The combined force of the US based Oakland Institute's research and advocacy on African land deals and local, democratic activism in South Sudan has effectively stalled plans for the largest land deal in the area.

Después de su aplastante triunfo, Cristina Fernández aprovechó para pedirle al Congreso que, en medio de la crisis mundial, acelere la aprobación de la ley que pone barreras a la extranjerización de la tierra, "un recurso estratégico y no renovable"

"The Big Banana" shows the effects of an export banana plantation on the Mungo area of Cameroon

Disputed land rights, food insecurity and pollution caused by large-scale export-based agriculture are main themes of the Cameroonian-made movie "The Big Banana".

Senador Ernesto Agazzi, Senador Eber da Rosa, Ing. Diego Piñeiro y Daniel Marsiglia en La sed y el agua

The Chinese Embassy in Wellington wheeled out a government spokesman today in a rare move, to tell New Zealanders they have nothing to fear from Chinese farmland investments.

Small farmers are the backbone of worldwide food production. But their existence is endangered because their governments are leasing large tracts of land to foreign companies.

Politicians throughout the Parliament united this week to raise concerns about the level of foreign investment throughout Australia.

A new report published this week claims farmers in Africa are being driven off their traditional lands to make way for vast new industrial farming projects backed by European hedge funds seeking profits and foreign countries looking for cheap food.

En Bogotá, Colombia, se realizó un foro sobre acaparamiento de tierra y la extranjerización de la propiedad. Asistieron representantes de Ecuador, Argentina y México.

Companies in Bangladesh are planning to lease thousands of hectares of land for agriculture in some African countries. Robert Ziegler, the Director General of the International Rice Research Institute, believes that Bangladesh's food strategy will become more widespread.

Film traces the story of the current mad race for control of farmlands, and the consequences it could have if nothing is done to protect the interests of small farmers and developing countries.