Communities without economic power that live off of land to which they do not “own” are devastated when their government transfers the property rights to wealthy outside interests, who exploit the natural resources.
The report outlines elements of a Global New Deal including developing principles for responsible agricultural investment.
Entities such as USAID, the World Bank, and major U.S. universities are often the architects behind these land deals, which promise benefits for Africans but can often deliver food insecurity and displacement.
A Companhia Albertina formalizou o arrendamento de 8.000 hectares de cana-de-açúcar pela LDC-SEV -- braço sucroalcooleiro da francesa Louis Dreyfus Commodities.
Half of Gippsland's farmland could be foreign owned in a decade if current interest in the region continues on the same trajectory, two industry leaders have predicted.
The £9bn Pension Protection Fund is set to add specialist farmland and timberland fund managers to its investment manager panel to assist its alternative investment programme.
Los ministros de Agricultura y Justicia se reunieron para ultimar detalles del decreto que otorgará plena vigencia a la noma aprobada en diciembre de 2011
Documento del Centro Nelson Mandela sostiene que el proyecto de entendimiento de Chaco con la empresa saudí Al-Khora yef, constituye "una auténtica situación de emergencia por las locuras de un gobierno que está de paso y que acosa el ambiente".
Farming is a sector that Insight Investment, a UK asset manager best known for its expertise in investing in corporate bonds and government debt, has begun to target.
Los venezolanos no podemos ni debemos ser ajenos ni cerrar los ojos, y menos en una etapa en la cual predomina el hermetismo oficial en las negociaciones con otros países
Thousands of residents of Amuru District community, in Uganda, could soon lose their land after Gulu High Court ruled that over 40,000 hectares be given to Madhvani Group of companies to grow sugarcane.
A few hours after it was announced with fanfare, the N70 billion agriculture deal between Nigeria's Kwara State government and a Spanish consortium is generating controversy.
