Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives shadow minister Meshack Opurukwa has questioned a contract between the government of Tanzania and a US-based firm – Agrisol Energy – in which the latter is to acquire huge chunks of land in Rukwa region to produce food crops.

The Government of Pakistan should avoid providing land to the foreign investors and encourage the local small farmers for rapid poverty reduction and food security in the country.

Une enquête de Survival International a apporté des preuves alarmantes selon lesquelles les tribus indigènes sont spoliées de leurs terres agricoles les plus productives pour être allouées à des compagnies étrangères qui y pratiqueront une agriculture intensive d’exportation

A Survival investigation has uncovered alarming evidence that some of Ethiopia’s most productive farmland is being stolen from local tribes and leased to foreign companies to grow and export food – while thousands of its citizens starve during the devastating drought.

Le iniziative popolari per contrastare i land grabbers.

As propostas que tratam da compra de terras por estrangeiros são a prioridade da Comissão de Agricultura, Pecuária, Abastecimento e Desenvolvimento Rural para votação no segundo semestre.

Il y a un an, les populations de Boghé apprennent par un simple avis au public préfectoral que 40 000 hectares de leurs terres vont être « mis à disposition » d’une entreprise saoudienne. Depuis, elles n’ont obtenu aucune information précise sur le projet.

Pakistan is ready to offer free agriculture land to Japanese farmers who lost their crops and land in the March earthquake and tsunami, Tariq Puri, chief executive of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan said in a meeting with Japanese officials.

"Pareciera que el propósito es no permitir la identificación precisa de la cada vez mayor presencia extranjera en el agronegocio soyero, pero particularmente de la propiedad extranjera de grandes extensiones de tierra”

The first Africasia Sustainable Farming Fund will be investing in land across the Africasia region and in Sri Lanka to take advantage of the current post war economic boom in the country and the demand and shortfall for basic food crops in the region and globally, reports Apex Fund Services, a UK-based hedge fund

Draft resolution from the workshop of the Pan African Parliament under the theme Making investment Work for Africa: a Parliamentarian Response to “Land Grabs”

Alors que des millions de personnes sont gravement menacées de famine dans la Corne de l’Afrique, des investisseurs étrangers récoltent dans la même région des tonnes de céréales à destination de l’Asie ou des pays du Golfe.

Le programme prévoit notamment une présentation des résultats des études coordonnées par l’International Land Coalition, ainsi qu’un focus sur la zone Office du Niger au Mali.

How can we ensure that women do not fall into a trap of the idea of land ownership in a context where even those (men) who have secure rights are not able to hold on to their tenure!

While millions of people in the Horn of Africa suffer a terrible drought, foreign investors are harvesting tonnes of cereals to be exported to Asia and the Gulf states.