Karuturi said it will borrow "hundreds of millions" of dollars from a sovereign wealth fund to invest in farming in East Africa after development banks declined to provide assistance because of “unfair” criticism by advocacy groups

A consortium of Saudi groups - comprising dairy giant Almarai, grain importer Al Rajhi and Salic, the agriculture arm of the country's Public Investment Fund sovereign wealth fund – buys Continental Farmers Group, which has large farming operations in Poland and the Ukraine.

Il n'est pas exagéré de dire que cette façon de faire s'apparente plus à une forme de génocide qu'à du néo-colonialisme.

Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître

In recent times the practice of land grabbing (which is intrinsically tied with water grabbing) has increased.

Alternativas positivas de inversión a las adquisiciones o arrendamientos de tierras a gran escala.

Un reportage sur le projet Sénéthanol, production de biocarburant dans la communauté rurale de Ngnith, par Enda Pronat

The bulk of oil palm operations are being carried out by the Palawan Palm & Vegetable Oil Mills Inc. and its sister company Agumil Philippines Inc., which were established through joint ventures between Filipino, Singaporean and Malaysian investors.

Singapore-based Duxton Asset Management said it is in talks over planned investments in four Australian farms despite increasing scrutiny of farm purchases by foreigners.

Report examines Brazil’s programme to transform Mozambique’s Nacala corridor, the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre, and a private Chinese rice investment project in the Xai-Xai irrigation scheme.

The Latvian government is planning restrictions on selling land to foreign investors. "We are not planning to restrict the purchase of agricultural land, but we do plan regulations to make sure that the land is used productively."

Sinar Mas Group says it will invest US$1.6 billion in the Liberian palm oil business to expand operations overseas.

An American multinational, AVCO Agri Company Limited Ghana has acquired 500 hectares of land at Dorfor Agorveme in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region to start rice cultivation

As conflict raged across Kachin state, a group of Chinese investors recently bought up large amounts of farmland in the Hukaung Valley and other parts of the state in order to expand rubber and cassava plantations, says Kachin peace activist, Khun Jar.

The land grabs are not an Equatorian issue. It is a national problem that should not be looked at from a regional or tribal perspective.