Dr. Sayaka Funada-Classen discusses the issue of “responsible research” and the ProSAVANA project in Mozambique in the context of the current post-Fukushima discussions in Japan and the work of the scholar Ruth First.

World Bank says its 10-step plan for land reform will enable African countries to end ‘land grabs,’ grow more food, and transform their development prospects.

FELDA proposes that the Pakistan government provide it with 30,000 ha for oil palms to help the country balance its surging imports of palm oil from Malaysia.

Selon un nouveau rapport de la Banque mondiale, les pays africains pourraient mettre fin aux « accaparements des terres » s’ils parviennent à moderniser le droit foncier et la gestion des terres

Le coordinateur national de la CCVC a aussi dénoncé le pillage des ressources du sous sol par des sociétés minières étrangères, l'impunité des crimes et l'accaparement des terres des paysans.

Despite its prohibition on the foreign ownership of land, the Philippines emerged as one of the countries with the largest tracts of farmland that were ceded to foreigners globally, according to the 2013 WTO Report.

The Ajeenkya D Y Patil Group of India has signed an MoU with the Government of Guyana for 65,000 ha in the Canje Basin, to be used for agriculture-related projects.

Sifca Group, which owns Africa’s biggest palm-oil refinery located in Ivory Coast, said it plans to spend $417 million in the next five years on plantations and factories in Ghana, Nigeria and Liberia.

DESPITE its prohibition on the foreign ownership of land, the Philippines emerged as one of the countries with the largest tracts of farmland that were ceded to foreigners globally, according to the 2013 World Trade Organization (WTO) Report.

A new law suspending sale of agriculture land to foreigners till end of 2014 in Georgia will be challenged by Transparency International.

In what seems like a drastic reversal of policy, Georgia on July 19 placed a ban on selling agricultural land to foreign nationals.

California think tank issues double-barreled report alleging Washington, London are willfully ignoring gross violations.