Alberta pension fund pays $415 million for more than 1500 square miles of forest in Australia to be converted to timber plantations and agriculture.

The ECER has abundant land, which could fulfill the needs of Middle East countries that are looking for their food security program, says Malaysian official.

Stop land grabbing, defend food sovereignty and say no to violence against women farmers!

Lester Brown from the Earth Policy Institute reveals how rich countries worried about their future food supplies – along with investment banks – are buying up arable land in Africa, yet are failing to deliver any benefits to local people.

Africa is up for sale by the acre to the highest bidder. But how can rice exports from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia be justified?

With climate change and rising demand for biofuels pushing up food prices, rich countries are increasingly looking for land in poorer nations to feed themselves. But is this at the expense of the host country?

The G-20 could call for a moratorium on large-scale agriculture investments until an agreement on appropriate ground rules is reached, says Olivier DeSchutter

Shanghai Pengxin Group, a Chinese property developer and owner of agriculture and mining ventures, is seeking to buy 16 dairy farms in New Zealand after the government rejected an earlier bid by another Chinese company.

The Zambian Development Agency signed off the virgin land to a firm called Menafea Holding which will grow pineapples and produce juice

Deal adds to anger over decision just a week earlier to cede some 1,100 square kilometers of Tajik land to China.

Due to the food security issues currently plaguing Arab nations, the project is generating immense interest among GCC investors, says Malaysian official.

Shanghai real-estate mogul Jiang Zhaobai wants to buy the family farms from receivers and predicts a bright future for food producers.