Ministry of Agriculture will finance state corporations to put 500,000 acres of their idle land under maize production even as the government seeks to lease out more chunks of unutilised farms to the private sector.

In the face of increased land grabbing and speculation, the European Commission must put a common land governance framework on the political agenda in coming months to ensure a future for farmers and protect the well-being of citizens.

The fund acquired the farmland and forest plots through its subsidiaries Zemvalde Forest and Zemvalde Agro.

What are sovereign wealth funds? What link, if any, do they have with people’s struggles around food sovereignty, landgrabbing and today’s deepening climate crisis?

AP Pension’s agriculture investments more than doubled in net income, partly due to a higher land value. The pension firm has noticed an increased interest in land from other actors as well.

Banks, pension funds and insurers have been turning California's scarce water into enormous profits, leaving people with less to drink

Communication Manager Hellen Dena said it was unsettling for the ministry to lease land in Zambia when Kenya has about 5.8 million hectares of fertile land.

Across the region, people have been harassed, threatened and criminally charged in retaliation for opposing land and water grabs linked to mining, dams and industrial agriculture, cementing the region’s ranking as one of the world’s most perilous for environmental and land rights defenders.

Harvard, Saudi Arabia and The Vanguard Group are just a few of the investors who have been buying up Ukrainian land en masse, while many Ukrainian farmers argue it should stay in Ukrainian hands.

Local ranchers, joined by Harvard students, oppose university’s plans to build reservoirs at Its large vineyard in California.

‘Non-traditional’ farmland buyers help drive up prices, highlighting tight land supplies across Canada

As Mennonite colonies continue to expand, so too are their massive crop fields, which are putting pressure on Santa Cruz’s Indigenous Territories and other protected areas.