Qatar joins a growing list of countries that includes other Gulf states, India, China and South Korea, that are not just importing food but buying the land abroad on which it is grown.

Talks with CITIC follow July agreement on business alliance between Itochu, Japan’s third-largest trading company, and the CP Group in an attempt to expand food supply in the world’s most populous region.

Japanese NGOs’ fact-finding on ProSAVANA, an agricultural development program implemented in Mozambique by Japanese Official Development Assistance.

Non-Canadian owned Skyline Agriculture Financial Corp’s plan could open Saskatchewan to more foreign investment in farmland.

Scrutiny of Feronia's oil palm project shows one more example of many that follow a wave of foreign investment in African farmland, leading to land grabs and conflicts.

Guidelines to improve land governance in the context of large-scale land acquisitions provide an opportunity for affected countries to make necessary reforms to mitigate negative impacts.

Sundrop Farms has received a capital injection from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to aggressively expand its tomato growing operations in South Australia.

New agricultural investments in the pipeline include over $300 million in potential opportunities on the continent (excluding South Africa) which are currently being developed by its various investment teams.

Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, an Ethiopian company owned by billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, said it plans to invest $100 million in a rice farm in western Ethiopia next year to kick-start the stalled project.

PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) held a forum on the state of indigenous people’s rights with the European Union (EU) Delegation to Malaysia highlighted pressing issues affecting indigenous communities in Sarawak.

Kimberley Agricultural Investment, owned by Chinese company Shanghai Zhongfu, has told the State Government "on an informal basis" it wants freehold ownership of the 6000ha Knox Plain area, in northern Australia.

Over 40% of indigenous communities of Paraguay have no access to land, while those who do suffer from the invasions by ranchers and soy-producers, says a United Nations official.