As controversy continues to bubble in Australia over the latest big local farmland buy-up and what it means for food production, it’s worth looking to see where these foreign raiders are coming from, who’s backing them and how other countries are tightening their regulations to stop them.

The buy-up of prime agricultural land by Shenhua has sparked a furious political debate in Australia

Pension funds may be one of the few classes of land grabbers that people can pull the plug on, by sheer virtue of the fact that it is their money.

Le ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Environnement a nié la décision de la Tunisie de louer 10 mille hectares de terres agricoles aux investisseurs étrangers.

El 20 de junio, en la ciudad de General Roca, Río Negro, la Asamblea de Vecin@s y Organizaciones del Alto Valle Movilizados por la Soberanía Alimentaria convocó una manifestación pública.

Full force delegation headed by the EPA Executive Chairperson, Madam Haddijatou Jallow, visited the Addax operational areas and got first hand information from the community people.

The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation pours $150 million into fund targeting farmland acquisitions in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia

Sable Transport Limited of Zambia and Bonafarm Group of Hungary were the only two companies that submitted their bids for the acquisition of the core venture of 9,350 hectares and three other commercial farms.

Mr. Graziano, newly elected director general of the FAO, said the land-grab pace was not significant, but that the situation needs to be monitored because “every serpent starts off small.”

Addax loue sur 50 ans près de 52.000 hectares. Le but : transformer dès l'an prochain 100.000 tonnes de canne à sucre en bioéthanol qui viendra remplir les réservoirs des voitures en Europe.

Samedi, lors d’une conférence de la FAO, le président de l’Alliance pour une révolution verte en Afrique dénonce l’accaparement des terres par les grandes puissances

Le ministre de l'Agriculture et de l’Environnement, Mokhtar Jellali, déclarait que «le pays fournira environ 10 000 hectares de terres agricoles à des investisseurs étrangers si le pays enregistre une bonne récolte de céréales en 2011».