Where the culprits were largely governments and authoritative bodies, now multinational governments are working with these entities to take lands and deprive local communities of critical resources.
Farmers say Socfin Agricultural Company's plantation causes instability, fear, mistrust, poverty, and violence.
The Lao government has approved hundreds of thousands of hectares in concessions, but has yet to identify how many hectares of land investors have already used or whether they have followed their original proposals.
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Déclaration d'organisations syndicales, mouvements paysans et mouvements sociaux réunis au Maroc dans le cadre du mouvement paysan international VIA CAMPESINA
Colonos y terratenientes brasileños tienen propiedades en gran parte de los departamentos de Alto Paraná, Canindeju, Amambay y Chaco, concentrados en las tierras más fértiles y ricas del país.
Corporations are starting to buy up US farmland, especially in areas dominated by industrial-scale agriculture, like Iowa and California's Central Valley
Singapore's Temasek is part of a consortium that is offering $2.1 billion cash for Olam, one of the world's largest farmland owners.
La diputada provincial Sonia López presentó un proyecto de Ley mediante el cual solicita la reglamentación del artículo 61 de la Constitución Provincial que prohíbe la venta de tierras que rodean Recursos Naturales correntinos a capitales extranjeros.
Former Nigerian president and notorious land grabber Olusegun Obasanjo and UK rock star Bob Geldof say "Africa needs large, commercial farms as well as small ones."
Guyana's President Donald Ramotar says thet "the offer is still on the table" to all CARICOM countries to take advantage of Guyana's bountiful agricultural resources.
Palm oil company DekelOil, which operates plantations and a mill in Ivory Coast, says it raised £700,000 through a share placing anchored by high profile Africa-focused fund Nubuke.
The CT Group has revealed plans to grow up to 10,000 hectares of dragon fruit in Australia's Northern Territory.
Real estate developer Yoma Strategic Holdings is ramping up its push into Myanmar, including in agriculture where it has formed a holding in which the World Bank's IFC holds 20%.
The Cambodian government and the European Union remained at odds last week over how to compensate families that have lost land to the country’s controversial sugar plantations and seemed to move closer to agreement on the need for an outside party to mediate.
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