Il est urgent d'accroître les investissements publics pour soutenir l'agriculture familiale durable et de protéger celle-ci contre les investissements des multinationales et contre les accaparements des ressources naturelles par le secteur privé.

Après le groupe Louis Dreyfus, le deuxième plus gros investisseur français dans les terres agricoles se nomme Vincent Bolloré.

Interviewé par Radio France Internationale

On eve of farmland investor conference, groups in Burma say the lease and disposal of land to outsiders must not be permitted because disputes over land tenure in the region are on-going and cannot be settled.

Using or acquiring land for your company can indeed be a risky business and particularly when poor communities are affected.

Oxfam campaigner Ben Phillips says the global land grab is hurting the world's poorest people.

Two Palm Beach County sugar companies have expanded into Belize in Central America by acquiring Belize Sugar Industries Ltd and its 4,000 acre sugar cane plantation.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the temporary halt on granting economic land concessions to new companies will be extended until he retires from politics.

Les précisions de Clara Jamart, chargée des questions des terres à Oxfam en France.

"Aux gouvernements de ne pas brader leurs terres," explique Kanayo F. Nwanze, président du FIDA.

International groups give full support and solidarity to the farmers in Burma/Myanmar in resisting land grabs in their country

In Ukraine, MPs did not extend land sale moratorium, but experts say it is legally impossible to launch market on January 1, 2013

The Chinese conglomerate that bought the Crafar Farms this year is not ruling out the possibility of buying more New Zealand dairy land to fuel its exports to China.

La Banque mondiale a rejeté un appel à suspendre son implication dans l'acquisition à grande échelle de terres agricoles suite à la publication d'un grand rapport de l'organisation humanitaire internationale Oxfam sur l'impact négatif de la spéculation foncière internationale dans les pays en développement.

In 2010 alone, land-clearing for oil palm plantations in Kalimantan emitted more than 140 million metric tons of carbon dioxide – an amount equivalent to annual emissions from about 28 million vehicles.