Presentation to the CTA Rural Development Briefing in Central Africa

Présentation au Briefing régional sur le développement rural en Afrique Centrale du CTA

Présentation de Michael Taylor (ILC) et André Tioro (ROPPA) au Briefing régional sur le développement rural en Afrique Centrale organisé par le CTA

Dans cette interview, le Prof. De Schutter explique les raisons qui mènent au Bureau du Rapporteur Spécial des Nations Unies pour le Droit à l'Alimentation à s’intéresser au phénomène de l’acquisition des terres à large échelle.

O relatório do Banco Mundial sobre a neogrilagem legal em escala global de terras agrícolas é tanto uma decepção quanto um fracasso.

Is big-business investment in global farmlands the way to build a sustainable, food-secure future? Or is it evidence of a new speculative bubble?

Singapore is eyeing a gigantic farming project in northeast China that could help the small, densely populated city-state diversify its food supplies, while offering export opportunities for its expertise in food safety and investment opportunities for its businesses.

Quietly, these modern-day land marauders are coming to Canada—undermining family farms, compromising local food sovereignty, and harming the environment.

New Zealand tightened rules for major international purchases of farmland and will now require buyers to show how an acquisition benefits the nation’s economy.

Major Japanese trading firms are cautious about Japan buying agricultural land overseas, growing food there and then importing it. One reason, it seems, is their past failures in the agriculture business.

Le gouverneur de la Banque centrale de Nouvelle-Zélande a émis quelques réserves lundi à propos du rachat par des entreprises étrangères, et notamment chinoises, de terres agricoles néo-zélandaises

New Zealand's government announced on Monday it will place new controls on overseas investors buying large land holdings.

The fact is, Madagascar agriculture must rely on foreign capital, despite the risk of problems from farmland deals, according to Masanobu Furuya of the Asahi Shimbum

Some projects aimed at increasing food production in Asia have been dropped or delayed amid the financial crisis, notes a new report by IRRI and the Asia Society.

Jacques Tavora Alfonsin, advogado do MST e procurador aposentado do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, comenta parecer da Advocacia Geral da União, aprovado pela Presidência da República e publicado dia 23 de agosto passado, sobre as bases legais que autorizam a União a limitar o poder de adquirir terra, no Brasil.