The guardian: Stop the global land grab

Land grabbing emerged as the hot topic in this year's World Social Forum. The phenomenon is defined as taking possession of and/or controlling a scale of land for commercial or industrial agricultural production, which is disproportionate in size in comparison to the average land holding in the region. Stories from Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, India, Brazil and Mozambique illustrate that the phenomenon is widespread and the consequences can be dire. Land investments from overseas to secure food supplies and biofuels, speculation and resource extraction are the major drivers of this phenomenon.

The link address is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/12/global-land-grab-farmers