ADECRU has just launched an online version of a documentary on this massive land grab in Mozambique

Chinese billionaire is looking to expand overseas and potentially take part in the next big boom, which he says just might be Australian agriculture as Chinese people seek out higher-quality food products.

There are parallels between Scotland's battle for land reform and a global effort to regain land control.

European interests extending their dairy holdings in New Zealand are among the latest land sale approvals for foreign buyers, says New Zealand First.

The Chinese delegation was interested in setting up businesses in Tonga that could process cassava into starch as well cultivating mushrooms for export.

New report published by Misereor is based upon first-hand interviews with farmers in four villages of Tanzania’s Southern Highlands utilizing a right to food framework.

The Sustainable Agriculture Fund, backed by Australia's biggest superannuation funds, has delivered a $4.7 million full year profit and recorded a small rise in the value of its rural property holdings

Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin Group Co Ltd is set to become the largest farmland owner in Australia if it is successful in the acquisitions of two cattle farms for A$1 billion ($720 million).

Iran has launched agricultural cultivation in Kazakhstan, marking its first farmland investment overseas as the Middle Eastern country seeks to secure food supplies amid a lingering drought.

Iranian institute confirms that Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for overseas farm production programme

It is critical for farmers and advocates of land rights as well as the general public to understand how and why land grabbing is happening to make a more effective, strategic campaigning to address and stop it.

Activists tracking these deals say rich countries are buying up land—93 million acres—and displacing local people and wildlife.

Since 2007 there have been five reported legal cases in which the validity of Special Agriculture Business Leases (SABL) has been challenged through the Courts, all leases was declared null and void.

Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation has bought a 20 per cent stake in global-agri business Olam through two transactions as the companies launch a strategic partnership.

Sang-Liang Technology Development Centre and Nigeria's Raw Materials Research and Development Council will partner with the Niger state government for land provision for the pilot project.

A video discussing large scale land acquisitions in Zambia, and the risks they pose to those who derive their livelihoods from the land.

Iranian institute starts offshore food production in Kazakhstan and will soon expand to Ukraine and Ghana. It will also look into sourcing water supplies abroad.

During a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed, Iranian Minister for Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjiati expressed the interest of Iranian investors in leasing land in Kenya for agricultural development.

The governments of Kenya and Iran are exploring the possibility of Kenya leasing farmland to Iran for overseas food production

"Hacemos un llamado a la solidaridad a las organizaciones sociales, de Derechos Humanos y ambientales nacionales e internacionales"

La Compañía de Tierras del Sud Argentino S.A., centenario latifundio hoy en manos del grupo Benetton, se constituyó como querellante frente a las Lof en Resistencia de Cushamen, grupo mapuche que desarrolla la recuperación de una fracción de su territorio.

Trabajadores no respetan la ley e impiden el ingreso de representantes del Minagri, así como de los medios de comunicación, a las zonas impactadas por su pesada maquinaria.

En la audiencia que formalizó la incorporación de la multinacional Benetton como querellante, se dio a conocer el fichaje de vecinos vinculados a la Asamblea del No a la Mina y de periodistas.

En colaboración con la Agencia de Investigación Ambiental (EIA), Justicia y Paz te invita a conocer un ejemplo del impacto devastador que la creciente industria de palma aceitera está causando en las comunidades locales de Mapiripán, Colombia.

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