Issues of land and corruption are intricately linked. Over the last decade increasing commercial demand for land has made the sector more vulnerable to corrupt abuse by those in a position to own or control land.

An ABC Rural investigation reveals the extent of the creep of foreign ownership in the Top End, particularly over the past three years.

Government considers the development of two plots of land on the Ord River irrigation scheme so risky that it demanded a $150 million a year guarantee from the Chinese company behind the farming project.

Old Mutual Investment Group is targeting agricultural investments in Africa through Futuregrowth, an asset management affiliate of Old Mutual.

A unit of China's state-owned Bright Food Group Co Ltd will take a half share in New Zealand's biggest meat co-operative for $197 million, as China looks to import more of the country's agricultural products.

“We have received proposals for huge pieces of land in two countries. We would like to see these formalised and signed, after which we can announce the investment opportunities," says Minister of Agriculture.

Investors have turned to farmland as part of a sweeping push into physical assets — everything from lumber, hotels and apartments to parking meters, bridges and highways.

The Edo State government has articulated a policy that allows investors to own government lands irrespective of the size for about 200 thousand naira.

Some prominent Nigerians, including wealthy foreign investors, are purchasing huge tracts of land for farming with projects worth millions of naira

CITIC is negotiating with the Angolan government to open another 30,000-hectare farm in the central Bie province to plant rice with financial support of Chinese banks.

Resistance to the controversial agricultural development programme in the Nacala corridor in the north of Mozambique is part of the broader forms of resistance sweeping across the country.

In this excerpt from her book, ‘Will Africa Feed China?’, Deborah Brautigam discusses China-Cameroon agricultural development and investment.

Les 7 membres de l’association de défense des droits des riverains de la plantation Socfin-Bolloré en Sierra Leone ont été libérés suite au paiement de leur caution.

Il ressort des investigations que la région de Koulikoro, ce sont des milliers d’hectares qui ont été illégalement acquis par des prétendues sociétés immobilières en complicité avec certains agents de l’Etat.

AB InBev est actionnaire du Natural Resources Value Fund, une sicav luxembourgeoise qui a acheté 10.000 hectares de terres agricoles et de forêts en Roumanie.

Arrestation de 7 membres de l'association MALOA en Sierra Leone

Citic Construction gère deux fermes en Angola, chacune large de 10.000 hectares dans les provinces d'Uige et de Malanje, qui servent désormais de modèle de développement du secteur agricole en Angola.

SOTRADER, fruit d’un partenariat entre l’État gabonais et son partenaire Singapourien Olam international, vient de signer un contrat de 140 millions de dollars avec le groupe Caterpillar pour l’achat de 475 bulldozers.

El origen de este conflicto radica en el acaparamiento de esas tierras por parte de la familia Riquelme, propietarios de la empresa Morombí, que en 2005 a partir de ardides judiciales se las queda.

Acção Académica para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Rurais (ADECRU), em parceria com o Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) e Future Agricultures, numa acção mobilizadora lançam a versão online do documentário “ProSavana: Terra Usurpada, Vida Roubada”.

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