CDC Group, Norfund, Finnfund, FinDev Canada and BIO invest in Phatisa's second African agribusiness fund, even as Phatisa's first DFI-supported fund, the African Agriculture Fund, remains embroiled in land conflicts.
AgriNurture Inc has secured a partnership with Unified Bagobo-Tagabawa Tribe to plant rice and corn in up to 38,000 hectares of ancestral lands in Davao, the Philippines
Members of the Missouri House Agriculture Committee are considering a bill to track foreign farmland holdings and cap foreign ownership of farmland at the county level to no more than 1% of the total agricultural acreage.
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez had advised lawmakers against allowing foreign ownership of land, an 'emotional' issue for Filipinos
Rural sociologist Saker El Nour discusses the complex power dynamics between main actors within land reclamation projects in Egypt.
An Australian family, backed by one of South Africa's richest men, has bought its sixth Northern Territory cattle property, acquiring Larrizona Station for $17 million.
The health emergency caused by COVID-19 created more unfavorable conditions for defenders of the land and territory due to the creation of emergency decrees and the increased isolation of communities from society.
The host communities of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc in Nigeria held a peaceful protest over the weekend against what they tagged marginalisation and ill-treatment and water pollution by the oil palm company.
About 66 per cent of conflicts related to palm oil in West Kalimantan in the last two decades have yet to be resolved, according to a report recently issued by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV).
The United University Professions' resolution calls for an end to TIAA landholdings “associated with deforestation and human rights abuses".
David Del Curto, S.A. is a leading Chilean fruit production, packing and export company, which produces over ten different fruit types across eleven farms, while also managing one of the largest nurseries in the country.
A study published by FIAN International ‘Disruption or Déjà Vu? Digitalization, Land and Human Rights’ reveals how digital technologies have become new tools for land grabs and sources of profits.
