Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land

The ProSAVANA program intentionally weakens and creates division among peasants while there is an increased risk of even more peasants losing their land.

Locals allege the Green Fuel ethanol plant has grabbed land and displaced families without compensation, polluted water supplies, and failed to pay its workers — leaving them with few options in a region beset by drought.

Analytical evaluation of effect of current land grabbing policy indicates destabilization of livelihood assets of rural communities of Oromia and Southern Ethiopia.

The World Bank Group has done little to prevent or dissuade governments from intimidating critics of the projects it funds, or monitor for reprisals, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today

Phase two of the agreement involves the procurement of services relevant to machinery, factories, warehouses, and agricultural land.

"Les chefs d’État de l'Union Africaine et du G7 se réunissent en Sommet en juin 2015. Nous appelons tous les gouvernements participant à la Nouvelle Alliance à suspendre tous les engagements et les aides liés à la Nouvelle Alliance."

New report gives damning indictment of the government’s mandatory resettlement policy carried out in a political climate of torture, oppression and silencing.

Large-scale agricultural production will benefit private-sector firms rather than poor people, Grain says, noting that financial companies and sovereign wealth funds are responsible for about a third of the deals.

Debate over large scale land investments in Africa is shifting from the disastrous impact of land grabs to the need for African governments to deal with citizens’ outrage by developing a ‘land policy’.

The ruling Frelimo party has had to defend itself against accusations of landgrabs after the government leased land near Xai-Xai, in Gaza province, to China’s Wanbao Oil and Grain to grow rice.

The need for private sector investment in Africa is manifest, but the quality of those inflows of capital is vital if it is to enhance the livelihoods of millions of food producers in Africa.

Last week representatives of communities, indigenous peoples and NGOs met in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia to discuss deforestation and the rights of forest peoples.

Some say the agribusiness Gadco's presence in eastern Ghana is the best thing that's ever happened in the region. Others fear that there are accidents waiting to happen.

But human rights and environmental groups say private investment has opened Africa to exploitation through land-grabs by foreigners who are exporting crops to meet food and biofuel demands.

What is striking is how brazen and unapologetic the New Alliance is in its quest to open up African farmland to an unprecedented wave of industrial-scale investment.

President Omar Al-Beshir has made orders for removal of all impediments and facilitation of the procedures for Saudi Arabian investors aiming to produce food in Sudan, including through land leases

Africa remains a target for land-grab developments worth billions; regional dialogue in Yaoundé focuses on the need for speed

Executive summary of Swedwatch's report on the Swedfund-supported Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone

This article calls into question the depth and effectiveness of a regulatory approach arguing that problems underlying large-scale land deals are so deep constituting socio-institutional problems of power asymmetry, exclusion and invisiblization, than just investment externalities or regulatory challenges.

Feronia Inc. announced that it has entered into a share subscription agreement with the African Agriculture Fund managed by Phatisa Fund Managers Limited

International groups give full support and solidarity to the farmers in Burma/Myanmar in resisting land grabs in their country

One of the greatest threats Africa has ever faced is the impact from this new phenomenon of land-grabbing

What can affected communities do when the World Bank Group has facilitated land grabs? For a better understanding of the practical steps that people can take, Righting Food interviewed Natalie Bridgeman Fields, the founder and Executive Director of Accountability Counsel

Land has been the play-thing of centralising authoritarians throughout Ethiopia's recent history.

A massive land grab is unfolding on the African continent, mired in secrecy and spearheaded by hedge funds, financial speculators and foreign companies. South Sudan has become one of the latest frontiers for these investors.

Cientos de organizaciones de la sociedad civil, incluyendo movimientos de agricultores y ganaderos, grupos de mujeres y organizaciones no gubernamentales, harán un llamamiento internacional contra el acaparamiento de tierras en el marco de la reunión sobre agricultura del G20, celebrada en París el 22 y 23 de junio.

Des centaines d'organisations de la société civile notamment des mouvements paysans, des groupes de femmes et des organisations non-gouvernementales, lanceront un appel mondial contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles lors de la rencontre du G20 sur l'agriculture qui se tiendra à Paris les 22 et 23 juin.

SMNE independent commentary on report regarding political impact and recommendations.

It is only after land issues have been resolved at community level that the role and significance of community-investor partnership which does not require transfer of land rights is possible, says the East African Farmers Federation