La entidad, que también presentó un proyecto para limitar la extranjerización de tierras, objetó la iniciativa oficialista aunque destacó sus aspectos “positivos”. “Lo más importante es que finalmente se haya instalado el debate”, consideró.

Les ONG ont souligné devant les négociateurs la nécessité de soutenir l’agriculture paysanne et familiale, l’influence des agrocarburants sur l’augmentation des prix de la nourriture, et l’effet néfaste des accaparements de terre sur la souveraineté alimentaire

The Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development recently released the Land Rent Contractual Agreements for land leases between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) and twenty-four companies or individuals.

The New Zealand dairy giant has signed a deal to buy an 850 hectare farm in the Brazilian state of Goias.

Taiwan is considering growing crops overseas to ensure its food security, officials said Thursday.

Argentina's drive to limit land purchases by foreigners is deepening concerns about its investment climate, but is not expected to cause major changes to who owns some of the world's most productive farmland.

Das Dossier ist herausgegeben von "Brot für die Welt", dem evangelischen Entwicklungsdienst und dem Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum Chile-Lateinamerika in Zusammenarbeit mit der Redaktion Welt-Sichten.

The governments of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are drafting laws to curb acquisition by foreigners of extensive tracts of their fertile agricultural land.

Non-renewable water sources, such as lakes and aquifers, will not withstand significant foreign investment and intense agricultural production.

So many Wall Street-types crammed the Waldorf Astoria in New York City last week for a global farmland and agribusiness conference that hosts warned the crowd of 600 not to block the fire exits.

The government of Bangladesh has also been looking for farmland abroad -- in Burma, Kenya, Uganda

Un séminaire national sur le phonème de l’accaparement des terres se tiendra à Dakar à partir du 18 mai prochain, à l’initiative du Réseau africain pour le développement intégré (RADI)