Qatar is in preliminary talks with the governments of Argentina and Ukraine to buy farmland for cereals production, the head of the Gulf Arab state's national food security programme said on Wednesday.

Representantes de agricultores de África y Asia y América Latina se congregaron en Roma para pedir a la comunidad internacional que cese el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de inversionistas privados y países que buscan aprovisionarse de materias primas y alimentos.

The UAE controls more than 2,800 square kilometers [280,000 ha] in farms in Sudan -- more than triple the area of Bahrain -- as a result of its decision to invest in agricultural projects in fertile Arab nations to slash its soaring food import bill

Farmers from the developing world called on governments this week to curb a global land rush in which millions of hectares of their terrain are being taken over by foreign private investors.

Translation of Document：Why We Oppose the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI)

UAE investors are pumping huge funds into the agricultural sector given the availability of vast arable lands and water and production inputs along with a large market which can serve as a gateway to European and African markets.

La réunion de la FAO doit « proposer des mesures concrètes » pour freiner l'accaparement des terres, a demandé le mouvement paysan Via Campesina.

L'idée qui germe au Japon de consacrer une partie des énormes réserves de change du pays à l'achat de matières premières industrielles est susceptible, si elle est appliquée, de provoquer des bouleversements économiques et financiers.

“We are calling for a moratorium on land grabbing until much tougher rules are in place to safeguard the human rights of poor communities on the ground,” ActionAid says.

"I look forward to watching the [CFS] evolve and address issues such as land acquisition," says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Indian rice exporter Amira Group plans to acquire 25,000 hectares of agricultural land in Cambodia, and is discussing further farnland acquisitions with the governments of Angola and Sierra Leone.

Cette exploitation de plus de 20 000 hectares est emblématique du phénomène mondial d’accaparement de terres dans lequel l’agrobusiness menace la sécurité alimentaire des populations locales

Foreign investors are already knee deep in Ukrainian agriculture, with full or partial stakes in around half of the country’s top 60 agricultural holdings.

A plot of land has been chosen for Iran to establish an agro-industry complex to produce wheat and sugar in Sudan