Governments often justify these deals by citing their potential contribution to economic growth – however, any gains risk being greatly outweighed by negative impacts on local livelihoods, say WRI

It is shameful that the Ethiopian Ambassador to the UK would claim that the areas targeted for foreign investment have no adequate social and economic infrastructures such as education, health facilities and roads.

World Bank accountability on forced resettlements resulting from its programs must be front and center at its spring meetings, taking place this week in Washington DC

Evidence suggests a marked disparity in the benefits received by those involved in and affected by these transnational land acquisitions, particularly for those originally dwelling on the land.

The 'Food Pirates' are fast expanding their network, their reach and their control over land. And it is happening fast in our own neighbourhood, writes Devinder Sharma.

"Saudi Arabia is increasingly looking for agriculture investment opportunities abroad, mostly in Africa," reports the US mission in Riyadh in May 2009

Una coalición de grupos hace un llamado urgente ante las autoridades de Etiopía y de India para que se cancele la concesión de nuevos contratos de arrendamiento de tierras a la compañía de agronegocios Karuturi Global.

A new study in Environmental Research Letters finds that at least 126 countries are now involved in purchasing or selling global farmland.

It's become known as the global land grab. More and more wealthy countries are buying up agricultural land in the developing world in at attempt to hedge against high food prices.

Indore-based Ruchi Group plans to grow oil palm in Cambodia on 20,000 ha.

New study urges Kingdom to forge strategic alliances with global food giants to facilitate access to land or to final products.

En avril 2019, Karuturi Global a informé ses actionnaires qu'on lui avait "accordé 15 000 hectares de terrain pour des activités agricoles" à Gambella, mais le contrat de bail n'a toujours pas été délivré par les autorités compétentes

India’s plan to lease farm land in Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi to grow pulses for domestic consumers is not the first such project

Pambazuka News spoke to Anuradha Mittal, Jeff Furman and Frederic Mousseau about what prompted their research on large-scale investments in land in Africa and what they discovered.

The urgency among Gulf states to pursue farmland acquisitions has diminished as food prices have gone down and controversy has gone up. Still, Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with its plans.

Land deals along River Nile could easily impair its recharging potential if water abstraction is not regulated.

Saudis have been urged to invest in land and water resources overseas, but now face an immense water crisis

Despite earlier commitments that safeguards on land rights would be strengthened, the proposed policy changes would gut essential requirements necessary to prevent displacement, impoverishment, and environmental damage.

A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’. Hazel Healy reports on a land rush in full swing.

Former Nigerian president Obasanjo calls on African Union to develop a framework for managing foreign investment in agriculture, and says governments should consider a moratorium on large-scale land deals pending legislation to protect smallholder farmers.

Myriad small farmers in Africa are being set up to fail by multinational corporations that end up assuming their land, a Canadian professor says.

This 2011 trapca Trade Conference will be held in Arusha, Tanzania, on 24-25 November 2011

The US-based Worldwatch Institute recommends three considerations to help guide global land transactions to promote mutual benefit.

The Qatari land deal in Kenya’s Tana River Delta has been seized upon by locals who have promised to fight it – to the death, if it comes to that.

The FAO draft principles have little local basis and less community future, and are very likely to be employed to obscure the power imbalances that exist.

Institutions including Harvard and Vanderbilt reportedly use hedge funds to buy land in deals that may force farmers out.

Not surprisingly, the backlash from people in Africa against Indian farmland investments has begun.

The Netherlands Academy on Land Governance / IDS Utrecht University has conducted a scoping study on Dutch flower farms, land governance and local food security in eastern Africa

Last week, the Land Matrix "land grab" database was released. On paper, they have a strong methodology and strict criteria about projects to be included. In practice, they seem to violate their own rules, at least when it comes to Chinese "projects" in Africa.