Russian authorities are considering a proposal to provide land plots for livestock projects involving Uzbek investors, through which agricultural products produced in the Irkutsk region could be supplied to local Russian markets as well as exported to Uzbekistan
Supreme Court’s vote confirms that caps on farmland ownership apply not only to companies registered abroad, but also to Brazilian companies whose controlling shareholders are foreign.
Baladna, Qatar’s largest farming company, signed an agreement with Algerian officials for phase two of the project which involves investment of about $635 million in cattle breeding and farmland for the production of powdered milk in the southwestern Algerian Adrar province.
Agro-industrial company Plantations et Huileries du Congo has announced the exit of the Congolese state from its shareholding, following a recapitalization process launched in 2025 to strengthen its operational capacity.
Sudan's Minister of Agriculture says that a primary goal of the upcoming national conference is to address land access for agricultural investment and that states have received directives to allocate and legally protect land for farming use to remove barriers for investors.
The project, which spans up to 13,600 hectares of grassland in the Vichada region of Colombia’s eastern plains within the Orinoquía, will create a planted forest the size of Paris.
Under the proposed rules, foreigners will no longer be able to acquire land through auctions, as access to agricultural land will be limited to secondary lease agreements arranged through regional authorities, and only for projects with a minimum investment of $10 million.
- Times of Central Asia
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22 April 2026
Component Earth, a new carbon finance company announced the close of an over $50 million facility from global commodities leader Trafigura that will be used to scale the Lake Victoria Watershed Agroforestry Carbon Project in Kenya from its initial 15,000 hectares to 35,000 hectares, and potentially beyond.
- Component Earth
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22 April 2026
Impact investment management firms Triodos Investment Management and Fondaction Asset Management announced the launch of Value Nature Fund I, a new closed-end natural capital fund aimed at transitioning farmland and forests to regenerative, closer-to-nature practices across North America and Europe
The Champasak Provincial Investment Promotion and Management Committee signed a concession agreement covering 103.14 ha with Costa Berry Lao Co. Ltd. for a berry cultivation project.
- Produce Report
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22 April 2026
The agriculture minister said it is a way to “ensure that Ontario has a strong, independent food supply for generations to come.”
- London Free Press
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21 April 2026
The Uzbek enterprises Asl Yuksalish Savdo and Muborak qorako‘lchilik have acquired 4,000 hectares of farmland in Belarus on a long-term lease for a large-scale project that involves the raising of 1,000 head of cattle in an initial stage.
- Reform.news
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21 April 2026