Ana Villa has fearlessly confronted agribusiness multinationals and armed groups that have tried to take over the land where rural communities and Indigenous people live in the Colombian plains, including the US corporation Cargill.

In the country known as the “breadbasket of Europe,” agriculture has been dominated by oligarchs and multinational corporations since the privatization of state-owned land following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Will this change, now that a controversial law to create a land market entered into effect on July 1, 2021?

Según ha informado este viernes Greenpeace, el pasado martes la Cámara de Diputados de Brasil aprobó el proyecto de ley PL2633, "una legislación que quiere legitimar el acaparamiento de tierras públicas" y que para la ONG "está directamente relacionada con la deforestación de un tercio de toda la superficie que pierde la Amazonia brasileña".

Farmland grabs by US companies and pension funds are being ignored as appropriators prioritise keeping Chinese interests in check, critics say

Brazil's lower house of Congress passed a land bill on Tuesday that is backed by the country's powerful farm sector but that environmentalists say will contribute to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

Agriculture, long overlooked as a handy defensive investment space by fund managers more interested in infrastructure, commercial real estate and shopping centres, has become the focus of big spending activity of late.

Global investment company Proterra Investment Partners is divesting its Australian farm portfolio – the Corinella Group Pty Ltd consisting of 49 farms across southeastern Australia with expectations of fetching A$350 million.

En este documento se presentan datos actualizados sobre Grandes Transacciones de Tierras (GTT) en Ecuador.

Uganda still grapples with mass forced evictions being aided by international development financiers that are hosted and protected by big nations.

The United Arab Emirates has expressed interest in investing in Indonesia's farming sector, specifically sugarcane plantations, says the secretary general of the Agriculture Ministry.

Le projet de transformer Madagascar en futur grenier de l’océan Indien risque de ressusciter le scandale relatif à la location de terre érable pour des investisseurs sud coréens, selon la presse malgache

En esta reunión, representantes indígenas y ponentes de unos dieciocho países compartirán pruebas y testimonios de primera mano sobre las atrocidades de la conservación y el robo de tierras, y presentarán un modelo para una conservación de la naturaleza alternativa.