Prince Sultan Bin Nasser Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has sued three Kenyans he accuses of forging his signature and transferring ownership of a multi-billion shilling company that has leased 100,000 acres at Galana, Kilifi County, to cultivate sugarcane.

As part of its expansion plans, Dubai-based dairy Al Raw­abi expects to buy land in Africa before the end of next year to grow alfalfa, which is used as a forage crop.

FirstFarms unveiled plans to double its Eastern European farming area, potentially tapping into moves which could bring an "oversupply" of land for sale in Slovakia.

As various peasant and indigenous people’s groups gear up for the “Day of the Landless” on 29 March, regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) today joins the global outcry for justice for slain land activists and indigenous people’s leaders in Honduras and Colombia whose deaths are apparently linked to their strong opposition to large-scale corporate mining and logging.

The Ethiopian Agriculture Investment and Land Administration Agency has given up offering land for large scale agricultural investments for an unspecified time.

Agriculture cooperation with foreign countries is developing fast in China. 551 investment institutions in China have carried out agricultural investment cooperation in more than 80 countries and regions; and have established 1157 enterprises.

29 March is #DayofTheLandless

The funds will acquire farms and farmland assets, including permanent crops, arable, and pastoral farmland, and lease to experienced operators across the focused geographical regions of Australia and New Zealand.

Investors describe it as one of the last frontiers for major agricultural expansion - a vast area in Brazil's poor northeast that the government is eager to open up to investors hoping to set up big new soy farms and cattle ranches.

Capt. Hosa Okunbo and his technical and financial partners from the San Carlos Group in Mexico say that the farm has already taken off with an initial $11 million investment on a 20-hectare green house vegetables farm.

Pengxin, a little-known Shanghai real estate developer that owns Theland milk powder, will become the world’s largest private landowner if Australia’s authorities clear its most ambitious bid yet.

A 2015 report said Kachin, Myanmar's northernmost state bordering China, has the second largest number of land confiscations, fuelled by the outgoing semi-civilian government liberalisation policies that have driven up land prices and attract foreign and domestic investment.

US private equity firm Paine & Partners expanded its farm and agribusiness holdings on Wednesday with the acquisition of a leading European Union agricultural producer, Spearhead International Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.

"Could you include info in the briefing for my trip about what's happening in Africa in general and in the three countries. I'm visiting in particular about the sale and leasing of farmland to foreign interests (China, Qatar, etc)?"

Du 3 au 20 mars 2016, une caravane a sillonné l’Afrique de l’Ouest pour faire entendre la voix des paysan/nes mis à mal par des politiques agricoles qui privilégient l’agrobusiness

Vidéo tournée à Tambacounda

En mars, deux activistes qui s’opposaient au barrage d’Agua Zarca et à l’accaparement des terres ont été tués au Honduras.

Le pays poursuit le développement des fermes agricoles de l'Etat implantées dans les pays voisins (Ethiopie, Soudan) en 2015-2019

Trois conventions d'investissement portant sur la réalisation de 1.515 hectares de projets agricoles au Maroc par des investisseurs émiratis ont été signées.

El Frente Grande de Bariloche advirtió que, en coincidencia con la visita del presidente de EEUU, Barack Obama, el gobierno de Macri pretende avanzar con la modificación o derogación de la ley de Tierras que puso freno a la extranjerización territorial.

Las empresas públicas extranjeras en garantía de la soberanía alimentaria podrán adquirir, arrendar o tomar en usufructo, tierras rurales en el territorio nacional para proyectos de producción agraria, previa autorización de la Autoridad Agraria Nacional.

La problemática de la tierra en Bolivia sigue aún sin resolver el control de la propiedad y se encamina a un “mercado negro de tierras especulativo”, con la acción de traficantes, consolidación de grandes propiedades, extranjerización y ampliación del control de la propiedad por transnacionales.

プロサバンナ事業「市民社会関与プロジェクト」対する抗議声明 〜抜本的な見直しに向けた要請〜

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