EU’s newest members say big Western European landowners and multinational supermarkets are wiping out their farmers and shopkeepers.

Investment in Australia’s agricultural land has soared to $4.6 billion, with the bulk of that coming from the US.

With the passing of a law in 2012 opening the door to foreign investment in farmland in Turkey, Gulf countries are increasing their investments in agriculture and livestock, as they aim to meet their homeland's food needs.

Thousands of acres of agricultural land will be leased out to Chinese enterprises to set up demonstration projects in areas ranging from seed varieties to irrigation technology.

The manager of a farm belonging to a Chinese Company known as Quality Parts (FOMASA) in Mubende district has been arrested on allegations of grabbing people’s land and torturing them.

"We're in the beginning stages of what could be a significant shift in land ownership," said Madeleine Fairbairn, who is investigatiing the impacts on farmers of institutional investment in U.S. farmland.

How do major oil palm companies manage to get their palm oil sold as a “green”, “sustainable” and “climate-friendly” product when it is none of that?

From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of indigenous land and measures to boost large-scale property deals, Brazil has embarked on the biggest roll back of environmental protections in two decades.

According to a report released today by leading environmental and social justice advocates, the investment management firm TIAA is leading a trend of speculating in land markets, which drives up farmland prices and displaces family farmers.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food cautions that many Zambian peasants are at risk of becoming squatters on their own land as Zambia is turned into Southern Africa’s food basket.

Russia's five largest landowners together control an area the size of Belgium - which has been bad news for many small farmers

The industry expected to find green pastures in Liberia, but early missteps and new environmental restrictions have led to slow expansion.

One of Canada’s biggest pension funds has teamed up with management of Australia’s largest pecan grower and processor, Stahmann Farms Enterprises.

Comment sommes-nous arrivés à l’adoption du rapport d’initiative sur l’accès des agriculteur-rices aux terres en Europe

L’arrivée de l’argent des fonds de pension dans le marché des terres agricoles n’a pas suscité des craintes seulement au Québec

Quinze villages disent non au projet marocain dans les communes de Dodel et Demette. Les 10.000 ha de terre octroyés au projet marocain Adouha continuent de faire couler beaucoup d’encre et de salive dans le département de Podor.

Une vingtaine de militants de diverses organisations suisses et françaises ont mené une action devant les locaux fribourgeois de SOCFIN pour dénoncer sa stratégie d’accaparement des terres

Le Conseil des organisations non gouvernementales d’appui au développement propose un charte pour eviter l'accaparement de terres au Sénégal

L’Église catholique a dénoncé, le 30 avril, l’exploitation des terres africaines par des « pays industrialisés » qui génère « la marginalisation et l’appauvrissement des communautés locales ».

Au Parlement, la droite et le parti des grands propriétaires relancent l’accaparement des terres indigènes et son lot de violences. Les Indiens organisent leur résistance.

« Nous demandons en vain la justice, qu’on reconnaisse nos droits de propriété. En retour, nous n’avons que brutalité, violence et humiliation »