Contract covers the lease of 25,000 ha in the Regional State of Gambela for a period of 25 years, with option for renewal.

Más de cien organizaciones de todo el mundo exigen frenar la ola de acaparamiento de tierras de inversionistas oficiales y privados que se están apoderando de millones de hectáreas de cultivos de comunidades rurales de África, Asia y América Latina.

An equitable shared-benefits agreement can best provide the basis for responsible and sustainable agricultural development, especially in currently cultivated land areas where the yield gaps are large.

"A key obstacle to more transparent debate and informed decisions by governments and investors [involved in global land transactions] is the lack of science-based information," writes Surendra Shah in Nature magazine

Government of Singapore has set up a fund to support feasibility studies on investments in overseas food zones, overseas contract farming and other non-traditional sources of food security for the city-state.

La ruée sur les meilleures terres est une réalité au Benin. Pour nous, OPs et OSC, les principes de la Banque Mondiale sont un écran de fumée pour tenter de la légitimer.

La compagnie chinoise Chongqing Grain Group vient d’annoncer son intention d’acheter 100 000 hectares de terres arables dans l’Etat de Bahia, dans le nord-est du Brésil, afin d’y cultiver du soja pour le marché chinois.

On Earth Day plus one, we need to ask: what can stop this speculative juggernaut? And how can we support the rural farm communities – half of our humankind – who are fighting for sustainable food production.

Des paysans et des organisations de la société civile, en Belgique comme ailleurs, demandent à la Banque mondiale de ne pas cautionner l’accaparement des terres

A publication (82 pages) entitled ‘Agro-Neocapatilism and Land grab’ featuring Arabic and Kurdish translations of the various articles on this subject is now available

China may set up large pork and chicken operations in Australia as it strives to keep up a burgeoning demand for meat among Chinese consumers.

Un año después de la controvertida compra irregular de vastas extensiones de tierra en África, las empresas trasnacionales se resisten a respetar un código de conducta que puede asegurar la transparencia.

Les espaces agricoles sont devenus des actifs convoités : les Nations unies cherchent à encadrer ces investissements.

"We request the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to conduct an independent study on the impact of MIFEE and other similar businesses to Indigenous Peoples in Merauke and around the world."

The World Bank's principles, which would be entirely voluntary, aim to distract from the fact that today's global food crisis, marked by more than 1 billion people going hungry each day, will not be solved by large scale industrial agriculture, which virtually all of these land acquisitions aim to promote.