The BFB sale has raised concerns that even if local bidders are able to raise the cash required for these deals, they’re not able to compete with the vast resources and track records of international players.

The Governor of Meru, Kenya has promised Chinese investors free land as he seeks to attract investment in agribusiness and the hospitality industry.

Sugar giant, Tongaat Hullets, is seeking bids from companies or individuals with capacity to develop 4 000 hectares of virgin land to boost sugarcane production in the lowveld of Zimbabwe

Operations at one of Liberia’s major exporters of rubber, the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC), have been paralyzed for days, because the workers are on a go slow action demanding permanent employment.

Between 2000-2011, 68% of all investigated foreign capital to 9 top companies in soy and beef sectors in the Brazilian Amazon was transferred through tax havens. Soy and beef production cause major Amazon deforestation.

At the Triangular People's Conference on ProSavana in Tokyo, Japanese researcher Sayaka Funada-Classen explains how this agricultural megaproject in northern Mozambique follows Japan's historical model.

The Wee Statutory District Representative, Vicent Willie, told reporters that he and his partners from India and China have concluded talks to engage into large scale farming.

The Philippines and PNG signed a five-year Memorandum of Agreement for greater cooperation on agriculture, including a tie-up on rice and grain production, as well as coconut and coffee production.

Hassad Foods has signed an MoU with the Rwanda Development Board to commence cooperation between the two sides, and explore possible investment opportunities, notably at the 15,000 ha Gabiro Agro-processing Farm.

Singapore-listed commodity trader Wilmar International Ltd says it will start producing soybeans on 10,000 ha in Russia’s Far East, with possibility of eventually expanding to 600,000 ha

The new land management law in Myanmar known as Vacant, Fallow and Virgin land management law designates 1/3 of total arable land for large-scale agribusiness that could make countless landless and imprisonment up to 2 years of trespassing their own land.

On 18 November 2008, The Financial Times exposed a massive deal being negotiated between Daewoo Logistics and the government of Madagascar. Ten years later, what are we seeing?