les céréales en Ukraine.
The collapse in Ukraine's land prices presents a "great opportunity" for buyers, Landkom's chief executive said, as he revealed an acquisition plan aimed at part into getting the group into biofuels refining
