The state does not want to see mass sales of land plots by famers and wants to buy up at least 30% of the country’s farmland, Deputy Head of the State Agency for Land Resources of Ukraine, Mykola Kaliuzhny, has said. read more

The story is an example of how China’s booming economy, as well as lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty, has also generated unrest. read more

Participants at the International Conference on Global Land Grabbing overwhelmingly found that land grabbing is occurring at a scale and speed as never before, and resulting in widespread displacement and dispossession of rural and urban communities, especially small-hold agricultural producers. read more

The role that hedge funds are playing in land grabs in Africa. read more

With large-scale agricultural investments on the rise, the rights of local people must be protected, according to the World Resources Institute. read more