In a poor corner of remote northeastern Brazil often viewed as the country's 'Wild West', a young state prosecutor is chalking up wins in the fight to stop corrupt land deals.

The beneficiaries of this state-led and coercive measure will result in dispossession of land owners for the benefit of the government, private companies or individuals.

"Since 2009, the government has been focused on agribusiness, specifically palm oil and rubber, even though various studies have shown that people’s priority is food crops and vegetables," says NGO Brainforest.

The World Bank's IFC is committing up to US$30 million to Hosen Investment Fund III, the latest vehicle from Hosen Capital, a Chinese private equity fund with a strong focus on agriculture and food industry.

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) on Friday established a partnership with Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIG) of South Africa to co-invest $200 million in agriculture development projects.

Members of Kazakhstan’s Land Reform Commission voted for an extension, until the end of 2021, of the moratorium on leasing Kazakh agricultural land to foreigners

Aujourd’hui, les processus d’accaparement des terres mobilisent et préoccupent de plus en plus les collectivités rurales et paysannes, non seulement du Sud, mais aussi du Nord

Les campagnes françaises commencent à intéresser les investisseurs chinois. Entretien avec Emmanuel Hyest, président de la Fédération nationale des Safer.

Ces dix dernières années, 150 000 paysans oromo ont été chassés de leurs terres par l’explosion démographique de la capitale ou par la location à long terme de terres cultivables à des capitalistes étrangers.

La conferencia “Tierras y Territorios en las Américas: acaparamientos, resistencias y alternativas” se realizará en la ciudad de Bogotá entre los días 26 y 28 de agosto de 2016 en la Universidad Externado de Colombia

Florencia Gómez Galizzi, quien fue Directora Nacional de Tierras Rurales de Argentina, dialogó en Sin Mordaza sobre el nuevo decreto del presidente Macri de ‘flexibilización’ en la compra de tierras.

"Estamos muito preocupadas, pois os nossos territórios estão sendo destruídos e ameaçados pelos projetos de desenvolvimento do Estado do Tocantins".