L'idée qui germe au Japon de consacrer une partie des énormes réserves de change du pays à l'achat de matières premières industrielles est susceptible, si elle est appliquée, de provoquer des bouleversements économiques et financiers.

“We are calling for a moratorium on land grabbing until much tougher rules are in place to safeguard the human rights of poor communities on the ground,” ActionAid says.

"I look forward to watching the [CFS] evolve and address issues such as land acquisition," says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Indian rice exporter Amira Group plans to acquire 25,000 hectares of agricultural land in Cambodia, and is discussing further farnland acquisitions with the governments of Angola and Sierra Leone.

Cette exploitation de plus de 20 000 hectares est emblématique du phénomène mondial d’accaparement de terres dans lequel l’agrobusiness menace la sécurité alimentaire des populations locales

Foreign investors are already knee deep in Ukrainian agriculture, with full or partial stakes in around half of the country’s top 60 agricultural holdings.

A plot of land has been chosen for Iran to establish an agro-industry complex to produce wheat and sugar in Sudan

African governments should avoid rushing into big land lease deals with foreign investors or risk deepening poverty and ramping up social tensions, an official at the UN's Food and Agriculture Office said

Sannati Agro Farm Enterprise Plc received a 10,000ht plot of land in Dimi District, Gambella Region, for the cultivation of rice, pulses, and cereals, from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on October 1, 2010.

Cash-rich Chinese and Japanese food companies are thought to be the only potential buyers with enough money to risk sinking into New Zealand's biggest pipfruit business, Mr Apple, to be put on the market by South Canterbury Finance receivers.