Deal with Greens guarantees passage of legislation to lower screening thresholds for foreign investments in farmland and agricultural businesses in Australia

European pension fund-backed ACE Farming has quietly snapped up a dairy farm near Yarram, in South Gippsland, primed for development opportunity for about $8 million.

As part of Landesa’s ongoing Responsible Investments in Property and Land (RIPL) Project, Landesa staff conducted, in cooperation with Illovo Sugar Ltd, a study focused on Illovo’s operations in Malawi.

The Economic Community for West African States has agreed to provide the Foundation for African Development Aid US$25 million to revamp a rice project originally financed by the Libyan African Investment Portfolio.

Free City Radio interviews Devlin Kuyek from GRAIN speaking on the jailing of three Ethiopian land rights advocates.

Conference highlights the state of land grabbing in Africa, cases of resistance across the continent, as well as Church responses and its increasing engagement on issues of land grabbing.

La conférence offrira notamment un état des lieux de l’accaparement de terres en Afrique, des études de cas de résistances contre l’accaparement de terre ainsi que les réponses apportées par l’Église et son engagement croissant sur cette problématique.

A conferência irá destacar o estado da apropriação de terras em África, casos de resistência em todo o continente, bem como as respostas da Igreja e o seu envolvimento crescente na luta contra esta ameaça.

Cabo Verde is already producing food abroad, specifically in Paraguay, where the government in 1996 bought a plot of 10,000 hectares, which mainly produces rice, corn, wheat and soy.

Report provided as part of the agreement between JICA and Majol for the development of a stakeholder engagement plan and toolkit for the ProSAVANA Programme

Oakland Institute founder Anuradha Mittal profiles the heroic, dangerous work of Global South land rights activists like Nasako Besingi and Pastor Omot Agwa, who face violence and terror charges from hostile governments.

El 15 de noviembre de 2015, la Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia (ANR) interrogó al Sr. Augustin Alphonse Bofaka, con relación a una protesta reciente contra una compañía multinacional acusada de apropiación de tierras.

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has disclosed that private sector investments in the country’s agric sector has reached about N760 billion in the last two years.

Derrière cette histoire d’agro-business se cache une grosse opération d’accaparement des terres autour du Lac de Guiers au Nord-ouest du Sénégal.

L'Australie a mis son veto jeudi au nom de l'"intérêt national" au rachat de son plus grand propriétaire foncier, qui est un de ses premiers éleveurs de bovins, par des investisseurs étrangers.