A Sudanese farmer stands in a field of sorghum in Gezira state (Photo: AFP/File, Jose Cendon)

Paysans expropriés par COVEC au Mali

Tanzanian farmer (Photo: IDRC)

Count Miguel Pais do Amaral, an amateur race car driver. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-millionaires-and-billionaires-buying-land-in-africa-2011-6#ixzz1QroYM6us

Crikey has begun mapping the recent purchases of prime Australian farmland by overseas interests (click here to view the full map)

Fighting for public water services, a Canadian teacher’s union placard reads, “YOU DON’T SUPPORT PRIVATE WATER, WHY DOES YOUR PENSION FUND?” Pension funds are increasingly important targets for action by social movements, labour groups and citizens’ organisations.

Source: Pensions & Investments, 6 September 2010, P&I/Towers Watson World 300  

Sheep in a field in Tunisia

Heading for Congo: Agri South Africa's Wynand du Toit and his wife Frances.