Kenya's Irrigation Secretary said the government will be promoting the utilisation of idle land by opening it up to private investors for agricultural development. "If you go to the coastal belt, cutting across the Tana River, we have more than two million acres, which have been lying idle for a long time."
En France, 10 millions d'hectares de terres agricoles changeront de mains d'ici dix ans, conséquence du départ à la retraite de 150.000 agriculteurs. Ce bouleversement pose des défis majeurs pour préserver la souveraineté alimentaire et éviter l'abandon ou la vente à des fonds d'investissement étrangers, analyse la Fédération nationale de la propriété privée rurale
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has signed an MoU with UK‑based Asset Green Limited for a $496 million large‑scale integrated dairy operation that will combine a 20,000 hectare forage farm and a 10,000‑milking cow dairy barn.
- Business Post
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19 Mar 2026
The Mauritius-based subsidiary of the Export Trading Group acquires dairy processor Dendairy, including its two dairy farms in Kwekwe and network of contract farmers.
En una entrevista sobre el impacto del modelo de acumulación de Arauco en el Alto Paraná, la investigadora del CONICET Delia Ramírez, pionera en estudiar el fenómeno conocido como “fiebre global por tierras”, advirtió sobre la “asfixia” de la vida social y el costo humano en las poblaciones locales.
- Primera Edición
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18 Mar 2026
The Company has mapped an initial area of 5,000 ha and the tree planting project could be expanded to at least 25,000 ha in total size.
- Globe Newswire
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18 Mar 2026
As Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf state's strategic farmland investments across Africa face a reality check
- New Lines Magazine
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17 Mar 2026
The vast majority of over two million landowners who rented out 347.8 million acres of agricultural land in 2024 were non-farming landlords. About 5% of the nearly 900 million US farmland acres, or about 43 million acres, will change hands in the next five years.
- Progressive Farmer
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16 Mar 2026
En cuanto al sector agropecuario, se les permitirá acceder a tierras en usufructo para el desarrollo de proyectos productivos, fomentando la inversión y el intercambio de experiencias.
- Periódico Cubano
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16 Mar 2026
Le projet prévoit le développement d’une plantation de 14 000 hectares de palmiers à huile et la mise en place d’usines de transformation, par le groupe agro-industriel Presco Plc, pour un coût de 200 millions $.
- Agence Ecofin
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16 Mar 2026
A portfolio of four southern Queensland dryland cropping farms have been sold at auction by the US-based private equity firm Proterra Investment Partners for $19m combined.
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has announced that the state government is ready to sign an MOU with Presco Plc for a proposed $200 million investment in a 14,000-hectare oil palm plantation.
AcreTrader, a farmland investment platform, announces the launch of the Proterra AcreTrader Farmland Fund LP, an open-ended investment vehicle focusing on investment-grade farmland assets in key US agricultural regions.
La multinationale agroalimentaire suisse Socfin est sous le feu des critiques pour ses plantations de palmiers à huile et de caoutchouc en Afrique de l’Ouest, où des cas d’exploitation, de conflits fonciers et de violences sexuelles sont régulièrement signalés. Podcast enregistré en public à Lausanne.
Amid deepening land inequality and ecological crisis, the 4Rs - land recognition, redistribution, restitution and regulation - are pillars for democratizing land and advancing systemic transformation, writes Jun Borras