En este punto nos encontramos ahora, cuando el ya bien conocido y denunciado fenómeno de acaparamiento de tierras está encontrando en el Banco Mundial, la Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y en algunas ONG una inverosímil legitimidad bajo el eufemismo de inversión agrícola responsable.

Mikhail Orlov, after having sold his Russian farming operations and shifted focus to Zambia, is back with a 4,800 cow dairy farm project in Chechnya.

Five members of Malen Affected Land Owners Association arrested by police for allegedly destroying oil palms of Luxembourg-based SOCFIN say they are being unfairly targeted by those profiting from the plantation.

Le groupe Bolloré poursuit en diffamation Basta ! suite à la publication d’un article de synthèse sur l’accaparement des terres, en octobre dernier.

Panel on food and agriculture included a discussion about ‘land grabs’, large and small farm models, and how investment in Africa could be increased, but also guided and regulated.

Agri-Vie, a private equity fund focused on food and agribusiness investments in sub-Saharan Africa, announces it has acquired a 63% stake in South Africa's largest table olive supplier.

Partner organizations of Pesticide Action Network - Asia and the Pacific launch a book compiling seven case studies on land grabbing in the region as part of its activities to mark "World Foodless Day"

Perla Álvarez, defensora de los derechos humanos en Paraguay, asegura que el modelo intensivo de producción de soja está condenando a miles de personas al hambre, la exclusión y la emigración.

China recurre a ambiciosas jugadas para asegurar provisión futura de alimentos.

«Nous avons des projets en Afrique, notamment au Soudan, en Ethiopie, au Kenya, en Tanzanie et au Mozambique. Notre idée est d’aller dans ces pays qui nous offrent des terres agricoles et beaucoup d’eau».

Dean Jobling, CEO and Founder of Sunu Agro, explains how his company's farm project in Senegal will be delivering investors expected returns of 239% over 5 years.

Foreign investors, often working with current or former military officials, are scrambling to build roads, factories, power plants, bridges and industrial-sized plantations.

Flower growers in Kenya have gone on strike to protest unpaid wages from Karuturi Global, the Indian flower export multinational.

Responsável da Associação Rural de Assistência Mútua de Nampula, condena a falta de transparência do projeto de desenvolvimento agrícola e mostra-se preocupado com a "usurpação de terras dos camponeses".

In the occasion of Committe on World Food Security session in Rome Glopolis is publishing a briefing on responsible agricultural investment which is one of the main issues discussing during this forum.