Le Comité inter-parlementaire de l'Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine a demandé aux Etats de mettre à la disposition de la Commission de l'UEMOA l'équivalent de 12.000 ha de terre à des fins agro-sylvo-pastorales et halieutiques.

O novo presidente do Paraguai, Federico Franco, decidiu "deixar sem efeito" uma auditoria judicial ordenada pelo governo anterior, do destituído Fernando Lugo.

Le président Macky Sall a invité son gouvernement à se prêter à un arrangement "conforme aux intérêts du Sénégal" avec la société sénégalo-italienne Sen-Ethanol, qui envisageait de produire du biocarburant avant le retrait de son projet à Fanaye

Participants from various communities shared documented cases, stories and photos of how large-scale investments of local and foreign owned companies are displacing communities and how people oppose such type of investments.

Iowa Regent Bruce Rastetter has defended working with Iowa State Univ. to pursue a large-scale land development in Africa and blamed growing criticism over his involvement on misinformation and public relations mistakes.

Olam said it would borrow the money from the Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC) and a consortium of other lenders

Resource conflicts are building in the southernmost part of West Papua, as agribusiness companies stealthily invade the forests, leaving its people dispossessed.

Food & Water Watch has joined Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement’s ethics complaint against Iowa Regent Bruce Rastetter for egregious conflict of interest involving a Tanzania land deal he brokered in partnership with Iowa State University.

Des voix s’élèvent contre les prêts de terres de 99 ans à des sociétés étrangères. Les Tanzaniens se sentent ignorés par leur gouvernement…

Controversial foreign investment in Australian farming land is here to stay and is vitally important to the future of food security, the federal government says.

Herakles says it will provide locals with steady work, roads and health care. But critics call the planned plantation, which would cover Fabe and at least 30 other forest villages in Cameroon, a land grab. Special report from Reuters.

Indigenous communities are under threat from a recent spurt of investors and multinational companies interested in putting their money into Kenyan oil, mining, wind farms and agribusiness projects.

Selon Abdellatif Ghdira, cette décision revient au gouvernement et par la suite à l'Assemblée nationale constituante, de choisir ou non de vendre les terres de l'Etat aux étrangers pour booster les investissements.

The situation in Indonesia, where only a fraction of development projects associated with these transactions are ever implemented, is significant for wider discussions about ‘land grabbing’ around the world.

The African Agricultural Capital Fund, which is backed by USAID, Bill Gates and JP Morgan, has invested $1.2 million in NUAC, a company owned by several Danish partners that operates Uganda's largest farm.