Texte préparé par les représentants des organisations paysannes et des producteurs agricoles membres du CNCR et des autres plates-formes nationales membres du ROPPA, réunis du 20 au 22 Novembre 2012, à Dakar

Le Cameroun occupe la première place de sa région avec sept projets recensés, devant le Congo qui enregistre trois projets, puis le Gabon et la RDC qui comptent chacun deux projets.

En la reunión se busca "una contraparte argentina para establecer qué tipos de alianzas o joint venture y sinergias productivas pueden llegar a establecerse con sus pares asiáticos", informó la cartera agropecuaria nacional.

Controversial farmland deals in developing countries can have a negative impact on the people who live on the land, according to a new U.N. report.

Informe mundial sobre agricultura 2012. Entidad organizará debate mundial sobre negocios de grandes productores. Agricultura más responsable y con énfasis social facilita desarrollo sostenible.

New census data out this week from Uruguay’s leading ag agency shows the number of foreign investors buying Uruguay farmland and the average farm size both rose rapidly over the past decade.

Ce recentrage sur la production locale ne signifie pas que le Qatar abandonne sa politique d'acquisition de terres à l'étranger.

Le droit d’occupation et d’utilisation des sols par Olam n’est pas juridiquement prouvé puisque le ministère des Forêts leur a attribué des permis d’exploration. Comment est-on passé d’un permis d’exploration à une occupation du sol ?

We need to shift our focus away from the question of how to make large-scale land “investments” sustainable and ask the underlying question of development policy: which strategies are best suited to combat hunger and to empower marginalised groups to feed themselves?

New research from War on Want reveals that the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID) has been using the aid budget to promote the interests of multinational food companies in Africa.

Report calls upon governments, civil society and corporate investors to ensure that large-scale investments in agriculture, like the acquisition of land by private companies and funds, are transparent, accountable, socially beneficial and environmentally sustainable.

Forum condemns any practices consisting in grabbing natural resources (land, water, forests...) and granting them to agro-industrial stakeholders who are threatening the development of family farms' potential.

Many of the world’s biggest pension funds as well as family offices of wealthy individuals –looking for diversification and steady returns in times of market volatility– have been pouring money into farmlands, writes Kelvins Tan

La production agricole a fait un bond phénoménal en 10 ans, mais la FAO déplore que les investissements se concentrent sur les agrocarburants et les achats de terres dans les pays du sud, au détriment des petits producteurs.

Ospraie Management, the famous commodities hedge fund, is still long on farmland because it has actual cash flow. Many pension funds are now buying farmlands, reports Bloomberg.