45 new private equity funds are planning to invest US$2 billion in African agriculture in the next 3-5 years, according to participants at the Africainvestor Agribusiness Project Summit taking place in Durban

Brazil shocked foreign investors when President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he was concerned about Brazilian land falling into foreign hands.

No-one should be surprised when people start describing the Merauke Integrated Rice Estate as a clear case of genocide by the Indonesian government, because it has been well-planned and well-organised.

Saudi and UK investors will travel to the Philippines in October to discuss "the possibility of food production in southern Philippines, with the government providing them the needed land".

L’objet de cette note est de présenter et discuter des informations récentes recueillies sur l’évolution des aménagements et des investissements étrangers dans la zone de l’Office du Niger au Mali.

En un esfuerzo por proteger a su sector agropecuario, considerado clave para su desarrollo económico, el gobierno de Brasil endureció ayer las limitaciones a la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros.

A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura – Contag – considera a importante à publicação do parecer da Advocacia Geral da União, que restabelece condições para limitar à compra de terras no Brasil por estrangeiros.

Fonterra says it is having a "very close look" at relaunching a processing business in China as it faces a rapidly growing competitive threat from Chinese manufacturing startups with their own large-scale dairy farms.

Studies suggest that a third of the land sold or acquired in Africa is intended for fuel crops - some 5 million hectares. Friends of the Earth has looked at cases of land grabbing in 11 countries across Africa, from Ethiopia to Mozambique

Hassad Food, owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, plans to acquire a sugar project in Brazil with a capacity to produce 25 million tonnes per annum, 70% of which will be shipped to Qatar.

The Qatari company is about to bring home the first shipment of its own wheat produced overseas, and to start producing its own sugar in Brazil

Black Earth Farming a Swedish firm which controls more than 300,000 hectares of Russian farmland, has reported yields of some crops down by more than a half thanks to Russia's "scorching" heat

UNCTAD believes pension funds, with their apparent focus on reputation, accountability, and the long term, could set new best-practice standards as they join the farmland investment trend.

5,5 millions d'hectares seraient passés aux mains d'intérêts étrangers. Une loi voulue par le président Lula devrait mettre un sacré coup de frein à ces acquisitions.

A lei que regulamenta a compra de terras por estrangeiros no Brasil - da qual o governo agora lança mão para ampliar o controle sobre o mercado imobiliário rural - é objeto de dois projetos em tramitação no Senado.