Foreign countries which buy African farmland in order to gain food security are guilty of a "new form of colonisation," says South Africa's Minister of Agriculture Tina Joemat-Pettersson.

"Africa is victim to agricultural neo-colonialism," says Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei. "But absolutely not from China."

"The whole mess in Europe at the moment has increased demand for diversification products for the Asian markets," says Aquila CEO Roman Rosslenbroich, including farmland.

After talking with Sudanese decision makers and visiting agricultural projects, Eckart Woertz finds that Gulf countries are only engaging reluctantly in agro projects in Sudan.

Swedish pensions money is threatening the livelihoods of small farming communities in Brazil and risk speeding up the devastation of the rainforest.

In the acceptance speech for the 2011 ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, GRAIN demands an immediate end to land grabbing and a restitution of lands to local communities.

Research released today by the Oakland Institute demonstrates that land grabs--largely unregulated land deals involving foreign corporations and speculators--continue to be promoted as a "development" solution for African nations.

On 31 January 2012 in Dubai, 2nd Commercial Farm Africa features panel of experts and in-depth analysis on land utilization & investment policies in Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Sudan, Namibia, Ghana and Ethiopia.

Iowa State University has landed in some hot water regarding its involvement with an international land development project in Tanzania.

GRAIN recibió el “Premio Nobel Alternativo” y aprovechó la oportunidad para exigir que se detenga de inmediato el acaparamiento de tierras y que se le restituyan sus tierras a las comunidades locales.

Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, perhaps the biggest agro industry firm in Ethiopia, has added a big name to its roaster: Fikru Desalegn, former state minister for Capacity Building,

The palm oil industry is "at the dawn of a new period of expansion" in part thanks to increasing interest from food groups, which are moving into production to ensure supplies of an increasingly important commodity.