Colin Filer says 5 million hectares of customary land has passed into the hands of national and foreign corporations in Papua New Guinea using a legal mechanism called the 'lease-lease-back scheme'.

El proyecto, ya próximo a salir hacia el Congreso, establece un límite del 20 por ciento para la superficie que podrá quedar en manos extranjeras. Y de ese total por jurisdicción, no más del 30 por ciento de una misma nacionalidad.

Efficient agriculture needs “concentrated land ownership,” says President Viktor Yanukovych.

Voir trois extraits du film avant sa diffusion le 19 avril 2011 sur ARTE France

Corporations and bankers do not believe in farming as a way of life; they believe in farming as a very profitable business that they control. Their goal is not to improve family farming in Africa, but to eradicate it.

"A China vem consolidando há alguns anos uma base internacional de matérias-primas e o Brasil passou a fazer parte desta base de fornecedores", diz o estudo. De fato, o maior volume de investimentos provenientes da China tem sido voltado para as áreas de petróleo, mineração e produção agrícola.

An interview with Mamy Rakotondrainibe, an activist with the Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches, about the struggle against land grabbing in Madagascar.

Mamy Rakotondrainibe, un activista clave del Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches, explica la lucha contra el acaparamiento de tierras en Madagascar

New research presented at a major conference on global land grabbing, being held at IDS, reveals that the true extent of deals being struck for land in Africa is far greater than reported.

News that the Russian government is working with Goldman Sachs to set up a $10 billion private equity fund, part of which will be allocated to agribusiness, underscores that Russian agriculture is again on investors’ minds.

This paper analyses the shifting role of South African farmers, agribusiness and capital elsewhere in the Southern African region and the rest of the continent.

This article details several new production and investment models developed in South Africa. According to the role of this country in the land grab rush, these models could become the norm.

This paper highlights the role played by national-level land politics and domestic elites using material drawn from interviews with government officials, investors, and civil society organizations in Mozambique.

Entretien avec Mamy Rakotondrainibe, membre du Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches, à propos de la lutte contre l'accaparement des terres à Madagascar.

The cooperation in infrastructure and food processing sectors could fuel growth.