In a draft paper presented at the World Bank annual conference on land and poverty, IIED takes stock of evidence and lessons from trends in natural resource investments over the period 2006-2016.
The financing from the UK's development finance institution will help Jacoma expand its farming operations at its Tropha Estates in Northern Malawi, where it produces high value macadamia nuts, chilli and paprika.
Abu Dhabi-based Elite Agro, which already cultivates on a large area in Morocco and 100 hectares in Serbia, says it will become one of the top blueberry growers in the world.
Al Dahra plans to allocate millions of dollars this year to improve food safety. In Serbia alone they want to buy as many as 20,000 hectares of land.
Adecoagro revealed that executives had been "travelling all around" southern Brazil investigating potential sugar acquisitions, and was mulling growth in the likes of rice, dairy and beef, after slashing its debts in a "milestone" year.
The largest Ukrainian sunflower oil producer Kernel Holding is in the process of purchasing Ukrainian farming assets which belong to international commodities trader Glencore.
The fate of the Multi-billion shilling Yala swamp Dominion Farms project in Siaya hangs in the balance following a fallout between an America investor and Nyanza politicians.
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption and the African Network for Economic and Environmental Justice urge the government of Jigawa State to urgently address the displacement of farmers in 36 communities by a Chinese company.
Thematic portfolio aims to be "the go to source of information on land and investments."
The Mozambican and Japanese governments will take advantage of President Filipe Nyusi's visit to Japan this week to reactivate the agricultural development project, Pro-Savana.
By inviting Malaysian oil palm investors in Palawan, Philippines, President Duterte is doing exactly the opposite of what he promised to do
The conditions that fuelled the global land rush and often violent conflicts over territory are changing
