En lugar de seguir proponiendo y aprobando normas inconstitucionales como han sido los tres artículos tumbados del Plan Nacional de Desarrollo, el gobierno colombiano debería ayudar a que crecieran las semillas que ha sembrado la Corte: el respeto a la diversidad étnica y cultural y a la vía campesina del desarrollo rural.

A group of smallholder farmers in Mali have turned to the courts to try to recover land they say they have lost to big private investors. The legal action comes as foreign investors are losing interest in Mali due to political instability and an armed rebellion in the north.

A Chinese company's controversial bid to buy 16 New Zealand dairy farms has stalled again after a mystery backer agreed to finance another legal appeal against the purchase.

Um Fundo para a Iniciativa de Desenvolvimento Pro-Savana constituído por um montante inicial de 750 mil dólares americanos, será estabelecido amanhã em Nampula, Moçambique.

Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.

Les responsables du Centre pour l’environnement et le Développement associés à ceux du Réseau de Lutte contre la Faim au Cameroun, ont décidé qu’il était désormais temps de se mettre définitivement en travers du chemin de l’entreprise SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon, filiale camerounaise de la firme américaine Herackles Farm.

The European Union will impose a limit on the use of crop-based biofuels over fears they are less climate-friendly than initially thought and compete with food production, draft EU legislation seen by Reuters showed.

Début août 2012, un conflit foncier a repris sur le domaine Faharetana dans le district d’Arivonimamo région Itasy (centre de Madagascar), exploité par la société Bionexx pour la culture d’artemisia annua destinée à l’industrie pharmaceutique européenne.

Sri Lanka’s Touchwood Investments PLC has acquired 11,138 hectares of land in Cambodia to set up an agricultural project to plant rubber and other crops.

When a Chinese investor bought a farm outside this village a few years back, he was pleased enough to name it Golden Land. The soil was rich, the sunshine and rain bountiful. The land, deep in rural Russia, was also largely devoid of people. No more.

Land grabbing in Congo is speculative, CONAPAC advisor Etienne Bisimwa says, often based on the anticipated demand for jatropha, for biofuel. The profits, he says, are unlikely to be invested in rural areas.

China’s growing agribusinesses and demand for soybeans and meat is bringing intensive farming and the risk of further deforestation in Brazil and beyond. Tom Levitt reports.

La norma inconstitucional significaba insistir en que el desarrollo empresarial se hace a costa de las tierras de los campesinos, afros e indígenas, en vez de hacerlo en las millones de hectáreas aptas para la agricultura pero que no están cultivadas, porque están desperdiciadas en las grandes propiedades.

Colliers International estimates about A$4 billion is currently being raised for funds to invest in Australian agriculture, including PrimeAg’s raising of A$125 million in cash for a controversial unlisted A$250 million agriculture fund with Australia’s Future Fund.

Même si 87% de la production provient toujours d’Indonésie et de Malaisie, les projets d’investissement dans la production d’huile de palme se multiplient dans la zone intertropicale africaine. Greenpeace pointe des projets de culture qui se font aux dépens de la forêt et des populations et appelle à leur suspension.