DeSchutter says he never thought it was a good idea to endorse the World Bank's proposal on landgrabs.

The group currently has 151,000 hectares under management, a figure which it claims makes it the sixth-largest listed farm operator in Europe.

Recent business delegations from Iran and Qatar expressed strong interest in buying farmland in Uruguay to develop their own production projects.

"Several very powerful groups in the Middle East are seriously considering the 3.2 million hectares that Serbia has to offer."

Agroinvest plans to invest 1 billion riyals overseas but is waiting for details on Kingdom's policy.

Saudi Arabia and Ireland will explore possibilities on how to clinch deals with countries that can offer food security for the Kingdom

Fears that faceless corporations and international investors would become the new barons of the Australian bush have proved to be unfounded

Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à une conférence publique à Genève le 04 novembre prochain à 20h

Affiche du Forum des organisations paysannes contre l'accaparement des terres, le 20 novembre 2010, à Kolongotomo

Qatar gives special attention to investments in Sudan in agricultural fields and livestock.

Wilmar is eyeing Indonesia's Papua Province for a massive cane growing project.

Le Briefing sur le développement rural en Afrique de l’Ouest « Accès à la terre, acquisitions de terres et développement rural: nouveaux enjeux, nouvelles opportunités » qui se tiendra à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso du 1 au 4 novembre 2010 examinera les liens entre le changement climatique, l’agriculture et la sécurité alimentaire dans les zones rurales

Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and Smita Narula, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, discuss land grabbing on Democracy Now!

"Nous devrions conclure un arrangement de partenariat entre les pays disposant de terres et de ressources naturelles et agricoles abondantes et les pays disposant de capitaux en vue de remédier à la pénurie chronique des investissements dans l’agriculture commerciale."

A report on the CFS land discussions, Rome, October 8-16, 2010