Issues of land and corruption are intricately linked. Over the last decade increasing commercial demand for land has made the sector more vulnerable to corrupt abuse by those in a position to own or control land.

An ABC Rural investigation reveals the extent of the creep of foreign ownership in the Top End, particularly over the past three years.

Government considers the development of two plots of land on the Ord River irrigation scheme so risky that it demanded a $150 million a year guarantee from the Chinese company behind the farming project.

Les 7 membres de l’association de défense des droits des riverains de la plantation Socfin-Bolloré en Sierra Leone ont été libérés suite au paiement de leur caution.

Cambodia government has announced a new review of economic land concessions, shortening the period of some from 99 years to 50 years. Land concessions to private enterprises over the years has creating thousands of land disputes and causing many people to become displaced.

Twenty-three companies holding a total of 90,682 hectares in Cambodia economic land concessions (ELCs) have had their concessions rescinded, while another 20 are being monitored.

Acção Académica para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Rurais, em parceria com o Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies e Future Agricultures, numa acção mobilizadora lançam a versão online do documentário “ProSavana: Terra Usurpada, Vida Roubada”.

El origen de este conflicto radica en el acaparamiento de esas tierras por parte de la familia Riquelme, propietarios de la empresa Morombí, que en 2005 a partir de ardides judiciales se las queda.

Il ressort des investigations que la région de Koulikoro, ce sont des milliers d’hectares qui ont été illégalement acquis par des prétendues sociétés immobilières en complicité avec certains agents de l’Etat.

Old Mutual Investment Group is targeting agricultural investments in Africa through Futuregrowth, an asset management affiliate of Old Mutual.

A unit of China's state-owned Bright Food Group Co Ltd will take a half share in New Zealand's biggest meat co-operative for $197 million, as China looks to import more of the country's agricultural products.

“We have received proposals for huge pieces of land in two countries. We would like to see these formalised and signed, after which we can announce the investment opportunities," says Minister of Agriculture.

Investors have turned to farmland as part of a sweeping push into physical assets — everything from lumber, hotels and apartments to parking meters, bridges and highways.

Les organisations et associations de lutte contre les accaparements de terre des pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest ont décidé de faire lutte commune contre la mainmise des entreprises et des gouvernements sur ces ressources naturelles.

The Edo State government has articulated a policy that allows investors to own government lands irrespective of the size for about 200 thousand naira.