This is a case study undertaken by Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific and Roots for Equity. It looks into the intricacies of Al Dhara Company's investment in Sindh, Pakistan.
The financial collapse of a project by UK-based Sun Biofuels shows how the development dream can quickly turn into a nightmare for local people.
Ukraine will have no farmland market in the near future, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has said.
The problems of access to land for women and communities have been worsened by the land grab perpetuated by multinationals and society's wealthy.
India is one of Africa’s biggest investors in agricultural land.
A slide show by GRAIN that profiles some of those who have been most actively pursuing or supporting farmland grabs around the world.
Así lo denunció hoy en Ginebra la ONG Grain, que ha presentado un informe sobre lo que su director, Henk Hobbelink, no duda en calificar como "un auténtico robo de la tierra" en beneficio de los intereses especuladores de la grandes multinacionales.
La regulación de la llamada 'extranjerización' de la tierra en Colombia pasó su primero de ocho debates reglamentarios en el Congreso.
- El Tiempo
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16 October 2012
La mainmise de sociétés privées d'exploitation agricole sur de vastes étendues de terres s'est accélérée partout dans le monde depuis la crise de 2008. La surface des terres vendues depuis dix ans suffirait à nourrir un milliard de personnes.
This paper examines the incidence of large-scale purchase of agricultural land in Africa by Indian investors.
- Consultancy Africa
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16 October 2012
MetLife Inc, the largest US life insurer, started a business to make agricultural loans in Brazil as insurers expand in developing markets and seek investments to boost income with interest rates near record lows.
- Bloomberg
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16 October 2012
Les agricultrices et agriculteurs qui ont manifesté le 13 octobre dans les rues de Caracol demandent une restitution des portions de terre, en train d’être acquises depuis 2011 par des absentéistes et grandons disposant de capitaux importants.
- AlterPresse
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16 October 2012
Lors de sa conférence de presse qui s'est tenue à Rome le 15 octobre à l'occasion de la 39ième session du CSA, les représentant(e)s du mouvement paysan international La Via Campesina ont mis en évidence les risques qu'encourent l'agriculture paysanne si les investissements agricoles ouvrent la porte à de nouveaux accaparements des terres, de l'eau et des ressources naturelles.
- Via Campesina
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16 October 2012
The New South Wales Farmers Association, in Australia, has switched policies to back much tighter restrictions on foreign companies and investment funds buying Australian farmland.
- The Australian
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16 October 2012
"We have made some fundamental mistakes over the past few years," PNG's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, told ABC Radio Australia.
- Radio Australia
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15 October 2012