What are sovereign wealth funds? What link, if any, do they have with people’s struggles around food sovereignty, landgrabbing and today’s deepening climate crisis?

Que sont les fonds souverains ? Quel lien ont-ils avec les luttes des peuples autour de la souveraineté alimentaire, de l'accaparement des terres et de la crise climatique qui ne cesse de s'aggraver ?

¿Qué son los fondos soberanos? ¿Qué relación tienen con las luchas de la gente por la soberania alimentaria, acaparamiento de tierras y la actual profundización de la crisis climatica?

Tandis que la COP 27 bat son plein en Égypte, et que tous les regards sont à nouveau tournés vers cette conférence climatique devenue le grand carnaval des promesses qui ne seront jamais tenues, une question hante sûrement de nombreux Nigériens et Nigériennes : la vente de crédits carbone, va-t-elle procurer le moindre bénéfice pour les communautés et le climat ?

New information indicates that Feronia's $15 million rice operations were taken over by a politically connected Belgian-Congolese businessman when they mysteriously vanished from the company's books in 2017.

A search through the World Bank's archives shines a light on why Africa's post-colonial governments failed to dismantle the plantation model and return lands to their people.

A real financialisation of land, natural resources and the agri-food system is underway throughout South America. In the context of the multiple global crises, the pressure on the control of land and other resources of interest has increased considerably, either for productive use or as financial assets. To this end, the digitisation of land governance and the georeferencing technology that supports it are serving to disguise a massive digital land grab.

No contexto das múltiplas crises globais, a pressão sobre o controle da terra e outros recursos de interesse, como a água, nas zonas de fronteira agrícola aumentou consideravelmente, seja para utilização produtiva ou como ativos financeiros. Para este fim, a digitalização da governação da terra e a tecnologia de georreferenciamento que a apoia estão servindo para dissimular uma massiva grilagem digital das terras.

La tecnología de georreferenciación, y la información geoespacial que trasmite, se han convertido en el principal criterio de acceso a un certificado catastral y al título de propiedad en el proceso de regularización de la tierra, lo que facilita la legalización del histórico e ilegal acaparamiento de tierras públicas, incluso a favor de extranjeros.

Phoenix Global - the Dubai-based agri-trader which directly farmed more than 150,000 hectares in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Uganda, Mozambique and India - is now in liquidation

Palm oil in Cameroon: French courts must order the group to respect its commitments for residents and workers of the Socapalm plantations.

We said it in Mundemba, Cameroon, we reiterated it in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, we re-affirm this in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: the abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm plantations must STOP!

Este vídeo de animação mostra como um fundo global agrícola usou uma complexa estrutura corporativa para evitar as restrições brasileiras a investimentos estrangeiros na agricultura do país.

Por todo el mundo, hay campesinos que están perdiendo sus tierras, en ocasiones violentamente, a manos de grandes compañías y especuladores que consideran la tierra agrícola como lucrativa inversión.

Une nouvelle vidéo animée montre comment un fonds international d’acquisition de terres agricoles s’est servi d’une structure d’entreprise complexe pour contourner les restrictions de la législation brésilienne sur les investissements étrangers dans le foncier agricole.

New animated video shows how a global farmland fund, managed by US financial giant TIAA-CREF, used a complex company structure to avoid restrictions on foreign investment in farmland in Brazil.

En dépit de graves pressions et intimidations, les communautés ont rejeté le cahier des charges et font appellent au soutien international afin que Feronia respectent cette décision.

Despite severe pressure and intimidation, communities have rejected an MOU and are appealing for international support to demand that Feronia respect their decision.

New video shows how rural women in West Africa are working to protect traditional palm oil production in the face of land grabbing by industrial oil palm plantations.

A June 2014 interview with farmer Erastus Odindo about his community's struggle to defend their lands from US-based Dominion Farms

L'irruption dans l'agrobusiness d'un milliardaire indien de l'informatique donne une image inquiétante du rôle actuel de la finance dans l'agriculture

An IT billionaire's foray into agribusiness paints a disturbing picture of today's farmland financiers.

Police in Sierra Leone open fire on villagers gathered to express their grievances over the lease of 6,500 hectares of land to the Socfin Agricultural Company. Only the latest incident in a deteriorating situation.

Wilmar, la plus grande société mondiale d’huile de palme, installe actuellement une gigantesque plantation sur des terrains forestiers qui ont été offerts de façon illégale à l’ancien président du Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. La communauté locale veut récupérer ces terres.

Short video documentary about a massive takeover of agricultural lands in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia.

On 10 June 2011, the board of the World Bank's International Finance Corporation will likely approve a loan that will enable a company controlled by France's Louis Dreyfus Group to significantly expand its farmland holdings in the Southern Cone.

Le 10 juin 2011, les administrateurs de la Société financière internationale de la Banque mondiale vont probablement accorder un prêt qui permettra à une société appartenant au Groupe (français) Louis-Dreyfus d’élargir considérablement ses holdings agricoles dans le Cône Sud.

Entretien avec Ndjoya Dieudonné, membre du Comité de développement de la région de Ndo (CODEN)

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

Foreign donors are promoting land registration in Papua New Guinea to facilitate a farmland grab, under the guise of agricultural development.