In recent months, farmers have staged sporadic demonstrations against what they consider an unacceptable offer by the government to buy their land. Some have degenerated into violent confrontations with the police.

Land grabbing in Pakistan has faced stiff resistance in different forms by the members of civil society organizations including farmers’ organizations, Tanveer Arif says.

El Frente Nacional campesino y aborigen arribó al Congreso en el cierre de la Marcha Nacional de El Impenetrable, proveniente del norte del país, para pedir por la sanción de la ley que regule la extranjerización de tierras.

En total, son unas 700 mil hectáreas, un número que aseguran que crecerá en los próximos años. Las autoridades brasileñas ven con buenos ojos que capitales extranjeros alquilen campos para el cultivo, pero hay rechazo entre los productores locales

El proyecto de ley presentado por el gobierno nacional de “Protección al dominio nacional sobre la propiedad de tierras rurales”, tal como dice su nombre, no evitará la extranjerización de la tierra.

"Ultimately, we want to see more, not less, investment in Australian agriculture for the benefit of our industry, but we need to be very clear about the motives," says Jock Laurie, head of Australia's National Farmers Federation

"You get a clash of sovereignties. You might take an individual to court or a corporation to court. But I think you'll be very concerned if you take a country to court especially when that country is far bigger than the one you live in," Australian Senator Joyce said.

Desde las esferas del gobierno, deberían mirar al Brasil, donde con toda firmeza, terminantemente se prohibió la adquisición de tierras a empresas que estaban adquiriendo extensiones astronómicas de tierra brasileña para una potencia extranjera.

Wafra, Citadel Capital’s Platform Company for investments in the Sudanese agricultural industry, released today details of recent operational milestones including the conclusion of its first commercial wheat harvest in Sudan’s White Nile State.

The most disturbing question here is: who should have powers to give 800,000 hectares to a foreigner under a 99-year lease arrangement, and under what procedures?

Small farmers are the backbone of worldwide food production. But their existence is endangered because their governments are leasing large tracts of land to foreign companies.

Investors, such as Jarch Management and Nile Trading and Development, are buying up huge tracts of fertile land in Southern Sudan.