The World Bank's principles, which would be entirely voluntary, aim to distract from the fact that today's global food crisis, marked by more than 1 billion people going hungry each day, will not be solved by large scale industrial agriculture, which virtually all of these land acquisitions aim to promote.

Les principes de la Banque mondiale, qui seraient totalement volontaires, visent à détourner notre attention du fait que la crise alimentaire actuelle, marquée par un milliard de personnes en manque de nourriture, ne sera pas resolue par l'agriculture industrielle à grande échelle, ce que toutes ces acquisitions foncières cherchent à promouvoir.

We call upon Ethiopians to take note of the consequences of long-term leases of farmlands to foreign governments and companies including its potential to undermine the future existence of the Ethiopian people.

Private equity fund Agri-Vie will reach its $100 million target for investment in agricultural projects in Africa by March, and could triple it in a second fund

L'Ethiopie sera à l'honneur d'un des premiers reportages de la nouvelle émission Terre d'enquête de la chaîne de télévision privée française M6

Devinder Sharma talks about landgrabbing in the context of the world food crisis on "Democracy Now!"

A new breed of colonialism is rampaging across the world, with rich nations buying up the natural resources of developing countries that can ill afford to sell. Some staggering deals have already been done, but angry locals are now trying to stop the landgrabs

I wonder why the people (and more importantly the political leaders and elite) of the African and Latin American countries are not opposing and driving these companies out from within their national borders. The reason is simple. The rich and elite of every country is the real beneficiary of the process of globalisation.

Abdullah Alireza, the Saudi minister of Commerce and Industry, talked about farming abroad in a recent visit to Seattle, where he addressed a private gathering of local business people.

Saudi Arabia has announced the arrival of the first food crop harvested in Saudi-owned farms abroad, in a sign that the kingdom is moving faster than expected to outsource agricultural production.

A new World Bank report on land in Africa acknowledges the failures of large land deals but still promotes large-scale land investments.

New research studied 160 large-scale land acquisitions made between 2005 and 2015 across Europe, South America, Africa and Asia looking at how much of this land acquisition would cause competition and water grabbing.

Dutch flower growers who dominate the flower farms in Kenya are being accused of avoiding taxation while proudly wearing the “fair trade” badge.

When Gulf nations face food, security, and water scarcity issues, one response is to seek lucrative agricultural investments in fertile African lands. Yet, while such deals can bring benefits to the countries involved, there are also sizeable risks

En avril 2019, Karuturi Global a informé ses actionnaires qu'on lui avait "accordé 15 000 hectares de terrain pour des activités agricoles" à Gambella, mais le contrat de bail n'a toujours pas été délivré par les autorités compétentes

Land deals along River Nile could easily impair its recharging potential if water abstraction is not regulated.

A new report by ASO provides an assessment of the Karuturi project and the other land deals that the Ethiopian government has promoted in Gambela over the past decade through its land policies

Sudan wants to expand agricultural production and investments, which could benefit it as well as Egypt, but Cairo worries that such a development might threaten its supply of the Nile's water.

India’s plan to lease farm land in Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi to grow pulses for domestic consumers is not the first such project

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.

New research examining the geographical coverage of international investment treaties raises concern about how they might affect public action to address 'land grabbing'.

The Ethiopian Agricultural Investment Land Administration Agency has terminated its lease contract with the controversial, Indian based agribusiness giant - Karuturi Global Ltd.

Are foreign investors really snatching up as much of Africa as they can? It’s not that simple, Foreign Policy reports.

En Ethiopie, les déplacements forcés et la déportation des peuples indigènes de leurs terres ancestraux suscitent de plus en plus de critiques et de plaintes judiciaires.

Conversation with Maria Antonelli about the main drivers and implications of land transactions around the world, with a particular focus both on the role of EU.

Despite earlier commitments that safeguards on land rights would be strengthened, the proposed policy changes would gut essential requirements necessary to prevent displacement, impoverishment, and environmental damage.

There are countless examples of governments handing it over at bargain prices to foreign investors, ranging from hedge funds to biofuel producers.

A look at recent mega land deals in Africa reveals a trend dubbed a ‘dangerous grab’ of the resource upon which the continent’s poor people depend for survival.

Un résumé des derniers événements au 13 février 2014 publié par Tax Justice Network, Forum Syd Kenya, GRAIN, Anywaa Survival Organisation et le South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements

Documento de fondo para acompañar el boletín de prensa del 14 de febrero de 2014 de Tax Justice Network, Forum Syd Kenya, GRAIN, Anywaa Survival Organisation y South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements