Organised by the Land Policy Initiative Consortium, this forum aims to reach an appropriate perspectives and concrete actions on how to address the issue of land-based investments in the African continent in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.

La semaine dernière, Folha De San Paulo affirmait que le gouvernement mozambicain avait concédé 6 millions d'hectares à des investisseurs du Brésil. Depuis, Maputo a démenti l'information. Mais la question agite le Mozambique.

Las principales gremiales rurales del país evalúan con cautela el impuesto a las grandes extensiones de tierra que el gobierno presentó en el Parlamento.

En los últimos años, la oleada creciente de privatizaciones de tierras en África (su compra por parte de gobiernos extranjeros, multinacionales agroalimentarias o fondos de inversión) ha hecho aún más vulnerable su precario sistema agrícola y alimentario.

Northern Uganda has offered Indian agricultural investors land to carry out commercial farming. This offer will be under joint venture agreements with the locals.

Nirmal Seeds wants not more than 30,000 hectares of land in Tanzania to invest in seeds production to feed the local market.

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.

Last week, Uganda received a 35 man business delegation from India interested in the country’s agribusiness potential and boosting its exploits. Mr Ramakrishna Karuturi, the leader of the delegation, said the team intends to invest up to $2 billion in agribusiness pending the issue of investment licences.

A organização moçambicana Justiça Ambiental considerou "preocupante e perigoso" que o governo atribua "de uma só vez" 60 mil quilómetros quadrados de terra aos agricultores brasileiros, alertando para o perigo de violação dos direitos da população camponesa.

Fear of unrest and hunger for profit are sparking massive acquisitions of farmland.

A US firm, Dominion Farms, has acquired 30,000 hectares of swampy land in Gassol Local Government of Taraba State in Nigeria for commercial rice farming.

Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc. qui contrôle plus de 100 000 hectares de terres agricoles ouest-africaines sous-utilisées, a finalisé un placement stratégique d’un million de dollars US de AIM Investments PLC grâce à un placement privé