China’s global scramble for natural resources is leading to a transformation of agricultural trading around the world.

New York-based African Agriculture Holdings went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange on December 7, 2023. This new business venture plans to operate on over 2.9 million hectares in Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal to produce animal feed for export and sell carbon credits for corporations seeking to offset their carbon emissions.

African Agriculture Holdings, qui a fait son entrée à la bourse NASDAQ le 7 décembre 2023, prévoit d'exploiter plus de 2,9 millions d'hectares en Afrique de l'Ouest pour produire des aliments pour bétail et des crédits carbone destinés aux marchés internationaux.

Trente organisations demandent aux gouvernements responsables de la supervision des banques de développement de prendre des mesures pour réparer les préjudices causés aux communautés par leur investissement dans PHC/Feronia.

Thirty CSOs call on the governments responsible for overseeing the development banks to take action to redress the harms caused to the communities from their investment oil palm plantation company PHC/Feronia.

As China's government sets up farms in developing countries, the nation's food companies are scouring the world for premium products

The prime target markets for China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp are the South and North Americas, and areas along the Black Sea in Europe.

More dissenting voices are being raised in West and Central African countries, as local communities and NGOs condemn land grabbing by industrial oil palm and rubber plantations company Socfin

Loro Horta reports on recent Chinese overseas investment in agriculture in the Lusophone world

"A primera vista puede parecer buena idea. ¿Quién podría oponerse a un código de ética que orientase las inversiones del agronegocio? Pero políticamente y en la práctica, la inversión ‘responsable’ rara vez funciona en favor de las comunidades locales”

There’s little doubt that the use of palm oil is expanding rapidly throughout the world, and with it the need for millions of hectares of land to grow oil palm trees. The results can be devastating for local communities.

AGCO CEO says his company is planning to have a second “future farm” in Nigeria because it’s also a very big market. AGCO's first "future farm' is in Zambia.

Under the 50-year plan, Ukraine will initially provide China with at least 100,000 hectares - an area almost the size of Hong Kong - of high-quality farmland in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region

Las propuestas de la FAO o la OMC para enfrentarlo son como poner una tirita en una herida que sangra: no puede parar la hemorragia; transparente o no, sigue siendo acaparamiento de tierras.

Con el afán de aumentar los ingresos derivados de la tierra y las propiedades, todo se permite en la economía globalizada. Se practica, principalmente en los países del Sur, el acaparamiento de tierras para maximizar las ganancias.

Le gouvernement kenyan a déclaré Karuturi coupable de fraude fiscale. C'est la première fois qu'un gouvernement africain traduit une importante société multinationale en justice pour une manipulation des prix de transfert par le biais d'une procédure entièrement publique.

El gobierno de Kenya halló culpable de evasión fiscal a Karuturi Global Ltd, el productor de rosas cortadas más grande del mundo. Ésta es la primera vez que un gobierno africano lleva a los tribunales —mediante un proceso público— a una enorme compañía multinacional por manipular sus precios de transferencia.

The Kenyan government has found Karuturi Global Ltd, the world's biggest producer of cut roses, guilty of tax evasion. This is the first time an African government has brought a large multinational company to court for transfer mispricing through a fully public process.

"The UAE is looking not just at land [acquisitions] but developing the whole supply chain," says Nicholas Lodge, managing partner at Clarity, a consultancy that advises on investments in agricultural industries.

The private sector needs to double investment in the land itself to help drive agricultural development in countries that need it most, say the heads of EBRD and FAO

With the purchase of nearly 15,000ha of land in Jerramungup last month, the Qatar-based Hassad Food Company now owns 250,000ha of farmland in Austalia

Conference organised by the Greens / EFA in the European Parliament

The idea of combining the greed of investors with the fight against hunger as a mutually beneficial business venture has failed miserably

Fear of unrest and hunger for profit are sparking massive acquisitions of farmland.

Les organisations mondiales et les ONG commencent à s'alarmer de l'ampleur du rachat des terres agricoles. Le problème, selon elles, c'est que ce sont les gouvernements des pays hôtes qui négocient directement les accords avec les investisseurs, sans consulter les populations concernées.

The fervour with which foreign commercial interests are forcing their agricultural 'solutions' on the African continent represents nothing more than an established endeavour to protect profits and access to resources.

In the Philippines, a land lease hotspot like Cambodia or Laos, a series of high-profile deals has clashed with long-running demands for agrarian reform including land redistribution.

With their huge populations, China and India exert an unparalleled force on world food markets. They are looking abroad as it becomes more difficult for them to be self-sufficient -- and the increasing demand often has disastrous consequences across the globe.

New podcast, in English, featuring Ardo Sow from the Collectif pour la Défense du Ndiaël

Fresh from making $360 million from the sale of its Corinella farms, US investment company Proterra has put another $400 million of Australian farm and water assets on the market.