Illegally banana plantations backed by obscure nexus of Chinese investors are making quick profits for some, but fuelling land conflict and environmental degradation in Kachin province, Myanmar.

Brazil's land issues secretary says his government will seek to classify the occupation of farmland by landless workers movements as akin to terrorism, while at the same time offering to support foreign investors interested in buying farmland.

One of Canada’s largest pension funds acquires majority stake in Australian company that owns 44,167 ha of arable land, as well as significant grain storage, fertilizer, agronomy, livestock, farming and logistics businesses.

The Russian investors, accompanied by the Agriculture Secretary of the Philippines, inspected an area in Barangay Oring, Maguindanao where they identified 7,000 hectares for banana plantations.

A step forward to resolve a long-standing land conflict with PHC, a subsidiary of Feronia Inc

Cela signifie un pas en avant pour résoudre un conflit foncier de longue date avec les Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), une filiale de la société canadienne, Feronia Inc.

Le nouveau gouvernement brésilien souhaite modifier le droit pour que les envahissements de terrains agricoles par des paysans "sans terres" soient considérés comme du terrorisme, a déclaré aujourd'hui un responsable du ministère de l'Agriculture.

A Mongabay Latam series on the oil palm industry in several Latin American countries has revealed that the advance of oil palm monocultures in Latin America since 2000 has resulted in illegalities, deforestation, environmental pressures, and conflicts with local communities.

Funcionarios titularon predios a favor de familiares de trabajadores de la DRSAU a través de documentos falsificados que permiten la titulación a personas que nunca tuvieron la posesión de las áreas y luego eran vendidas a empresas extranjeras dedicadas a la siembra de palma aceitera y cacao.

India's Union Minister for Commerce & Industry says Saudi Arabia and UAE will be using India as a base for their food security.

Criminalization is now the strategy being used by the Indonesian palm oil company PT Sandabi Indah Lestari, which supplies Wilmar International, to grab lands.

Louise Nkakè affirme qu’un jour des soldats l’ont agressée et poussée violemment avec leurs fusils pour ensuite lui confisquer les noix qu’elle cuisait sous prétexte que celles-ci auraient volées dans la plantation de la Socapalm. Elle a insisté sur le fait qu’il s’agissait de ses propres noix.

A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Bende, Abia State, Nigeria to Dufil Prima Foods Plc, a company whose owners include Kellog's and PT Indofood, to enable it source its raw materials.

FarmCompany, a farmland investment company owned by investors from England, Hong Kong and the Netherlands, adds a 545 ha dairy farm to its portfolio of farms covering 1,605 ha across Denmark.

EPO, société majoritairement detenue par le malaisien Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme en provenance de son usine au Libéria où elle a une concession de 20 234 ha.