Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry says a total of 153,659 land agreements, covering 344,061 ha, have been signed since the land market was launched, including nearly 100,000 ha over the past year.

As land becomes more expensive in the US, wealth becomes a deciding factor in who gets cut out versus who has the opportunities and the means to procure land.

The directive outlines how EU institutions can implement fair, democratic and sustainable land policies to combat the economic, ecological and climate crises and guarantee food sovereignty.

Fayus Nigeria Limited has commenced the development of a 3,000-hectare plantation in Ugbeturu Community, Owan West Local Council in Edo State, Nigeria

WSIB has allocated a total of $400 million into a separate account with UBS Farmland Investors and a Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund IV.

We should be concerned about the financialized logic promoted by investors and mega-farmers, which seeks to extract monetary value from every square inch of farmland.

The UN counted 355 SLAPPs from the business community between 2015 and 2022. Individuals and organisations that expose human rights violations, abuses in mining, agriculture and forestry and on palm oil plantations are most often affected.

Small farmers in Brazil are giving up on food crops and risking debt, lured by the big business of soy export.

The war in Ukraine could stimulate a new global land race that could affect the world's agricultural system, says a new study by researchers at the Politecnico di Milano.

Groups call on European governments to honour their responsibilities to the communities affected by their investments in a DR Congo palm oil plantation by taking action to stop the violence surrounding the mediation process.

Palm oil producer Socfin systematically excludes parts of their plantations from certification. This way, they do receive the RSPO certificate, while large parts of their plantations do not meet the environmental and social requirements, analysis by Milieudefensie shows.

An investigation by Mongabay, The Gecko Project and BBC News found villagers across Indonesia gave up their land to corporations in exchange for a share of the palm oil boom but have been left with empty promises. Tom Walker, head of research at The Gecko Project, argues that increasing transparency, accountability and investigations of errant companies are critical steps that could be taken to solve the problem.