A Brazilian megaproject in Mozambique is set to displace millions of peasants

Texto correspondiente a la Introducción del libro Piratas y pateras de Vicent Boix,autor de los libros El parque de las hamacas y Piratas y pateras. Artículo de la serie “Crisis agroalimentaria”.

Se estima que el 25% del territorio uruguayo y paraguayo y al menos el 10% del argentino están en manos de empresarios extranjeros, mientras que en otros países de la región los latifundios privados se multiplican como hongos.

Cargill director says its corporate affairs team has constant interaction with African governments, and is encouraging them to change land regulations to facilitate investment.

La norma inconstitucional significaba insistir en que el desarrollo empresarial se hace a costa de las tierras de los campesinos, afros e indígenas, en vez de hacerlo en las millones de hectáreas aptas para la agricultura pero que no están cultivadas, porque están desperdiciadas en las grandes propiedades.

Over the last two months, the price of corn has been climbing. On July 19th, it exceeded $8 per bushel for the first time, taking the world into a new food price terrain. With heat and drought still smothering the Corn Belt, we may well see more all-time highs in coming weeks as the extent of crop damage becomes clearer.

Everyone seems to agree on the need for “investment” in agriculture to fight hunger and support rural development, but the focus is exclusively on investment funds and big business, and nothing about farmers. Is the term part of a disinformation campaign to serve the interests of only a few?

Casi dos tercios de tierras para cultivo de alimentos adquiridas por gobiernos o empresas foráneas son destinadas a biocombustibles.

La soberanía alimentaria de los pueblos enfrenta un nuevo enemigo: el acaparamiento de vastas extensiones de tierras agrícolas

The world's agricultural system is changing from one in which land is owned by farmers or communities and cultivated by farmers to one where corporations have the sole say in what gets cultivated where and who will profit.

Officials from Chongqing in southwest China plan to invest US$6 billion this year to develop agriculture in Brazil, Argentina, Canada and other countries.

IMF/World Bank paper looks at how foreign investors are buying up farmland in developing countries.

The Chinese agricultural industry is speeding up the pace of its engagement with international agricultural markets as more policies aimed at encouraging companies to pursue "Going Out" policies are released.

Right now, on the desks of Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) there is the background material for an application of credit guarantee for an 8000 ha sugar plantation and a refinery in Bagamoyo, Tanzania.

Changes to land laws are under discussion in Brazil, this time based on reciprocity. One result is that Chinese investors would be banned from buying any land in Brazil, as China does not permit private ownership of land.

Agricultural analyst at Citi Investment Research, Tim Mitchell, recently calculated that "rural raiders" from overseas had spent "well in excess of $12 billion" over the past four years on Australian agribusinesses and farms.

Este artigo visa repercutir denúncia feita por organizações camponesas e de direitos humanos, especialmente a Via Campesina, sobre o grave e preocupante processo de acaparamento (1) de terras atualmente em curso em vários países e continentes.

Overseas buyers may boost investment in agriculture assets in Australia, the fourth-biggest shipper of wheat, as they seek to secure supply to meet surging food demand, said Queensland Sugar Ltd. Chairman Alan Winney.

Today as the first ever G-20 agriculture meeting starts in Paris, the Bureau is launching a series of investigations into the role played by financial investors in commodity and food markets, focusing on the rising involvement of private equity in buying land around the world and its new food frontier, fish farming.

On assiste depuis quelques années à une véritable envolée des investissements agricoles dans le monde en développement.

The investment is to enable Wellard grow the business through a number of identified agribusinesses opportunities throughout the wider Asian region.

Building overseas food production bases, developing overseas food resources and vitalizing direct overseas transactions and diversification of import sources are crucial for Korea

In this month's Global development podcast, the Guardian looks at land grabs, explores why they are happening, considers their implications and examines what – if anything – can be done to ensure large-scale agricultural investments are used for local development.

The seizing of the poor farmers' land is destroying their only hope of survival on earth.

Egyptian officials in September revived a 30-year-old agreement with Sudan that encourages private companies to plant wheat in northern Sudan.

One of the conditions for major agricultural holdings with significant assets in Russia entering the securities market through the performance of an IPO and SPO is the confirmation of their rights to use the land for agricultural production.

La venta de tierras a extranjeros, ya sean personas, empresas o estados, ¿es un problema para el país? ¿Debería estar limitada? ¿Cómo afecta la estructura social del sector productivo? ¿Corre riesgos la soberanía?

Per evitare danni maggiori, occorre che una moratoria internazionale agli investimenti per l'acquisto di terre per migliaia di ettari sia decisa subito dalle istituzioni finanziarie internazionale

La lutte contre l’accaparement des terres ne fait que commencer, estime René Segbenou de Jinukun

Australians are in danger of becoming servants, not masters, of their own food resources.