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Iran government official says Iran is currently using some 0.228 million hectares of land for farming in other countries, including Brazil, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia and that private Iranian companies have also launched overseas farming projects in Ghana, Armenia and Pakistan.

Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Co., controlled by the country’s sovereign wealth fund, is in advanced talks on a transaction that would value Olam Agri Holdings at about $4 billion.

Namibia's Popular Democratic Movement is trying to reverse a decision to grant Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov a 99-year lease of four farms with a combined size of more than 17 000 hectares.

Russia's Agro-Industrial Holding Company has confirmed plans for the construction of a 500 ha greenhouse complex in the Keles district of the Turkestan region.

Russia has seized companies belonging to agricultural firm AgroTerra and placed them under temporary management, including some backed by Dutch investment firms, a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin showed late on Monday.

A military drone fell in the Big Island of Brăilei, in the area of the Filipoiu Farm within the Al-Dahra Agricost holding. The incident is considered by specialists to be the most serious for Romania since the beginning of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine.

Non seulement la Russie s’est accaparé une partie des terres arables, a miné celles qu’elle a dû abandonner mais la guerre est aussi venue couper toute la chaîne logistique ukrainienne. Malgré tout, les agriculteurs ukrainiens persistent.

Russia could provide North Korean farmers with agricultural land in the Far East, a scheme that one expert said could be a DPRK attempt to improve its food situation and earn cash for the regime.

El conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania podría dar lugar a nuevos controles sobre los recursos críticos de la tierra.

The war in Ukraine could stimulate a new global land race that could affect the world's agricultural system, says a new study by researchers at the Politecnico di Milano.

Alexander Tkachev, a former Russian agriculture minister, heads a family company that Ukrainian grain growers say has taken control of hundreds of thousands of acres of their land.

Senator Rounds noted on his website that this new legislation will also bar investment in US agribusiness from Russia, Iran, and North Korea.