Là où le bât blesse, c’est dans le prix de la transaction : dans la plupart des pays, il n’y a pas – ou pas encore – de marché du foncier rural. Comment, alors, établir le prix d’un hectare de terre ?

Les Kenyans ont adopté hier par référendum une nouvelle Constitution qui, concernant le foncier, envisage la possibilité de supprimer la propriété perpétuelle pour les étrangers en la ramenant à un bail de 99 ans au lieu des 999 ans actuels.

Analysts and farming executives say the crisis is likely to accelerate the consolidation of Russian agriculture already under way, allowing big conglomerates to swoop on struggling small farmers.

As medidas, que abrangem o conceito de "consentimento informado", farão parte de um projeto de lei a ser enviado pelo governo federal ao Congresso Nacional até o fim do ano.

A four-part piece about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisition or "land grabs" in Sub-Saharan Africa from the Worldwatch Intitute.

Since GCC countries have the required financial capacity and advanced financial systems, they can benefit from investment opportunities in agricultural production in CIS, where Gulf funds may bring about significant changes in the production and trade in food commodities in global markets

Indian commercial farmers plan to invest in a new model farm in Zambia, according to the government.

Foreign land barons are using millions of shillings to hire elite law firms for advice on how to protect their property should Kenyans pass the proposed Constitution — that bars them from owning land — in Wednesday's vote.

To speak only of the ‘threats and potential opportunities’ that these investments highlight leaves underexposed the grave risks to human rights that they pose, writes Dr. Margot Salomon, from the London School of Economics

Dúvida, no texto levado à aprovação de Lula, é se proibição deve valer também para as compras já realizadas

Au Sénégal, ce sont les zones sud qui souffrent le plus de ce phénomène. Et ce sont les femmes qui en perdent le plus.

Los 'negocios' cambian de sentido cuando la inversión es subordinada a razones estratégicas de un Estado extranjero.

"Os chineses compraram a África e estão tentando comprar o Brasil", disse o professor Delfim Netto em entrevista ao Estado de domingo. Pode haver algum exagero de linguagem, mas a preocupação é justificável.

"Investors are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap, and failing to deliver on promises of jobs and investments," says a leaked draft of the World Bank report

MT, SP e MS são os estados que cederam mais área para não-brasileiros