The EAFF President was a discussant during the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty which took place in Washington DC USA 18th to 20th April 2011. The following were his focal points

The highly-contested Principles on Responsible Agricultural Investment are back on the table this week, as the annual Conference on Land and Poverty opens at the World Bank.

Les crises alimentaire et financière qui ont secoué le monde en 2008 ont eu un effet méconnu du public. Elles ont provoqué une incroyable course pour la mainmise sur les terres cultivables partout dans le monde.

Olivier De Schutter, Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies sur le droit à l'alimentation, et Prof. Harald von Witzke, Faculté de l'agriculture et de l'horticulture, Université Humboldt de Berlin.

La compañía de inversiones de China, Shanghai Pengxin Group, tiene pensado invertir US$ 158 millones en la compra de establecimientos lecheros en Nueva Zelanda (las estancias de Crafar).

The Land Portal, an online platform to find, share, and collaborate on land information, was launched today at the annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.

Arte diffuse une longue et passionnante enquête d’Alexis Marant (Capa) sur un juteux business : l’achat des terres agricoles au nom du fric plus que de la bataille contre la faim.

Le problème d’accès à la terre se pose avec acuité en RDC et les paysans paient un lourd tribut. Ils deviennent sans le savoir des gens sans terre dans leurs propres terres.

The emerging resistance against MIFEE is located within a national (and international) alliance against land grabs and within the indigeous movement against Indonesian occupation and exploitation.

International investors have suspended at least $15 billion in Brazilian farming and forestry projects since August, when the government put limits on land buying by foreigners, sector analysts said on Monday.

Tanzania should seize the opportunity of rising food prices by investing in smallholder farmers and allow large scale foreign investors targeting exports, Agriculture Council of Tanzania (ACT) Chairman, Salum Shamte has said.

According to Pessôa, as a result of limitations on foreign capital, Brazil will have problems increasing its production at a rate adequate to meet the global demand.