OpenLandContracts has published a set of 223 documents covering Feronia Inc's land lease agreements for its oil palm plantations in the DR Congo.

Local opponents to the EBRD and IFC financed expansion plans of Ukrainian poultry company MHP have suffered from numerous assaults and incidents of intimidation

The recent incidents form part of a pattern of threats and intimidation attempts following the publication of an NHCRF report concerning land grabbing and human rights violations in the Northwest region.

Investors from largely food-insecure Gulf countries are increasingly buying vast swaths of fertile land irrigated by the Nile River in Sudan to grow food crops to sustain their populations.

Bonduelle, a French firm which operates 10,000 hectares of farmland to supply its production facilities, continues its development in Russia with the acquisition of a frozen vegetables plant

This briefing note explains how local organizations can use land contracts and OpenLandContracts.org to help communities.

A Chinese-backed firm is growing bananas on 2,000 hectare of land promised by the government of Laos as compensation to survivors of a 2018 dam collapse.

Two major rubber plantation companies are under intense pressure from affected communities to immediately halt further illegal expansion and encroachment of their ancestral lands and withdraw from those illegally occupied areas.

Canadian company operating oil palm plantations in the DR Congo announces new round of share sales to its existing shareholders, including the UK's CDC Group and the African Agricultural Fund.

Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, has teamed up with Lao and Japanese businesses to build an organic dairy farm and resort in Xieng Khuang province, Laos. The first phase of the farm will cover 5,000 ha and the second phase is expected to expand the farm to 15,000-20,000 ha.

As Bolloré Group heads to its annual shareholder meeting this week, the company is facing a new lawsuit against its Socfin interests, filed on behalf of Cameroonian palm oil workers by a group of NGOs demanding better working conditions for them.

An action of solidarity with the communities affected by SOCFIN's plantations in Africa and Asia was carried out in Luxembourg today during the multinational's General Assembly. About 10 activists participated in the GA to denounce the situation and demand immediate action.