Australian business council wants Qatar to invest more in food production in Australia, similar to what Qatar's Hassad Foods is pursuing.

Présentation aux débats AFASPA (l'Association Française d'Amitié et de Solidarité avec les Peuples d'Afrique) au Salon anticolonial 2012 à Paris

Foreign companies from Korea, Qatar, US, UK and China are "secretly" buying up large chunks of NSW farmland by establishing shelf companies, trust funds, and extended settlements to avoid scrutiny.

So is it a land grab or a development opportunity? Is land grabbing actually good for Africa? BBC Africa Debate discusses the issue in Freetown in Sierra Leone.

Pengembangan lahan perkebunan tebu Wilmar di Papua terkendala perizinan

Recently, the Federal Government of Nigeria signed a Joint Venture Agreement on Commercial Rice farming with Calvin Burgess, owner and principal promoter of the Oklahoma-based Dominion Farms Limited.

The Government of Singapore Investment Corp, one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds, has taken a 5 percent stake in commodities trader and farmland owner Bunge Ltd.

El Grupo de Alto Nivel de Expertos en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición estima que entre 50 y 80 millones de hectáreas de tierras han sido objeto de negociación por parte de inversores internacionales.

"Queremos hacer público nuestro malestar ante la información sobre el proyecto del gobierno provincia para arrendar grandes extensiones de tierras (210 mil has.) a un grupo inversor saudí con el objeto de realizar agronegocios"

“I wouldn’t define it as land grabbing. We exploit the economic opportunities which came about after the food price shock of 2007,” says Birinder Singh, the manager of Karuturi Agro Products. BBC slideshow.

Sobre la compra de extensiones enormes de terrenos de países pobres por parte de ricos inversionistas, como ocurre en África, Bill Gates considera que "el que corre más riesgos es el inversionista"

Concernant le rachat des terres dans des pays pauvres par de riches investisseurs, Bill Gates estime que "la personne la plus à risque est celle qui investit l'argent".