Japan will bar foreigners from acquiring farmland if their visas are set to expire soon, in a bid to prevent misuse of such land amid high prices for rice and other food items, the farm ministry said.

In Mbome Ngwandang, Cameroon, a decade-long struggle unfolds as a rural community fight to reclaim their ancestral land from agro-industrial grip.

The conflict between the European agro-industrial giant SOCAPALM and the community of Apouh à Ngog, in Cameroon, has taken a dark turn as 30 armed security forces fire tear gas against villagers determined to protect their land. Report from News Upfront.

Le programme de relance du replanting par la Socapalm, filiale camerounaise du groupe Socfin, a provoqué l’ire des villageois qui dénoncent une occupation illégitime de leurs terres. Entre mémoire coloniale, inertie administrative et luttes sociales, Apouh cristallise les tensions d’un héritage foncier jamais résolu.

The Ondo State Government has secured 10,000 hectares of land in the Southern Senatorial District for a $200 million agricultural project.

Adecoagro, which farms 210,400 hectares in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay for sugar, dairy and ethanol production, has entered into a transaction agreement with Tether Investments, part of the Tether Group, which runs the world’s largest stablecoin.

El Grupo Tether se quedará con el control de Adecoagro, la empresa agroalimenticia argentina que también opera en Brasil y Uruguay, mientras está acumulando acciones de Bioceres

Dama Jean Dare Ratolonjanahary, community activist and co-founder of the Comite de Defense des Terres, told New Lines that, “Carbon credits are an excuse to continue destroying nature in exchange for money”.

Hundreds of Indigenous people and civil society groups in Indonesia are demanding an end to government projects that have seized their lands, fueled violence, and stripped them of their rights.

New Agriculture manages the Lawson Grains portfolio on behalf of its investor, Canadian pension fund Alberta Investment Management Corporation, or AIMCo.

AgDevCo has officially exited its investment in Saise Farming Enterprises Limited, Zambia’s leading commercial seed potato producer.

« Pendant que nous sommes au champ le 1er Février 2025, nous avons reçu la visite des agents de sécurité et les militaires employés par Socapalm nous demandant d’arrêter tout travail car ce site est dans la concession de Socapalm. »