Farming is a sector that Insight Investment, a UK asset manager best known for its expertise in investing in corporate bonds and government debt, has begun to target.

Large-scale land investment should be seen as an extension of the historical processes of state formation, says this paper from Chatham House

Many of the areas from which people are being moved are slated for leasing by the Ethiopian government for commercial agricultural development, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.

Aucun aménagement à la marge de ces politiques ne saurait contenir la rapacité des investisseurs, publics ou privés : c’est la logique néolibérale qui les sous-tend qu’il faut combattre, au moyen de mobilisations populaires

As more and more fertile lands and rivers are in the hands of few investors, some villagers in southern Africa have started experiencing food shortages, a situation which was not there before.

Ricado était à Durban pour la Conférence des Parties de l'ONU et pour les activités de La Via Campesina organisées dans le cadre et en marge de la CdP en décembre 2011.

"We’re dealing with a different enemy now: not with an enemy that emerges from the center to the periphery, as they used to say, but with an enemy that comes at us from all sides."

Quant à l’éventuelle implication de la société civile dans la gestion des terres malgaches, le Directeur général des services fonciers estime qu’elle signifie une perte du pouvoir régalien de l’Etat sur ses propres biens

Différentes informations inquiétantes concernant des transactions sur les terres malgaches circulent ces derniers temps sans que les hauts responsables de l'Etat malgache ne réagissent.

Nous appelons toutes les organisations qui partagent ces principes et soutiennent ces actions à rejoindre notre Alliance internationale contre l'accaparement des terres, une alliance que nous créons ce jour, solennellement, ici à Nyéléni.

In the past three days, peasants, pastoralists and indigenous peoples have come together from across the world for the first time to share with each other their experiences and struggles against land-grabbing.

La firme américaine s'étend en Gambie et Sierra Léone.

US company with 100,000 ha in Guinea now looking to expand into The Gambia and Sierra Leone.

Minutes from the Karuturi Global Limited Q2 FY2012 results conference call.

Company which controls a quarter of a million acres of West African agricultural land approached by two Pan African banking groups, seeking to partner and support them in the development of their farm land in Central Guinea.

L’objectif de cette étude est de formuler des propositions qui servent de base au dialogue régional sur les mécanismes de régulation foncière face aux pressions commerciales sur les terres.

The German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) invites submissions for an international conference on large-scale agricultural investments on 11 May 2012 in Hamburg, Germany.

Multinational corporations are buying enormous tracts of land in Africa, putting countries on the path to increased food insecurity, environmental degradation, increased reliance on aid and marginalisation of farming and pastoralist communities.

The Ethiopian government has miserably failed to engage and convince citizens about the present and long-term implications of farmland grabbing.

For Gambellans who live as pastoralist and subsistence farmers, massive dispossession and auctioning off their land for pennies will inevitably destroy the very fabric of their society and way of life and threaten them with extinction.

Obtaining millions of hectares for farming in Africa, Indian firms are playing predator.

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.

Recent steep rises in land prices worldwide, alongside rising food prices, are prompting more governments to introduce restrictions on overseas land ownership in an attempt to protect against perceived threats to domestic farming interests and food availability.

Land investments displace rural populations, often without any notice, and diminish their access to land, jobs, and food.

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh's meetings with a delegation from Kenya, Karuturi and Ethiopia were focused on agriculture development and possible areas of work for mutual benefit.

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In Guatemala, land is fiercely disputed, especially by agribusiness interests keen on expanding export crops like sugar cane and African oil palm.

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

Grand Cape Mount County citizens have registered and documented their opposition to the provision of additional 15, 000 hectares to Sime Darby for cultivation of oil palms in Garwular and Golakonneh Districts.

Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc. qui contrôle plus de 100 000 hectares de terres agricoles ouest-africaines sous-utilisées, a finalisé un placement stratégique d’un million de dollars US de AIM Investments PLC grâce à un placement privé