There is a lot of focus on the growing global population and what it means for food demand. One result sees investors taking notice of returns on resources that provide food, including farmland.
The growing number of complaints from local communities, civil society organizations and the media about the activities of foreign investors in the country has got the government to unveil an investment monitoring unit
Cofco Ltd., China’s largest grains trader, said it is seeking overseas acquisitions to help secure supplies of commodities including soybeans, wheat and sugar as rising domestic incomes spur faster food demand growth.
The relationship between landowners and land on which people are living is not so clear in Africa, so the first thing we have to do is to survey lands and clarify the ownership of the land, says Korean diplomat.
Labour leader Phil Goff says, if elected as government on 26 November, his party would reverse the current approach so overseas buyers of farms would have to prove they offer additional value to the country.
Thousands of stories like John B Keane’s The Field in the 227 million hectares sold or leased in large-scale land deals since 2001.
Les Organisations de la Societé Civile se félicitent des résultats du second tour des négociations sur les Directives Volontaires sur la gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers
Cet article, publié en septembre 2011 en Equateur en espagnol et sous une forme abrégée par la revue Tendencia, présente une analyse synthétique des liens entre accaparements des terres et des ressources naturelles et entreprises multinationales.
"I'm betting the current furor will end up dying down once Congressman Beto Faro's report is in. He's the Workers Party legislator in Brazil, tasked with measuring just how much foreigners control Brazilian farmland."
En este video/entrevista, Esther Vivas analiza los vínculos entre la hambruna en el Cuerno de África y la creciente oleada de privatización y acaparamiento de tierras en el continente.
La campaña de concienciación sobre la crisis alimentaria "Paren, aquí vive gente" se presenta este jueves, 20 de octubre, en la estación de Delicias de Zaragoza.
El coordinador nacional de la Corriente Agraria Nacional y Popular (CANPO), Guillermo Martini, defendió el proyecto ley de extranjerización de tierras y aseguró que "los niveles de concentración de tierras en Argentina son escandalosos".
