A consortium of civil society organizations on Friday opposed plans by the government to give South African farming investors large tracks of land for agricultural purposes.
An NGO in Papua New Guinea says the government is not willing to cancel a controversial land lease despite recommendations by a Commission of Inquiry.
Cambodia's Land Management Minister declares that land grabbers would not evade justice, no matter how rich and powerful they were, although observers yesterday maintained a “wait and see” position.
USAID is helping Ghana introduce guidelines for large-scale land transactions and address the dip in foreign direct investment that has arisen due to controversial land deals
The European Commission is giving five Eastern European countries two months to bring their agricultural land purchasing rules in line with the European Union standards or it may pursue legal action.
The initiative is intended to cover 40,000 hectares of land and would be located in the Arequipa region
The commodity slump has cooled the global land rush. But land rights are still under pressure, requiring action at local to global levels.
Protesters fear that the changes would make it easier for large Chinese agribusinesses to take control of vast swaths of farmland.
Chinese company Minera Catania Verde to reinvent almost 700 hectares of land in the northern area of Copiapó for production of table grapes, blueberries and cactus pears to export to Asia.
Old Mutual Investment Group will increase its overall equity stake in UFF African Agri Investments to 49%, which is pursuing investment opportunities of up to $500 million in African farmland over the next three years.
In-depth profile of large scale investments in Zambia by the Land Matrix.
Brazil's government plans to lift current limits on foreign ownership of agricultural land, Secretary of Investment Moreira Franco, the person behind privatization for the new administration, told Reuters on Wednesday.
