Billions in investment are promised, but past deals show shaky records and risks

A new report details the size and scale of foreign investment, with more than 49mn hectares of Aussie farmland now in overseas ownership. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China ranks second (6.57mn hectares).

Water resource “hedge funds” and corporate farms are running the desert dry.

Iraq’s agriculture minister has offered Saudi investors one million hectares of farmland.

The Brazilian meat giant says its expansion plans for a poultry complex in the department of Caaguazú that it acquired through its take over of Pollos Amanecer will include 28 farms to supply genetic material, hatcheries and a feed factory

BrewDog has sold a 9,300-acre estate in the Scottish Cairngorms to a specialist carbon credit company after ditching plans to go “carbon negative” by planting trees on the site.

As part of a project with the Dangote Group, the Niger State Government, through the Niger Food Security System and Logistics Company Limited, has signed a land lease agreement with communities in Wushishi Local Government Area, aimed at boosting rice production.

Agriculture and livestock are fast emerging as priority areas under the umbrella of Pakistan's Special Investment Facilitation Council and, last year, a Saudi agribusiness firm signed an agreement to cultivate 5,000 acres of alfalfa fodder for export.

Land grabbing never disappeared but has persisted and transformed, shaped by geopolitics, financialization, and climate policies.

Dutch pension fund ABP bought 173,000 acres of land in August for $462 million and says its mandate now is focused 100% on impact investments within forestry and agriculture

Sekem Holding has signed a contract with the Egyptian government to acquire approximately 23,500 feddans (9,870 hectares) in the Toshka Basin.

Switzerland's Mole Group has received approval for a $1bn agro-industrial project in Mbanza-Ngungu that will span 104,000 hectares under a 99-year land tenure agreement.