La compañía de inversiones de China, Shanghai Pengxin Group, tiene pensado invertir US$ 158 millones en la compra de establecimientos lecheros en Nueva Zelanda (las estancias de Crafar).

The Land Portal, an online platform to find, share, and collaborate on land information, was launched today at the annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.

Arte diffuse une longue et passionnante enquête d’Alexis Marant (Capa) sur un juteux business : l’achat des terres agricoles au nom du fric plus que de la bataille contre la faim.

Le problème d’accès à la terre se pose avec acuité en RDC et les paysans paient un lourd tribut. Ils deviennent sans le savoir des gens sans terre dans leurs propres terres.

The emerging resistance against MIFEE is located within a national (and international) alliance against land grabs and within the indigeous movement against Indonesian occupation and exploitation.

International investors have suspended at least $15 billion in Brazilian farming and forestry projects since August, when the government put limits on land buying by foreigners, sector analysts said on Monday.

Tanzania should seize the opportunity of rising food prices by investing in smallholder farmers and allow large scale foreign investors targeting exports, Agriculture Council of Tanzania (ACT) Chairman, Salum Shamte has said.

According to Pessôa, as a result of limitations on foreign capital, Brazil will have problems increasing its production at a rate adequate to meet the global demand.

Au cœur du problème, la grande opacité de termes des accords passés entre les Etats et les grandes firmes.

Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.

Video of the Panel: Can Funds and Financial Institutions promote good land-based investment practice? Featuring represetatives of Rabobank, Emergent Asset Management, TIAA-CREF and Galtere Ltd).

UAE is ready to build small dams for cultivation on lands they would acquire in Pakistan, provided the government ensures that there is no ban on exports.

Opposition says "the privatization of farmland in the execution of an order of the incumbent president and his entourage is a large-scale scam, which will deprive Ukraine of a great part of its land."

Aujourd'hui, 5,2 millions Colombiens, soit un habitant sur neuf, sont classés personnes déplacées dû principalement à l'accaparement de terres pour la production de l'huile de palme

Governments often justify these deals by citing their potential contribution to economic growth – however, any gains risk being greatly outweighed by negative impacts on local livelihoods, say WRI