Le dernier numéro d'Afrique contemporaine, la revue trimestrielle de l'Agence française de développement (AFD), consacre son dossier aux "investissements agricoles en Afrique", avec la volonté de dépassionner le débat et de laisser les chercheurs labourer ce champ.

China rechazó el día 8 jueves las acusaciones de que ha venido comprando extensas franjas de tierra en Africa, y pidió a la vez la realización de esfuerzos "concretos" por ayudar al desarrollo sostenible del sector agrícola de ese continente.

“Zuia uporaji wa ardhi,” reads the Swahili headline of a poster on the wall of the community building in Mhaga, a densely populated village in Kisarawe, a district 100km southwest of Dar es Salaam. It means “prevent land grabbing”

Oakland Institute speaks about the findings of their latest round of in-depth research into land grabs in Africa.

La terre ne peut être considérée comme une marchandise, mais un territoire où s’enracine notre culture, nos valeurs, notre identité

Neil Crowder - CEO Chayton Africa presenting on Investing in Zambia's agriculture - Zambia Investment Forum London 2011

FAO director general-elect José Graziano da Silva discusses land grabbing in interview with IPS.

Global agricultural company Olam says the cultivation and processing of rice in Nigeria has the potential to be a lucrative industry.

"L'Afrique est victime du néo-colonialisme agricole", a souligné le porte-parole du ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères Hong Lei. "Mais absolument pas du fait de la Chine."

Ukraine may retain a ban on the sale of farmland until 2013, says Hryhoriy Kaletnyk, head of the parliamentary committee for agriculture and land.

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."