EuropAfrica: Terre Contadine

The Impact of European policies and practices on African Agriculture - Monitoring by European Civil Society Organizations.

Sign the Manifest!

Land grab

The Special Rapporteur on the right to food of the UN, Mr. De Schutter, has issued a press release and a briefing note on the human rights challenges of large-scale land acquisitions or leases
New land grab website

GRAIN is launching a new website on the global land grab for outsourced food production.
3 June 2009
"Land grab or development opportunity?"

Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa.
Report edited by FAO, IFAD, IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
May 2009
Africa could lose big in Economic Partnership Agreements with EU

Aileen Kwa, March 2009 (IPS)
Europe and U.S. bear special responsibility for food crisis, new report finds

Key steps identified to shift course and create a just and sustainable global food system
New report by UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter.
Published on February 4, 2009
High Level Meeting on Food Security Madrid, 26th/27th of January

Farmers and Social Movements call for a fundamental restructuring of the global food system.