Huge delegation lead by Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam is on a tour at Shabelle region to inspect lands prepared for investors.

Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin is poised to buy its second set of dairy farms in New Zealand, the world's leading dairy produce export country, as China's firms increasingly look overseas for sources of milk to meet growing demand at home.

Un’alleanza a tre tra Mozambico-Brasile-Giappone prevede di trasformare un’area di 145mila km² nel nordest del paese in un’immensa industria agroalimentare. Scatenando la mobilitazione dei contadini, della società civile e della Chiesa contro la privatizzazione della terra e lo sfratto di milioni di piccoli agricoltori.

Anywaa Survival Organisation (ASO) recently had an opportunity to interview affected community representatives and leaders who fled their homes in Gambela and Lower Omo because of government land grabs.

The government wants to correct decades of 'land reform in reverse'. But powerful criminal, armed and business interests are ranged against the country's displaced peasants.

A new report claims that European demand for biofuels is not to blame for land acquisitions in poorer countries. But evidence suggests that the issue is more complex than the biofuels industry would like us to believe.

Mais de 200 representantes de associações de camponeses de seis países estão reunidos em Maputo na II Conferência Internacional Camponesa sobre Terra para estudar estratégias para "deter a usurpação de terra dos camponeses" pelo setor privado.

Shares in Equatorial Palm Oil soared 40% after the palm oil minnow revealed it was in talks over a takeover by Malaysia-based giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong, which would gain a foothold in Africa through a deal.

O presidente da UNAC, Augusto Mafigo confirmou em declarações à RFI a preocupação dos agricultores moçambicanos no tocante aos futuros projectos de optimização agrícola alegadamente.

Os responsáveis do ProSavana garantem que nenhum agricultor vai perder a sua terra por causa do programa e sublinham que todos os investidores deverão respeitar a lei de terras moçambicana.

A relação entre os pequenos agricultores moçambicanos, comunidades rurais e os investidores estrangeiros tem sido caracterizada pelo surgimento de focos de conflitos de terras resultantes da falta de transparência na atribuição de espaço a estes últimos e a sua consequente usurpação.

Le projet d’agrobusiness de Daewoo Logistics qui envisageait un bail emphytéotique de 99 ans sur 1,3 m d’hectares au Madagascar en 2008 revient dans les actualités.

Local groups call on governor of Jambi province to cancel PT Asiatic Persada’s permit after Wilmar’s sale of the company stalls IFC-mediated talks.

"Le Parlement européen a choisi le juste milieu", analyse Olivier De Schutter, "mais il envoie un signal très clair au marché : plus d’huile devra encore être produite et plus de pressions seront encore exercées sur les terres dont la valeur va encore augmenter."

Five years after it was proposed, Daewoo Logistics' agribusiness project, which envisioned a 99-year lease of 1.3 million ha in four regions of Madagascar, has now returned to the news.