"Agriculture land in Asia is under pressure ... there is an opportunity for responsible investment in agriculture by Asian countries in Africa," says India's Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.
A true revolution would be in encouraging people's own agricultural innovations not creating new (African) markets for Big Business in agriculture, argues Shalini Bhutani.
Groups from across Asia meet in Manipur to share their experiences on some of the key process of land grabbing and its impact on agriculture in their respective countries.
The Indian government has formed a Cabinet committee to examine the possibility of opening up agricultural land to Foreign Direct Investment, following a proposal to let foreign realtors buy agricultural land.
Sher Karuturi Ltd exporta cada día un millón y medio de rosas a Europa según su página web pero el barrio construido para sus trabajadores no tiene electricidad por impagos.
Foreign companies from Britain, US, Austria and Thailand have concluded 36 deals to buy agricultural land in India in the states of Gujarat, Orissa, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
The Kenya Flower Council foresees huge implications for the country when Karuturi goes down, reports Flora Culture International
Nouveau documentaire de 52 minutes qui expose des situations d'accaparement de terres en France, en Inde et au Sénégal.
In Dzumajlija there is not enough land, water and space to breed the cows announced by the Indian company Sahara Group
A violent attack on a tea plantation leased by Indian-owned Verdanta Harvest Plc, a subsidiary of the Noida-based Lucky Group, has renewed concerns over Ethiopia’s policy of leasing out large tracts of land to international investors.
Workers of the troubled Karuturi farms in Kenya went on strike to demand their two months salaries. The incident came two days after four workers tried to commit suicide outside the farm's gates in protest.
Large scale privatization of state-owned agricultural lands in Georgia has the potential to trigger violence and social unrest of far graver consequences for investment – foreign and domestic – into the national economy than the notorious moratorium.
