Egyptian officials in September revived a 30-year-old agreement with Sudan that encourages private companies to plant wheat in northern Sudan.

Agricultural groups have opposed the cabinet's decision to remove the barrier on farm land purchases, arguing that Czech farmers will be priced out.

The Abu Dhabi Development Fund eyes the opportunity to invest in Bulgarian agriculture.

“There are people that are dying to invest large sums of money to acquire farmland in Canada that aren't Canadian citizens,” says Jan Kaminski, founder of Bonnefield.

Convencidos de obter grandes lucros, muitos bancos, fundos de investimento, grandes grupos industriais, Estados e milionários privados planejam instalar, na África, fazendas-empresa gigantes, a fim de produzir alimentos e biocombustíveis exclusivamente para exportação

Abidjan abrite la 13e assemblée générale de l’Institut africain pour le développement économique et social, centre africain de formation (Inades-formation) qui aura à réfléchir sur «l’agriculture familiale africaine face à l’accaparement des terres agricoles».

Saudi Arabia has created a government company for agricultural investment abroad as the kingdom phases out local wheat production.

Neha sold off its farm in Pune and shifted operations to ethiopia where it has lands for floriculture and food grains.

Sudanese officials say the “Zayed Project” is among the largest farm ventures launched by the UAE in Sudan, with investment of $60 million.

Australia's center-left Labor government said Tuesday it will examine foreign ownership of the country's rural land and agricultural food production in response to a spate of takeovers that have triggered anxiety about job losses and broader concerns about food security.

One of the conditions for major agricultural holdings with significant assets in Russia entering the securities market through the performance of an IPO and SPO is the confirmation of their rights to use the land for agricultural production.

Private investments are being pumped into several countries to produce fruit, vegetables, rice and corn and meet Bahrain's demand for these commodities

Government and private sector are creating pilot farms as an inventive to investors to either come and buy existing yielding projects, expand them or to run them as joint public-private ventures.

En el Congreso Nacional en este momento se debaten más de diez proyectos sobre el tema y se espera que en 2011 se avance contra el problema.

Les paysans maliens sont inquiets de l'accaparement des terres par de grandes sociétés maliennes ou internationales. Pour le dénoncer, 2 000 cultivateurs se sont réunis ce week-end dans la ville de Kolongo au nord-est de Mopti, à l'appel des syndicats paysans.