Unregulated large-scale land acquisition in south Sudan by foreign companies threatens the rights of the people, with an area bigger than Rwanda earmarked for use by outside businesses, a report from Norwegian People's Aid warns.

Report says that GCC investment in farmland in Africa and Latin America will continue to grow.

The Arab unrest has only doubled the efforts of Gulf countries to secure food production by buying farmland around the world, as they try to buffer themselves from the economic issues that have destabilized the region.

Political turmoil over Sierra Leone MP's nationwide broadcast inciting the people of Malen Chiefdom against the Government and the local Chiefs for having entered into a land deal with Luxembourg-based SOCFIN.

Qatar’s Hassad Food, a unit of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to purchase farmland in Turkey to grow crops and raise livestock, the company’s chairman said.

With nations such as China eyeing property all over the world, and with worries over food security growing, Brazil is discussing tightening laws that would make it harder for foreigners to purchase land.

Locals move out as international contractors seize opportunities offered by government to lease farmland at knockdown rates

How did this country turn from being one of the poorest post colonial states in the world to one of the largest land grabbers in recent years?

Hasat Hud, a state-supported Qatari company, wants to buy vast swaths of public land in Turkey to invest in agriculture and husbandry.

What happens when you are forced to leave the land that has fed your family for generations? What is the impact of wealthy foreigners having access to the best agricultural land in a very poor country? These questions addressed in new Guardian film.

Zuellig Group will set up a 30,000-hectare corn plantation in the Philippines to ensure that its own feed milling requirements are met.

The Brazilian government now prohibits non-Brazilians from buying controlling shares of companies that own vast tracts of territory in the country, Attorney General Luiz Inacio Adams said this week.