Thousands of subsistence farmers in Gúruè district are earning small amounts of money from soya. However, there are a few larger farmers. And land conflicts are increasing.

Lo que constituye un escándalo con sólo pronunciarlo, es el tema ausente por excelencia de nuestra historia: la cuestión de la concentración de la tierra (sea en manos de compatriotas como de extranjeros, sobre todo en las últimas décadas en las que crecieron exponencialmente las inversiones foráneas que buscan quedarse con cientos de miles de hectáreas en casi todo el país)

Los tratados por los cuales compañías y países extranjeros compran o arriendan tierras agrícolas en el extranjero significa que se apropian de casi medio billón de metros cúbicos de agua dulce cada año –lo suficiente para cultivar alimentos y abatir la desnutrición en los países “saqueados”

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will become a majority owner of eight Serbian agriculture corporations that own 9,000 hectares of land and will lease an additional 14,000 hectares of arable land in Serbia for EUR 250 per hectare per year.

Restreindre la taille des terres agricoles qui peuvent être cédées. C’est ce que vient de décider le gouvernement tanzanien, prenant le contre-pied de sa politique agricole, résolument orientée depuis quelques années vers les multinationales des biocarburants.

Si tratta dell’appropriazione o acquisto, da parte di governi o imprese multi-nazionali, di vasti terreni locali mediante operazioni di leasing finanziario.

A empresa indiana Primus Agri Projects Private Limited está a investir 3 milhões de dólares na província de Nampula, em Moçambique, para a produção em moldes empresariais de feijão-da-china (“Vigna Radiata”) e sementes de sésamo

Primus Agri Products Private Ltd va investir $ 3 millions pour produire du haricot mungo et du sésame dans la province de Nampula au Mozambique.

Primus Agri Products is investing US$3 million to commercially produce mung beans and sesame seeds on 170 ha in Mozambique’s Nampula province for export to Asia.

A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to visit Sudan later this year to examine the possibility of growing wheat on as many as 470,000 hectares of Sudanese land.

"Sans terre, pas de pain !", tel est le leitmotiv de la campagne de carême 2013 qui se déroule du Mercredi des cendres 13 février, date de l’entrée en carême, au dimanche 31 mars, fête de Pâques.

China's sovereign-wealth fund is one of three large funds vying to take a stake in Australian dairy company Van Diemen's Land Co.

EBG Capital, a Swiss environmental investment boutique led by two former Credit Suisse executives, has launched an “information hub” for asset owners and managers that want to invest in farmland responsibly.

In four cities in Poland, farmers are demonstrating against Polish farmland being sold to foreign multinationals. Now they need international support for their protests.

Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade today go to China, making it far and away the world’s largest importer.