La speculazione cambia radicalmente gli equilibri ambientali e alimentari del pianeta

"Lo que se trató de hacer con esta ley, es regular para que los extranjeros no compren terrenos excesivamente"

In January 2015, the Dutch embassy in Riyadh hosted a meeting with GCC investors and officials to discuss how to work together on land-based ag investments in Africa in order to achieve GCC food security.

Sale and leaseback agreements were almost unheard of in agriculture five years ago, but a few major deals recently have put them on the map, according to property group Colliers International.

Haiti's agriculture ministry has signed an agreement with a consortium of Haitian and Colombian investors to establish a major oil palm project on 4,000 ha over the next 5 years.

Calvin Burgess, chairman of Dominion Farms, has issued a letter denying their involvement in a 30,000 hectare landgrab in Nigeria's Taraba State.

«Les transactions foncières menées par les gouvernements comptent parmi les facteurs qui rendent la culture de l’huile de palme particulièrement attractive » affirme Sunny Verghese, le PDG d'Olam

À quelques jours du début des audiences sur l’accaparement des terres agricoles, les partis politiques se seraient entendus pour confier à la Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec le mandat de créer un registre des transactions.

Local and international NGOs condemn Feb 27 killing of a farmer and land rights defender in Jambi, Indonesia.

Government-led land deals, micro financing options by regional banks and favourable tax regimes are among the factors contributing to making Africa the new frontier for palm oil plantations.

Australia's agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce, has defended the government’s newly tightened foreign investment regime before key agricultural industry stakeholders.

Farmers evicted to make way for project backed by UN's IFAD say they have received little compensation. They're taking the industrial palm oil producers to court.