The Ugandan Government has released a statement to disprove allegations levelled against Kenya’s Bidco Oil Company over land.

TIAA-CREF has closed its second global agriculture fund, TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture II, on $3 billion, exceeding its $2.5 billion target. The fund had raised $1.7 billion by mid-June.

Sweden’s AP2 and UK local authority funds are among the backers of a new $3bn global agriculture fund.

New TIAA-CREF fund will invest in “high quality farmland assets” across North America, South America, Australia and parts of Europe with a focus on major grain exporting regions.

New Hope Group announced last year it would invest $500m into Australian agribusiness, and its chairman Liu Yonghao revealed majority of the fund would support New Hope Dairy’s projects in Australia.

TIAA-CREF is expected to announce Tuesday that it has raised $3 billion for its second global farmland-investment partnership, exceeding its initial target of $2.5 billion.

Australia is facing $43 billion foreign farming frenzy by Chinese companies, spurred by mounting food security needs and a push to “go global.”

New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL), a palm oil company operating in Papua New Guinea and in Solomon Islands is looking at Mindanao as its next area for expansion.

Golden Veroleum has denied using the Ebola crisis to take advantage of Liberian communities but local officials and en disagree.

Farmers from drought-parched California are finding greener pastures in the Pacific Northwest -- and so are buyers from China.

Les investisseurs chinois s'intéressent surtout aux meilleures terres, notamment au bassin Murray-Darling, qui est la principale surface agricole d'Australie

Hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from World Bank’s private lending arm used to expand industrial farms amid mounting concern about local effects

Près de 80% des ménages ruraux dans les pays en développement dépendent de la terre pour nourrir leurs familles et assurer leur subsistance.

Condamné à deux ans de prison ferme pour « outrage à magistrat », la Cour d'appel de Moundou a prononcé la relaxe inconditionnelle du défenseur des droits à la terre.

Bidders have made offers for what Shanghai Pengxin says is the "legitimate" sale of its dairy farms - the former Crafar farms - in south Waikato, New Zealand.

Presentation made by the 3rd Joint Coordination Committee of ProSAVANA on December 3, 2012 in Nampula

PGG, which is half owned by Agria Corporation of China, purchased 50% of Uruguay seed producer and farm servicing company Agrocentro Uruguay.

The UN's Economic Commission, Germany's BMZ and the World Bank signed a Declaration of Intent to establish a new Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa to better secure land rights across Africa.

Kenya-based private equity house Fanisi Capital said on Thursday it had bought a stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for $6 million, expanding its footprint in the region.

Even though the Commission of Inquiry into the land grab has found the SABL process was flawed, land grabbing continues. Many communities are still not aware of what SABL is and how customary land is being stolen.

The UK government publishes the first issue of its Land Policy Bulletin, produced by its Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) programme.

Considéré comme le plus gros scandale à l’Office du Niger, le programme Touraba (2174 ha), financé par l’Uémoa, a été inauguré la semaine dernière dans des conditions troubles.

"En aucun cas notre groupe, et donc indirectement les autorités cambodgiennes, n’ont envisagé et n’envisagent d’imposer à des populations de céder leur terrain," soutient le groupe Socfin-KDC.

François Collart-Dutilleul, professeur à la faculté de droit de Nantes, fait le point sur ce phénomène d'accaparement des terres, et donne des pistes de réflexions pour que ces investissements soit équitables.

Les Bunongs réclament une réparation en nature, espérant récupérer leur terre, ainsi que plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’euros de dommages et intérêts chacun.

Une cinquantaine de paysans assignent en justice le groupe implanté au Cambodge. Ils déplorent expropriations et déplacements de populations.

Modi veut étendre un système d'assurance sociale aux milieux ruraux. La loi sur le foncier a fortement irrité les paysans.

Un groupe financier irlandais met la main sur les terres charentais et les font cultiver par un entrepreneur agricole. "Il passe une fois de temps en temps avec un tracteur de 300 chevaux et c’est tout», râle un élu, impuissant.

Las autoridades de Transbaikal pretenden arrendar 1.150 kilómetros cuadrados de terreno.

La empresa ha estado involucrada en la destrucción del último refugio de bosque de los únicos indígenas aislados que sobreviven fuera de la Amazonia en América Latina.

Si sono uniti e insieme hanno deciso di fare causa alla Socfin-Kcd. Espropriati delle loro terre, sfruttati e privati della propria cultura. E quello della Cambogia non è il primo caso.

Ketika Papua dipaksa menjadi lumbung pangan dan energi dunia, berbasis korporasi