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Gulf powers bet big on Africa in food security race
- AGBI
- 07 October 2025
Billions in investment are promised, but past deals show shaky records and risks
Top 20 foreign owners of Aussie farmland revealed
- Weekly Times
- 07 October 2025
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).
US: In the Arizona desert, where your neighbor is an alfalfa farm
- Sentient Media
- 07 October 2025
Water resource “hedge funds” and corporate farms are running the desert dry.
Saudi trade body fixes technical hurdle blocking exports to Iraq
- Asharq Alawsat
- 06 October 2025
Iraq’s agriculture minister has offered Saudi investors one million hectares of farmland.
JBS invests in Paraguay poultry operation
- Watt
- 06 October 2025
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
UK: A sober end to BrewDog’s rewilding adventure
- The Observer
- 05 October 2025
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.
Niger govt, Dangote partner on $150m agricultural project in Wushishi
- Tribune
- 05 October 2025
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.
Pak-Saudi trade corridor proposed
- Express Tribune
- 02 October 2025
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.
The ‘return’ of land grabbing?
- JPS
- 02 October 2025
Land grabbing never disappeared but has persisted and transformed, shaped by geopolitics, financialization, and climate policies.
Biggest EU pension fund ABP buys major stake in US forests
- Bloomberg
- 02 October 2025
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
Egypt: Sekem Holding seals deal to acquire 23,500 feddans in Toshka Basin
- Arab Finance
- 02 October 2025
Sekem Holding has signed a contract with the Egyptian government to acquire approximately 23,500 feddans (9,870 hectares) in the Toshka Basin.
DRC government gives clearance to a $1 billion agro-industrial project in Kongo Central
- Ecofin
- 01 October 2025
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.