Bien que le phénomène de l’accaparement des terres agricoles par des spéculateurs fonciers reste marginal au Québec, comparativement au reste du Canada, tous les acteurs du milieu s’entendent qu’il vaut mieux prévenir que guérir.

Mr Clinton said that some farmers had told him sadly that a few foreign investors came to their land claiming to have large agriculture investment capacities but their projects collapsed after a short period.

"For instance, SAGCOT targets to help 100,000 farmers in all regions it operates. Nothing is said about 38 million farmers in Tanzania!" says the head of the Network of Farmers’ Groups in Tanzania (Mviwata)

An Indian state minister-controlled sugar cooperative will sign an agreement with the government of Mozambique to operate a 17,000 ha farm near the Zambezi River under 49-year lease. The minister is also eyeing an opportunity to run a sugar mill in Kenya.

Figures show that the demand for wheat even within African countries is growing - making it one of the most strategic crops for investors seeking to buy land in Africa to invest in.

"Asumimos la defensa de nuestros Territorios que incluyen las tierras, los océanos, las aguas y los bosques, para fortalecer la lucha contra el acaparamiento y la explotación a gran escala; el extractivismo y privatización de bienes".

Some of the factors influencing grain yields are natural, while others are of human origin. Natural conditions of inherent soil fertility, rainfall, day length, and solar intensity strongly influence crop yield potentials. Several areas of cropland with inherently high fertility are found widely scattered around the world: in the U.S. Midwest (often called the Corn Belt), Western Europe, the Gangetic Plain of India, and the North China Plain.

Carta de las organizaciones de América Latina que participamos de la I Asamblea de la Alianza por la Soberanía Alimentaria sobre el acaparamiento de Tierras en Colombia

International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn the 4th Latin American Palm Oil Conference to be held by the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil in Honduras on 6th-8th August

L'Institut tunisien des études stratégique juge que le nouveau Code "hypothèque la souveraineté du pays, puisqu'il autorise les étrangers à détenir jusqu'à 99% des entreprises tunisiennes et donc acquérir indirectement les terres agricoles tunisiennes".

El representante Wilson Arias habla sobre las novedades de los baldíos y el embajador Urrutia.

El acaparamiento de tierras que exige el modelo palmero va en detrimento de la soberanía alimentaria, al convertir las mejores tierras del país en plantaciones de palma africana.