El nuevo puerto debe favorecer la región que forman varios estados del noreste de Brasil (Maranhao, Tocantins, Piauí y Bahía), conocida como Matopiba, y cuyas cadenas de producción deben verse favorecidas con las nuevas instalaciones.

Autoridades ambientales investigan si la quema indiscriminada en el Parque Tinigua (Meta) es gracias a mafias para el acaparamiento de tierras.

La firme zimbabwéenne ProDairy s’est associée à la firme de capital-investissement Sub-Sahara Capital, basée à New-York, pour développer des pâturages spécialisés

‪Le fonds pour l’agriculture UFF-NAIC, détenu conjointement par la Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority et UFF Agri Investment de Old Mutual, a acquis une ferme entièrement intégrée de maïs et de soja à Panda dans l'État de Nasarawa au Nigeria.

A group of Chinese companies is rolling out more premium UHT milk and planning a new "fashion milk" from its 29 New Zealand farms, almost entirely for the Chinese market.

Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, majority-owned by the Luxembourg-based Socfin group, has commissioned an 11,400 hectare oil palm plantation covering over 10 communities in Nigeria's Edo State.

Olam's Vice President says its rice farm in Nigeria, with 3,000 hectares of land currently under cultivation, will be expanded to 10,000 hectares, making it the largest rice farm in Africa.

China's richest man, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, slipped into New Zealand incognito last month. The founder of the world's largest retailer, which specialises in e-commerce, was in Waikato during Chinese New Year to check out his latest investment.

Madagascar, still chafing from a major broil in 2009 after Ravalomanana made a land deal with Daewoo, is set to have a presidential election in November.

RSPO rebukes Golden Veroleum for land grab in communities in Liberia, booking the company for not seeking the consent of communities and coercing locals into signing MOUs.

Report finds that the PNG government distributed over 5 million ha of customary land  to private companies for large-scale agricultural development, without the free, prior and informed consent of all affected landowners.

President Museveni has promised to allot 7,000 hectares of land in Mbarara District to one of the UAE’s largest dairy companies, Al Rawabi, to set up model farm in the country. The investor and CEO, Dr Ahmad Eltigani Al Mansouri, will bring in new technology to fertilise cows that produce high milk, according to a press release from State House.

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority buys a 3,500 ha farm in Nasarawa State through a joint venture with UFF Agri Investment, a South African company owned by Old Mutual Property

Earthsight report exposes the secrecy and collusion in industrial agriculture which are threatening the Congo Basin’s forests. This post details findings from The Republic of Congo.

Since 2006, a section of conservationists have been opposed to the Kalangala Oil Palm project as was the case with the BIDCO Buvuma project saying it is a big threat to the environment.