La japonesa Sojitz, especializada en comercio internacional de granos, iniciará plantaciones de soja y otros cultivos en Argentina con el fin de exportar a Asia

Video of Via Campesina action at the FAO headquarters in October 2010

Chercheuse analyste en relations internationales, Viriginie Raisson revient sur « Le grand monopoly des terres arables » dans un ouvrage très documenté baptisé "2033, l’atlas des futurs du Monde".

Sojitz will lease 11,000 hectares of farmland cultivating soybeans, corn, wheat and other crops in the Pampas region and may expand to 200,000 hectares.

Abu Dhabi Sources will be going up against well established trading houses, including Glencore, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus.

Agri-Vie, a private equity fund focused on food and agribusiness investments - including farmland - in subSaharan Africa, closed its first fund with participation from Kellogg Foundation, NorFund, IFC and AfDB.

Líderes de la Nación Shawi defenderán las tierras que les pertenecen, en rechazo a una orden judicial que concede título de propiedad a una empresa coreana.

New South Wales Farmers Association is calling for a register of all overseas purchases of Australian agricultural land and water licenses.

Des entreprises étrangères et des hommes d’affaires nationaux achètent de plus en plus de terres arables en Afrique pour produire du biocarburant ou s’adonner à la spéculation foncière, au détriment des paysans menacés de devenir des ouvriers agricoles.

"I will give [Nigeria's] CHICASON not less than 50,000 acres of land anywhere in the country," says the President of Sierra Leone.

Olam CEO says his company utilises political risk insurance from the World Bank and other sources for its agri-investments in Africa.

Gabon committs a land bank of 300,000 hectares to Olam for palm and rubber plantation development.