Nigeria's House of Representatives passed a motion yesterday urging all tiers of government to be proactive against a new form of imperialism and land acquisition

"This apparent rush to lease so much farmland, much or all of it to foreign interests, during a time of worsening food insecurity should raise concern within the donor community about GoE motivations and negotiating capacity," writes the US embassy in Addis Ababa in December 2009

The outsourcing of food production in Africa by some Asian and Middle-Eastern countries will boost global stocks and may help stave off of future food crises, the World Bank says.

"La venta de tierras agrícolas africanas, asiáticas y latinoamericanas a estados y a empresas extranjeras, agravará todavía más la crisis alimentaria", advierte Sofia Monsalve, experta en políticas agrarias de FIAN Internacional. "Con ocasión del Día de los Derechos Humanos pedimos hoy que los estados cumplan su obligación de respetar y proteger el derecho a la alimentación de sus ciudadanos y en el extranjero, impidiendo la ocupación de tierras a gran escala" señala Monsalve.

Los grandes grupos extranjeros y locales de comercialización de alimentos poco a poco se adueñan de las mejores tierras. El poder que estos concentran, se incrementa. Puede esto, a mediano plazo, significar una amenaza a la seguridad alimentaria. Ya se ha visto, su capacidad de presión es considerable.

"On today's Human Rights Day, we demand that States fulfill their obligation to respect and protect the right to food of their citizens and abroad by preventing large scale land grabbing" says Sofia Monsalve of FIAN International.

In the area of food diversification, AVA will co-fund feasibility studies on investments in overseas food zones, overseas contract farming and sourcing of rice, chicken, pork, fish, eggs and leafy vegetables from non-traditional sources or existing sources that are not major exporters to Singapore

We demand a ban on land grabbing by foreign interests and the full acceptance of people’s sovereignty over natural resources.

Compte rendu de la première journée de la réunion du Groupe d’orientation des politiques (GOP) du Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest/OCDE

Foreign investment in African agriculture means the creation of jobs, the introduction of modern knowledge and technology, and desperately needed additions to countries' tax bases, writes DW's Ludger Schadomsky.

Gorontalo Vice Governor Gusnar Ismail said the South Korean investor, PT Harim Group, was also planning to build six silos with a combined storage capacity of 6,000 tons to support its corn exporting activity.

Sierra Leone signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Arabia for Saudi investment in the production of rice for home consumption and export.

How can we become a food sovereign state when decisions of what to grow, where to grow, and how much to grow are increasingly taken by corporations?

Unos 30 millones de hectáreas han sido vendidas en los últimos dos años, pero la población no ha visto las ganancias. Así lo informan varias organizaciones alemanas de ayuda humanitaria.

This paper examines the CAF policy, Corporate farming worldwide, and concludes that current CAF policy adopted for leasing land is not in best interest of Pakistan in context of food, water and land security.