Rioforte, sociedad de inversiones del Grupo Espíritu Santo y la DEG, parte del KfW Bankengruppe, institución financiera alemana anunciaron que invertirán unos 25 millones de Euros en “Paraguay Agri-cultural Corporation” (PAC) destinados a proyectos agropecuarios y forestales

Indian companies that have invested in agriculture in Ethiopia are under fire from civil society groups. The companies have been accused of large-scale land grabbing, which has led to displacement of the tribal population there.

The Cairns Mayor says he would support the sale of agricultural land to Chinese investors if it was good for the far north Queensland region of Australia.

Of the countries that lost the highest percentages of their cultivated land to land grabs, nine out of 10 have malnourishment rates of 5 percent or more.

Would developing countries choose a development path built on inclusiveness, respect for the rights of their citizens, and the rule of law? Or would they seek a short-cut to development and opt to hand over community land and natural resources to international investors and national elites?

Blocages de routes, émeutes aux portes, image écornée: les achats de terres peuvent tourner à la catastrophe pour les investisseurs quand les droits de propriétés des paysans sont bafoués, selon des travaux publiés mardi.

A travers l’African Agriculture Fund (AAF), l’Agence française de développement (AFD) et PROPARCO, sa filiale pour le développement du secteur privé, investissent dans l’accaparement des terres en Afrique sub-saharienne.

Over the last decade, food-importing nations and private investors have been securing land abroad to use for agriculture. Poor governments have embraced these deals, but their people are in danger of losing their patrimony, not to mention their sources of food.

Indigenous Ethiopians demand a stop to human rights abuses stemming from agricultural investment policies

Risk analysts show that operational cost increases can approach 2,800 percent; Myanmar is latest flashpoint in alarming trend

Le ministre français du Développement se targue d’une diplomatie offensive pour un accord international pour l’encadrement des investissements agricoles - comme si des cadres de discussion pouvaient limiter les conséquences sociales dramatiques de l’expropriation des communautés qui vivent sur ces terres

Un gran debate recorre al mundo. Versa sobre los millones de hectáreas de tierras rurales de los países del tercer mundo que están siendo adquiridas por las potencias económicas y las trasnacionales del agronegocio y la especulación financiera e inmobiliaria.

Le Oakland Institute, un think-tank américain respecté pour la qualité de ses travaux, épingle les pratiques de la Socfin, une filiale du groupe Bolloré en Sierra Leone.

Sudan's Minister of Agriculture discusses aspects of joint cooperation with Iran in sugar beet crops, cotton, oilseeds and rice, expressing his ministry's keenness to remove all obstacles impeding the work of investors.

This agreement comes in line with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz’s initiative to encourage agricultural investments abroad and the council’s ongoing efforts to develop and expand the field of agriculture.