Las patéticas imágenes de la hambruna en África vuelven a recorrer el mundo. Lo que no suele mencionarse es que esta calamidad esta ligada, en parte, al auge de la compra masiva de tierras por parte de empresas o Estados extranjeros, que sustituyen la agricultura familiar por grandes explotaciones destinadas a la exportación.

Russia’s VTB Capital plans $1bn agriculture fund which will begin by buying assets in Russia and Kazakhstan – from land to processing companies.

BBC film looks at large-scale industrial farming investments in Zambia.

Three weeks ago, a team of Vietnamese investors and their technical advisers visited Sierra Leone to conduct feasibility studies with the aim of entering the agribusiness sector in the country.

En Patagonie, la mobilisation s’organise contre le projet d’une entreprise chinoise de cultiver 320 000 hectares de terre.

Agriterra revealed plans for further land expansion even after raising its cattle operations to about 16,700 hectares and entering the cocoa market through the acquisition of a Sierra Leone trader.

Venture capitalists, merchant bankers and large conglomerates are all piling in.

Interview with Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, researcher on agriculture investments

In the face of growing economies and rising populations, food security is fast becoming a critical issue for GCC countries. Socio-political problems that arise from food price inflation and some related unrest witnessed in many countries of the Arab world have also created an added sense of urgency.

Les acquisitions de terres agricoles à grande échelle sont mises en question par un groupe d’experts internationaux sur la sécurité alimentaire. Le rapport a été rendu public la semaine dernière.

Especuladores, Gobiernos, bancos y fondos de pensiones se lanzan a comprar

Elders has begun a sale of all its forestry plantations totalling 50,000ha across the country. Much of the land purchased is expected to be planted with sugar cane, bananas or returned to beef grazing, and COFCO and Wilmar International have indicated their interest.