Ernst Janovsky, head of agribusiness at Barclays Africa, says curbs on foreign land ownership in many countries are the biggest deterrent to attracting foreign capital.

A ten-part video series, called Territories of Life, tells the stories of indigenous groups who have challenged development on their land. It covers a range of issues, from the tactics developers use to acquire land to case studies of successful resistance.

Ugandan farmers want the United Nations Development Programme to cut ties with Kenya’s Bidco and investigate it for alleged malpractices against Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian growers.

There are fresh calls for closer scrutiny of “who owns what” amid concerns baby formula and dairy product prices could soar after Treasurer Scott Morrison rubber-stamped the sale of Australia’s biggest dairy farm to Chinese business interests.

A Chinese investment firm has won approval to buy Australia's oldest dairy farm, making it the first overseas company to be subject to new rules aimed at ensuring foreign companies pay tax on their Australian earnings.

The No to ProSavana Campaign calls on peasant, environmental and social movements, civil society organisations, rural communities, and all citizens to mobilise and organise a united front of resistance against ProSavana.

Saudi Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Dr. Jabir Al -Sugari has hailed the available investment opportunities and concessions in Sudan particularly in the agricultural and mineral fields and other spheres.

The Bugala Farmers Association has called on the UNDP to sever its ties with Bidco Africa, a Kenya-based edible oil producer accused of land-grabbing, human rights violations and environmental disasters in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania

Heilongjiang Hegang Sanjiang Plain Rice Group is embarking on a pilot production on 500 hectares of farmland, thereafter expanding to 10,000 hectares.

The African Institute for Agrarian Studies brought Southern scholars, activists, practitioners, and farmers to Harare, Zimbabwe to learn from each other’s work and experiences to advance social justice projects for the rural global South.

In Haiti, majority of the people working the land are women. When a family is dispossessed of its land, rural women are the first to feel the pain. Ways that land theft and expulsions are affecting them need to be put on the table so the impacted women can be made a priority.

An explosive new report exposing tax evasion and financial misreporting by logging industry in PNG only emphasizes the need to cancel the unlawful Special Agricultural and Business leases (SABLs).

After Canada, Denmark, Finland and the World Bank, Germany is ending its work on land rights in Cambodia, a strong indictment of the government’s at­titude toward land grabbing.

Foreign Affairs Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday told Parliament that Bangladesh had started ‘contract farming’ in the African countries with appointment of 11 Bangladeshi farmers in Zambia.

A caravan by the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles – West Africa will go across the region to get the voices of communities heard and engage national authorities to stop land grabbing

L'Afrique est le nouvel eldorado des industriels de l'huile de palme affirme Greenpeace dans un rapport tirant à boulets rouges sur la holding luxembourgeoise Socfin, détenue à près de 39% par le groupe français Bolloré.

Réponses du Groupe Bolloré et de la Socfin au Centre de ressources sur les entreprises et les droits de l'homme

L’un des principaux points de cet accord devrait porter sur l’engagement indéfectible de Senhuile d’éviter toute intervention de nature à perturber les fonctions écologiques de la réserve

Ce mercredi 24 février 2016, des dizaines de citoyens et des représentants d’ONG belges occuperont les bureaux du groupe belgo-luxembourgeois SOCFIN, munis de bêches et de râteaux.

Le mercredi 24 février aura lieu une première action en Belgique pour jardiner le parterre devant chez SOCFIN en solidarité avec les communautés affectées et les condamnés.

Selon le gouvernement guinéen, les investisseurs étrangers ont la possibilité soit de louer soit d’acheter des terres pour des projets agricoles.

Ce financement représente toute l’hypocrisie de l’aide française au développement qui finance, via des paradis fiscaux, une entreprise qui pratique l’accaparement de terres en Afrique, relate Mediapart.

Une caravane de la Convergence globale des luttes pour la terre et l’eau traversera Afrique de l’Ouest pendant le mois de mars

El próximo jueves 25 charlaremos en Traficantes de Sueños a las 19.00 con Boaventura Monjane sobre el impacto en Mozambique del megaproyecto agrícola brasileño ProSavana.

El hecho se produjo en la localidad de Jocolí Norte, cuando junto a otros miembros de la comunidad intentaba frenar la construcción de un alambrado en sus tierras por parte la empresa española Argenceres – Elaia S.A.

El Estado hondureño se rehúsa a reconocer su condición de pueblo indígena y le niega el derecho a la tierra. Corporaciones y terratenientes avanzan con el monocultivo de palma africana, amenazando la soberanía alimentaria.

La líder del negocio desde hace un tiempo dejó de ser una empresa familiar y ahora es propiedad de una multinacional de origen británico

A iniciativa de la Convergencia Internacional de Luchas por la Tierra y el Agua de África Occidental, una caravana recorrerá la región para lograr que las voces de las comunidades sean escuchadas y las autoridades nacionales se comprometan a detener el acaparamiento de tierras.

A Campanha Não ao Prosavana convida e apela a todos os movimentos para ampla mobilização, engajamento e organização de uma frente comum de resistência ao ProSavana.

Semua jumlah terkait konflik agraria di Indonesia semakin menunjukkan gejala peningkatan. Setahun kemarin juga mencatat peningkatan jumlah kasus sengketa tanah sejak lima tahun terakhir. 50 persen merupakan konflik di bidang perkebunan.

Os 'players' do agronegócio mundial têm comprado terras que grileiros tomaram de comunidades rurais, e tudo isso apoiados por políticos e bancos públicos.

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