The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), alarmed at the way governments and private corporations are buying farmland in developing countries, plans to present international guidelines to protect local people and farmers from what some have dubbed "neo-colonialism".

Whilst Mali’s government declares its commitment to guaranteeing food self-sufficiency for the country, it continues to sign a worrying number of agreements with foreign investors. A report from Via Campesina.

The problem is that we will lose control. Of course, some regulatory framework will be put in place, but it will also include ceding of control over our land resource to foreigners for a yet-to-be-specified time period.

A conference to discuss ways of boosting agricultural production in Africa will be held in Zanzibar later this month

Razzia. Etats, industriels, people, tout le monde s'y met : l'achat de terre est devenu un investissement stratégique. (Le Point)

Un documento interno, puesto recientemente en la página electrónica del IRRI revela que el instituto ha estado aconsejando a Arabia Saudita en el contexto de su estrategia para adquirir tierras de cultivo en otros países para cumplir con su propia producción alimentaria.

Putin's latest land reform legislation could lead to over 400mn hectares of crop acreage being sold.

Un document interne, récemment mis en ligne sur le site web de l’IRRI, révèle que l’Institut a conseillé l’Arabie saoudite dans le contexte de sa stratégie d’acquisition de terres agricoles à l’étranger pour sa propre production alimentaire.

Une demi-douzaine d’investisseurs saoudiens vient d’annoncer la création d’une compagnie d’investissements agricoles pour le début de l’année 2010. Les investissements seront dirigés vers l’acquisition de terres à l’étranger afin de cultiver du riz, du maïs, du blé et du soja.

El acaparamiento de tierras de los pequeños campesinos por parte de las grandes empresas nacionales y extranjeras es un tema cada vez más indignante en Mali. MALIBYA es un buen ejemplo de este fenómeno, una empresa libia a la que el gobierno de Mali ha concedido 100000 hectáreas en la zona de la Oficina del Níger.

A group of private Saudi investors said they plan to start a company with $533.3 million capital that will invest in farm projects mainly abroad. First projects may be with Ghana, Turkey and Kazakhstan.

Saudi Arabia announces the launch of Agroinvest, which will focus on farm acquisitions abroad to grow wheat, rice, soybeans and other crops in Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan and Turkey