Land is the missing element at next month's big UN sustainable development summit known as Rio+20, where nations of the world will meet June 20-22 with the goal of setting a new course to ensure the survival and flourishing of humanity.

Investigative Journalism and critical analysis into land issues currently affecting rural communities would not only reveal malpractices in land issues but also provide a voice for the voiceless in rural communities.

La Vía Campesina exige urgentemente a todos los gobiernos que condenen la práctica de acaparamientos de tierras que actualmente está desplazando de sus tierras a millones de campesinas y campesinos por todo el mundo.

En el informe se asegura que, desde el año 2000, casi un 5% de las tierras agrícolas del África fueron compradas o arrendadas por distintos inversionistas.

Dar Al-Maskukat Trading of Riyadh has requested a long-term land lease from the Philippines of up to 200,000 hectares of rain-fed government land and private farms to produce rice for the Saudi market.

La Via Campesina urgently requests all governments to condemn the practise of land grabbing that is currently displacing millions of peasants and small-scale producers around the world.

La Via Campesina demande en urgence à tous les gouvernements réunis à Rome cette semaine afin d'adopter les Directives volontaires sur les régimes fonciers de condamner la pratique des accaparements de terres, qui déplace actuellement des millions de paysannes et paysans partout dans le monde.

Le Grand Débat, avec Mathieu Perdriault, Chargé du développement et de projets de l’association Agter, et Samuel Nguiffo, Directeur de l’ONG le Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement du Cameroun

Their land and means of livelihood were taken away from them, their culture trampled upon, all in the name of public-private partnerships and foreign corporate interests.

Ethiopia has made more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of “fertile and unutilized” land available for agriculture companies that meet government requirements, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.

African governments are bringing agriculture schemes to international investors in the hope of matching investors to fertile soils

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Agriculture wants to hand over the file of foreign agricultural investments to the Saudi Company for Agriculture Investment and Animal Production.