African agriculture has a big investment problem: lots of private equity interest but few opportunities because most farms and companies are too small to absorb the cash or provide attractive returns.

El resultado neto es una autorregulación voluntaria, la cual es ineficaz y poco fiable, y no es remedio alguno contra la perversidad de estos negocios.

Pervertissant la vision classique du rapport de pouvoir public/privé, certains pays africains ont repris à leur compte le slogan d’un journal de l’Europe de l’Est lors d’une visite du Chancelier allemand en 1999 : "Nous pardonnons aux Croisés et attendons les investisseurs".

El marco exige relevamientos provinciales antes de fijar prohibiciones. Pero casi ningún distrito concretó la medición. Mientras tanto, continúan vendiéndose hectáreas.

The World Bank continues to facilitate land-grabbing in poor and developing countries around the world, according to new research released on Monday.

When University of Texas professor John Doggett spoke at the Governor's Ag Conference in Nebraska, he stirred up echoes of an issue that has been largely dormant in America for the past few years, but one that he said will soon return.

Farmers and activists are increasing pressure on the government to be more transparent about large-scale land deals with foreign firms and to make sure local communities benefit

The government has decided to throw its might behind private purchases of farm land overseas to ensure food security for India.

Documento del Centro Nelson Mandela sostiene que el proyecto de entendimiento de Chaco con la empresa saudí Al-Khora yef, constituye "una auténtica situación de emergencia por las locuras de un gobierno que está de paso y que acosa el ambiente".

New studies released in London today suggest that the frenzied sell-off of forests and other prime lands to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risk sparking widespread civil unrest—unless national leaders and investors recognize the customary rights of millions of poor people who have lived on and worked these lands for centuries.

BBC radio investigates report by Human Rights Watch that claims Britain is indirectly funding a brutally enforced resettlement programme in Ethiopia.

Alongside countries like Liberia, Laos, Congo and Sierra Leone, Romania is one of the countries where foreign companies own large areas of farmland, according to a report put together by GRAIN.

Civil society -- small farmers, fisher and forest folk, pastoralists -- look with a great deal of suspicion at the US and other countries’ intentions, reports David Andrews about upcoming meetings in Rome

In Guatemala, land is fiercely disputed, especially by agribusiness interests keen on expanding export crops like sugar cane and African oil palm.

Calvin Burgess recorded statement to police over threats on his life after he was chased by angry villagers who were protesting eviction from their farms which the company insists belongs to them.

About nine thousand people who will be evicted from the Nansanga Farm Bloc in chief Muchinda’s area in Serenje district face destitution because the government has not offered them alternative land.

El proyecto de ley presentado por el gobierno nacional de “Protección al dominio nacional sobre la propiedad de tierras rurales”, tal como dice su nombre, no evitará la extranjerización de la tierra.

PepsiCo Inc, the world's second-largest food and beverage company, will continue its investment in China's agricultural sector.

The GCC's food import bill stood at $25.8-billion in 2010, and will more than double to reach $53.1-billion in 2020, according to an Alpen Capital report.

As the G20’s agriculture ministers arrived in Paris for a two-day meeting, more than 500 non-governmental organisations from around the world have delivered a petition calling for a halt to land grabbing under the guise of “responsible agricultural investment”.

Some pension funds are beginning to question their investments in commodities after accusations that massive flows into the sector have distorted markets, fuelled food inflation and hurt poor nations.

"Could you include info in the briefing for my trip about what's happening in Africa in general and in the three countries. I'm visiting in particular about the sale and leasing of farmland to foreign interests (China, Qatar, etc)?"

Translation of It's time to outlaw land grabbing, not to make it "responsible"! by Via Campesina

The Republic of Congo has handed over 80,000 ha of arable land to a company owned and operated by 14 South African farmers.

Investors are buying Canadian agricultural land, betting that rising food prices, a ballooning global population and growing worldwide scarcities in farmland will mean a payoff for them.

Seeds, land and fertilizer are among the top places food and agriculture executives and economists said they would put their money, betting on global population growth.

The National Renaissance Party calls on the Government of Mali to publish a full list of beneficiaries of land and the areas granted to them.

Au Mali, le Parti pour la Renaissance Nationale a rendu public un mémorandum relatif à la politique gouvernementale de cession des terres agricoles dans la zone Office du Niger.

« Puisqu’on ne peut pas faire des omelettes sans casser des œufs » faut-il donc accepter que lorsqu’un projet économique de grande envergure est lancé par un gouvernement dans le but de développer une région de son pays, certains doivent obligatoirement accepter de se sacrifier et jouer le rôle des œufs destinés à être cassés ?

Convencidos de obter grandes lucros, muitos bancos, fundos de investimento, grandes grupos industriais, Estados e milionários privados planejam instalar, na África, fazendas-empresa gigantes, a fim de produzir alimentos e biocombustíveis exclusivamente para exportação