The company was granted a 220,000 ha concession in Liberia in 2009 and will begin planting oil palm on 10,000 hectares in April.

In this month's Global development podcast, the Guardian looks at land grabs, explores why they are happening, considers their implications and examines what – if anything – can be done to ensure large-scale agricultural investments are used for local development.

Adecoagro is based in Luxembourg, but it is one of the biggest farmland owners in Latin America with holdings worth about $784 million

What are the implications when one of China's most powerful agribusiness firms starts acquiring thousands of hectares of land in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina for the production of soyabeans, wheat, and oilseed rape to ship back to China?

“Our king has asked that the government and the private sector go and invest in countries that have high agricultural production potential,” says Saudi central bank governor.

Olam executive sees good side to overseas investment in Australian farming.

ILC leads development of 30 studies on large-scale international and domestic land acquisitions and the factors that are driving demand for investments in land.

Mr. Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, will make scheduled appearances at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, January 27

Conference will bring together institutional and private investors with top Ag fund managers, to debate strategies for participating in agriculture investments, including farmland.

Signed on January 21, 2011

The much-touted biofuel crop jatropha is neither a profitable nor a sustainable investment, according to a new report released today.

The European Union is a significant player in the widespread occurrence of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia; both through its corporate sector and public policies.