Two hundred and seven families have turned to the US Government to help mediate the long-running dispute with the exclusive purchaser of the sugar, New York-based American Sugar Refining (ASR).

Land grabs are carried out today in the Rufiji River Basin through the application of both force and consent.

“We will put an end to the possibility for foreigners to acquire farmland. With this land law, it is over, it is no more,” says Hungary's Prime Minister.

"Los abusos se multiplican. Los países ricos que no producen suficientes alimentos salen a comprar tierra en donde agua y tierra son abundantes, como lo han hecho en África los países árabes, China, Corea del Sur e India."

En 2014, les étrangers pourront acheter les terres agricoles, pour l’instant réservées aux Hongrois. En attendant cette échéance fixée par l’UE, que le gouvernement tente de repousser, paysans et riches personnalités s’affrontent pour les parcelles les plus intéressantes.

Currently reserved for Hungarians, farmlands will be available for purchase by foreigners from 2014. But as this EU imposed deadline looms, PM Viktor Orbán government is doing all it can to delay it. Meanwhile small farmers are battling with wealthy candidates, often close to sources of political power, for the most attractive lots.

Today's neocolonials are no longer content monopolising the output of the lands; they want the source of the produce, too — the land itself and the accompanying water supply.

Olam is working closely with the Government of Gabon where it has developed the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil New Planting Procedure in Africa.

“Apesar de pequenos agricultores produzirem quase a metade dos alimentos no mundo, eles constituem a população mais fragilizada, em situação de miséria e fome, cuja ausência de titularidade ou posse da terra os torna mais vulneráveis”, constata a socióloga.

El Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre el derecho a la alimentación, Olivier De Schutter, advirtió hoy sobre la amenaza que el ‘acaparamiento de los océanos’ representa para la seguridad alimentaria.

José Graziano da Silva, directeur-général de la FAO, a admis qu’il était impossible d’empêcher les gros investisseurs d’acheter de la terre, mais que les transactions menées dans les pays pauvres devaient être encadrées.

Photographe italien, Alfredo Bini livre son regard sur l’accaparement des terres éthiopiennes par les pays de la péninsule arabique, qui veulent sécuriser leurs approvisionnements en ressources alimentaires.