Several African leaders have bought lands in Ethiopia to develop agricultural projects or tourism resorts. They are let to bypass a 2007 ban on export of cereals, still in place for other investors.
Alberta pension fund pays $415 million for more than 1500 square miles of forest in Australia to be converted to timber plantations and agriculture.
The ECER has abundant land, which could fulfill the needs of Middle East countries that are looking for their food security program, says Malaysian official.
Stop land grabbing, defend food sovereignty and say no to violence against women farmers!
Avec ses alliés, la Via Campesina organisera un débat à la FIARA sur «l’accaparement des terres dans le contexte des crises alimentaire et climatiques – le besoin de politiques foncières qui protègent la production paysanne pour les marchés locaux».
Lester Brown from the Earth Policy Institute reveals how rich countries worried about their future food supplies – along with investment banks – are buying up arable land in Africa, yet are failing to deliver any benefits to local people.
Africa is up for sale by the acre to the highest bidder. But how can rice exports from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia be justified?
With climate change and rising demand for biofuels pushing up food prices, rich countries are increasingly looking for land in poorer nations to feed themselves. But is this at the expense of the host country?
The G-20 could call for a moratorium on large-scale agriculture investments until an agreement on appropriate ground rules is reached, says Olivier DeSchutter
La Liberia si presta bene al “land-grabbing”, coi suoi tre milioni e mezzo di abitanti schiacciati tra la Costa d’avorio e la Sierra Leone. Le Nazioni unite mantengono ancora una forte presenza e il World Factbook della CIA conferma che «la sicurezza è ancora fragile». Quale migliore occasione ai più disinvolti investitori per negoziare lucrativi accordi col presidente del Paese, la lady di ferro Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
Shanghai Pengxin Group, a Chinese property developer and owner of agriculture and mining ventures, is seeking to buy 16 dairy farms in New Zealand after the government rejected an earlier bid by another Chinese company.
The Zambian Development Agency signed off the virgin land to a firm called Menafea Holding which will grow pineapples and produce juice
