The first issue of Development 54 starts the one year debate on sustainability by looking at the dilemma of the current global land grabs in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

I urge the Government to stop conceding to foreigners the natural resources and the national reserves of the peoples of Ethiopia, and to begin helping Ethiopian farmers preserve and farm their lands organically.

Fusions-acquisitions, achats de terres, coentreprises… Le continent attire des investisseurs venus de toute la planète, assurés d’y trouver la réponse à des besoins mondiaux en nourriture qui ne cessent d’augmenter. Tour d’horizon d’un grenier en devenir.

Dangote Industries, une des plus importantes compagnie du Nigéria, veut produire de la canne à sucre sur 40,000 ha au Sénégal.

These ‘food pirates’ come with bags full of foreign direct investment and are moving swiftly where land is available, investing in crops that can be shipped back home.

Private investment in Africa's agriculture is rising. says Neil Crowder of British firm Chayton Africa, which recently acquired a farm in Zambia.

Principles for responsible agriculture investment are stock templates, designed to deflect the fallout from a growing number of media reports of land deals between investors and governments.

A Kazakh opposition leader is urging President Nursultan Nazarbaev to confirm or deny a report about an alleged deal he made in Beijing to lease Kazakh farmland to China, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.

Argentina analiza el modelo legal aprobado en Brasil para limitar la propiedad extranjera de las tierras, pero sin que una norma de este tipo espante las inversiones, según adelantó hoy la presidenta Cristina Fernández.

Papers for the LDPI conference on global land grab (University of Sussex, UK, 6-8 April 2011) are being posted online at the Future Agricultures website

A presidente da Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, anunciou hoje que enviará ao Congresso um projeto de Lei de Propriedade de Terra para restringir a compra de terras por parte de estrangeiros.

A Argentina analisa um modelo legal aprovado no Brasil para limitar a propriedade estrangeira de terras, mas sem que uma lei deste tipo espante os investimentos, adiantou nesta terça-feira a presidente Cristina Kirchner.