"Foreign governments and institutional investors have only recently been moving into the space and in a very limited way and yet they have already generated considerable controversy and political backlash where they have deployed capital into the emerging markets. We believe that this will only become worse over time," says Agcapita's Stephen Johnston.

A construção de impérios em estilo colonial está a ter uma enorme recuperação, e a maior parte dos colonialistas são recém-chegados, a abrirem o seu caminho depois dos predadores europeus e estado-unidenses bem estabelecidos.

Avanza en Etiopía el alquiler de grandes extensiones agrícolas a firmas indias y chinas

Sous l’œil bienveillant de l’ONU, les grands noms de la finance s’accaparent des régions agricoles entières.

Entretien. Les institutions internationales prônent un «code de conduite»pour encadrer les rachats de terres. Une solution qui n’améliorera pas le sort des pays pauvres, estime Devlin Kuyek, de l’ONG Grain.

アフリカでも進行する国際的な農地取引 誰にとってのチャンスなのか(2009)　AFJの会報より

The South Korean government has realised that its 49 million people cannot, in the long term, be fed sustainably without the assistance of Africa’s abundant land resources.

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa urged African leaders to resist the corporate industrialization of African agriculture which will result in massive land grabs, and for the issue to be raised at the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.

Pour équilibrer leurs comptes, les fonds spéculatifs et les fonds souverains raflent des millions de terres arables et cultivables dans les Pays ACP (Afrique, Caraïbes, Pacifique) et dans les PED (Pays En Développement).

La extensión de lo que ha sido calificado por el director de la FAO, Jacques Diouf, como un "sistema neocolonial", constituye el avance de un peldaño en la aplicación de la visión global de libre mercado que ha prevalecido en las últimas décadas en la política alimentaria mundial, la cual convierte las necesidades alimentarias de la población en una inmensa oportunidad de negocios privados.

Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, managing director of Karuturi Global Ltd was conferred with the award for business excellence in agribusiness in Africa by Corporate Council on Africa, for the year 2009.

While Dominion Farms is honored that Business Week saw our company as a global front runner in doing business in Africa, we are disheartened by the lack of commitment to the true story of Dominion Farms.

L'Ethiopie sera à l'honneur d'un des premiers reportages de la nouvelle émission Terre d'enquête de la chaîne de télévision privée française M6

South Korea, through the Korean Economic Development Fund, has extended a $50 million (about Sh65 billion) loan to the Rufiji Basin Development Authority (Rubada). About 100,000 hectares of land have been set aside for modern rice farming under the project.

Over the next couple of weeks we will see a level of political frenzy let loose on the international stage.