Concerns about land grabbing stem from a desire to hold the government accountable when the drive to make Thailand the Kitchen of the World ends up destroying ecological systems, small farmers' livelihoods, and our food security.

Entretien avec Clara Jamart (Oxfam France), Alain Karsenty (Cirad, France) et Faliry Boly (Sexagon, Mali).

Este viernes, 25 de mayo DÍA DE ÁFRICA, nos dirigimos al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación para entregar las firmas recogidas en todo el Estado en contra del acaparamiento de tierras.

Intensive use of land for food exports and biofuel production must not come at the expense of human rights in Southeast Asia, the United Nations warned.

Rund um den Internationalen Afrikatag am 25. Mai macht Gemeinsam für Afrika in jedem Jahr deutschlandweit mit kreativen Aktionen auf Probleme und Missstände aufmerksam.

A pension fund(!) has seeded(!) a new company (i.e., not a fund!) that will invest its own assets as well as those of peers(!) in actual farms(!) in the developed and developing world!

Six foreign-owned companies are currently trying to secure over 1 million hectares (about 2.5 million acres) of land for the production of palm oil in the country's forested southern zone, according to a coalition of environmental organisations.

Le Président de la délégation spéciale de Mbane qui avait refusé d’affecter quelque 4312ha à la CSS, pour l’extension des zones de culture de la canne à sucre, a été démis de ses fonctions et remplacé depuis hier.

Das Geschäft mit dem Elend ist für manche deutsche Bank außerordentlich lukrativ. Allen voran als Global Player die Deutsche Bank. Aber auch die Landesbank Baden-Württemberg mischte mit, bis sie dabei ertappt wurde.

Empresas brasileiras com maior parte de composição acionária nas mãos de estrangeiros podem escapar da imposição atual de limitar a extensão de área na hora de adquirir terras no Brasil.

Investment advisors point to current rise in wheat prices as one more reason to invest in farmland...

U.S agribusiness conglomerate Cargill plans to invest up to US$390 million in a 50,000-hectare oil palm plantation in Cameroon, an official at the Central African nation's investment agency said on state radio.