Farmers in Saskatchewan are worried that outside investors are artificially inflating land prices and keeping regular farmers from expanding their operations
- Western Producer
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26 February 2015
Pousser à des changements de législations sur le foncier mais aussi obtenir la privatisation des semences. C’est l’objectif des multinationales qui cherche plutôt à faire du profit.
- Le Nouveau Courrier
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26 February 2015
What Obama administration officials need to realize is that the G8 New Alliance is fueling a rapidly growing trend where investors based in African cities are rapidly grabbing up land in rural communities by whatever means they can.
- ActionAid
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14 January 2015
Des sociétés étrangères ont signé plus de 60 accords pour développer des plantations de palmiers à huile en Afrique
- Radio KanKan
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31 December 2014
Fiagril, a Mato Grosso company operating in the trading and processing of grains, is negotiating the sale of a minority stake to Chinese agribusiness company Chinatex for R$400 million to R$500 million
- Valor Econômico
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24 October 2014
Siva Group's oil palm plantation land deal in Papua New Guinea described as "one of the worst land development schemes ever".
- Pacific Media Centre
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14 October 2014
Lors d’une présentation au cours de laquelle je parlais de la série de cartes des appropriations de terres à l’étranger par les entreprises européennes, quelqu’un dans le public me posa cette question : et la Chine en Afrique ?
- visionscarto
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06 October 2014
Can Africa's fertile farmland feed the world?
- National Geographic
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27 June 2014
For private equity houses, pension funds and family offices, the sprawling farms of sub Saharan Africa are the new land of plenty.
Profit maximization for multinationals like Karuturi is bolstered by the fact that borrowing locally is highly profitable.
Senhuile not only faces bankruptcy because of Dummai’s criminal behavior, but must also address the mounting pressure from local communities opposing its industrial agricultural plantations.
- Oakland Institute
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21 May 2014
Farmers say Socfin Agricultural Company's plantation causes instability, fear, mistrust, poverty, and violence.
- Development Diary
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17 Mar 2014
Why the struggle to quantify the global land grabbing crisis is part of the problem.
- Global Witness
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11 Mar 2014
The FAO draft principles have little local basis and less community future, and are very likely to be employed to obscure the power imbalances that exist.
- Pambazuka
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06 February 2014
The China-Africa Development Fund, the nation’s largest equity fund focused on African investments, will raise another $2 billion in 2014 to boost the continent’s agricultural and steel sectors
- UK Zambians
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31 December 2013
The desert states of the Gulf are changing tack in their multi-billion dollar search for food security.
Japanese experts provide an analysis of the ProSavana project's concept note for the development of a large-scale agricultural project in Northern Mozambique.
- Landgrab-Japan
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20 December 2013
With vast tracts of rich, black earth but antiquated infrastructure, Ukraine is attracting interest from Chinese companies hoping to meet their nation’s growing demand for grains and meat.
- China Ukraine News Blog
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05 November 2013
Australian Farms Fund Management sells a 40% stake to Melbourne-based Lempriere Capital, the agricultural investment management group that partnered with China's Shandong to purchase the Cubbie Station cotton farm.
- Agrimoney
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21 October 2013
China recurre a ambiciosas jugadas para asegurar provisión futura de alimentos.
- La Tercera
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13 October 2013
Statement published by Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps' website detailing the MOU it signed for agricultural projects in the Ukraine (with an excerpt translated to English).
China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp, known as COFCO, will focus its overseas acquisition drive in the wine and sugar sectors to meet growing demand at home, a senior company official has said.
- China Daily
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28 September 2013
Algunos países de América del Sur afectados por el acaparamiento de tierras comienzan a tomar medidas para contrarrestar el fenómeno.
Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia, its president said on Tuesday.
A pochi chilometri dal confine con la Mauritania, dove la natura sembrerebbe offrire solo sabbia e poca erba secca, centinaia di migliaia di girasoli e lunghi canali artificiali riempiti d'acqua appaiono davanti a noi.
A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’. Hazel Healy reports on a land rush in full swing.
- New Internationalist
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06 May 2013
Karuturi Global Limited, société holding de droit indien et dont le siège est situé à Bangalore, peut se retrouver sous la loupe de l'administration fiscale du Kenya pour fraude fiscale, mais les plaintes déposées contre elle vont plus loin.
Nota de contexto que acompaña al boletín de prensa del 19 de abril de 2013
日本政府、ブラジル政府、モザンビーク政府の三角協力として行われているプロサバンナ・プロジェクトの問題点を指摘する記事
- Landgrab-Japan
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03 December 2012
Que la agricultura industrial está detrás del uso intensivo del agua es una realidad no suficientemente conocida ni denunciada, sobretodo cuando sabemos que usa más agua de ríos, lagos y acuíferos que la que reponen las lluvias o las nieves.
- Palabre-ando
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28 November 2012