Contract farming and large-scale farming emerged as the two principal models to upgrade peasant agriculture to meaningful production levels

Farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and other civil society organizations, under the umbrella of Our Land Our Business, call World Bank’s annual Conference on Land and Poverty a sham.

Selon Québec solidaire, l'accaparement de terres agricoles par des sociétés millionnaires change radicalement le modèle agricole québécois.

"Quand certains pays rachètent en masse des terres agricoles, ils les utilisent, à terme, de manière détournée en spéculant sur les changements climatiques," constate la députée française.

Le milieu municipal endosse l’idée d’instaurer un moratoire sur l’accaparement des terres agricoles le temps de documenter le phénomène.

Se podría afectar derechos territoriales indígenas en lo referente a los títulos de servidumbre, protección de derecho de vía y la expropiación de bienes inmuebles para proyectos de gran envergadura.

Ten thousand peasant families are victims of the most aggressive and imperialist initiative backed by the G8 countries

Chinese companies are planning to invest in maize and tobacco farming in the Zambezi region of Namibia where the environment is very good and the land is fertile. The companies are now doing the preparatory work.

L’Union des producteurs agricoles voudrait que le gouvernement limite à 100 acres par année, soit l’équivalent d’une terre moyenne, l’acquisition de terres.

Mitchell's Yougawalla Pastoral Company the latest Australian cattle station business to be put up for sale. Foreign corporations have spent some A$63.5 million buying into the sector in the past month.

Understanding where the money for a given investment comes from and where the produce is sold can provide new levers for public accountability.

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir clarified that Sudan has the land and water and Egypt has the human resources and expertise while gulf countries can provide financing.

Un tiers des acheteurs des propriétés viticoles du Bordelais, en France, sont des investisseurs chinois

Myanmar government has been allocating land for large-scale private agricultural businesses in the country’s biodiversity-rich forests at an alarming rate. Between 2010 and 2013, the area of land marked for commercial agriculture has increased from nearly 2 million acres to 5.2 million acres.

Investment in agricultural production and trade often harms the rights of local and indigenous peoples while failing to contribute significantly to economic development, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Institute.