International expert on land-grabbing Fred Pearce says the Pacific has some of the world's worst examples of the practice.

The FAO draft principles have little local basis and less community future, and are very likely to be employed to obscure the power imbalances that exist.

Let us focus on the real issue that our legislators should be grasping: how do we keep farmers operating and attract farmers to own the land they work, and not become peasants on land rented from institutional investors, domestic or foreign.

Only the Amazon and Congo basins rival Papua New Guinea for pristine tropical wilderness. But 5 million hectares of its jungle is under threat from foreign land grabs and back-door logging.

Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Heydar Asadov meets with representatives of Qatar Holding to study opportunities for investment in Azerbaijan’s agriculture.

At the opening of the “Emerging Equatorial Guinea” Symposium, the government announces a Co-Investment Fund to support foreign investments, including in agriculture for which it has set aside 100,000 ha.

Embora monitore oportunidades em países da África e da América do Sul, a subsidiária SLC LandCO ainda coloca suas fichas no Brasil por uma questão de preço

La fiebre del oro ha llegado a Etiopía, pero esto no guarda relación alguna con el metal amarillo. Es la búsqueda del oro verde: tierras agrícolas fértiles.

Un vaste territoire, un fort potentiel... mais une production en berne. Pour redynamiser le secteur, les autorités de la RD Congo misent sur la création de parcs agro-industriels.

Le fonds a pour objectif d'encourager la diversification de l'économie au-delà du secteur pétrolier et gazier, y compris dans l'agriculture où 100 000 ha de terres arables sont disponibles aux investisseurs, selon le gouvernement

"Agriculture land in Asia is under pressure ... there is an opportunity for responsible investment in agriculture by Asian countries in Africa," says India's Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.

“Sin el territorio no tenemos nada, no tenemos vida”, dijo Luis Macas, señalando que el agua y los recursos vitales sirven tanto a los indígenas como al resto del pueblo.

Pension funds try to adopt a sustainability perspective when investing in farmland abroad, but there is not much consensus on what it means and how to measure it.

Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître.

La Cour constitutionnelle bulgare a annulé le 28 janvier 2014 une résolution parlementaire interdisant de vendre des terres à des étrangers.