Legislation and practices aiming to safeguard customary land rights are largely failing to give real decision-making authority to communities affected by large-scale land acquisitions in sub-Saharan Africa, says a recent report by the Center for International Forestry Research.

En octubre de 2010, Miguel Saiz gestionó ante la firma china Heilongjiang Beidahuang State Faros Business Trade Group Co. Limited un megaproyecto de inversión de capitales asiáticos para el desarrollo de cultivos en áreas bajo riego. Ahora la justicia frenó todo y le pasó la pelota al gobernador entrante, Carlos Soria.

La firma retiró a sus técnicos del país y frenó el proyecto que implicada instalar un sistema de riego en 300.000 hectáreas. Además, el acuerdo sufrió un revés judicial

The China Green company wants to acquire 10,000 acres of farmland in Pakistan on lease to grow fruits and vegetables.

Um estudo da Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO) em 17 países da América Latina e do Caribe descobriu intensos processos de concentração e estrangeirização de terras na região.

Foreign investors aren't just after land in Africa. Access to water is essential – which can bring them into direct competition with the needs of local communities

The project will be the biggest overseas investment made by a Chinese agricultural enterprise and China's largest overseas production base for cooking oil.

Women are at the forefront of being evicted in Cambodia.

"C’est un honneur d’être reçu par la plus haute autorité du Sénégal afin de pouvoir livrer, au nom des populations de la communauté rurale de Fanaye, ses résolutions par rapport à l’attribution, par le PCR, de terres d’une superficie de 20.000 ha à des privés étrangers."

In the past three days, peasants, pastoralists and indigenous peoples have come together from across the world for the first time to share with each other their experiences and struggles against land-grabbing.

China will increasingly look to Africa over the next decade as the world's most populous nation seeks to ensure it has sufficient food supplies, according to a study published Wednesday.

Polling for the Michael Fay-led consortium trying to buy the Crafar dairy farms shows an “overwhelming desire for the government to stop in and stop the sale” to the would-be Chinese buyer, Pengxin International.