The negative impacts of oil palm plantations promoted by India's national policy to increase national oil palm production are already being felt in three villages in the state of Manipur, where the area are targeted for the plantation. The turmoil it is creating at the plantation villages indicates a departure from the indigenous ways of land governance and relations to a system designed to cater to a corporate economic system.

Resistance of communities from Cameroon and Sierra Leone whose lands have been invaded by the palm oil and rubber company Socfin for decades dealt an economic blow to the company.

Financial institutions and private investors from the global North are channelling hundreds of millions of dollars into the expansion of industrial tree plantations across Africa.

Only about 0.5pc of land comes up for sale nationally every year and it’s estimated up to a quarter of this is bought by non-farmers. Even if they don’t get the land, they are turning up at auctions and pushing prices well beyond the realms of most farmers.

El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Brasil (STF) está a un voto de vetar la adquisición de tierras por parte de extranjeros o empresas brasileñas con control accionarial extranjero, poniendo fin a un debate que ha durado más de 50 años

Le projet de développement de 13 000 hectares de terres agricoles de la plaine d'Oti (PATA-Oti) s'apprête à être lancé dans le nord du Togo.

« Le modèle qui s’installe par défaut est le modèle anglo‑saxon : l’agriculteur renonce à ses droits sur le carbone de son sol en échange d’un paiement unique, généralement faible, et perd tout pouvoir de décision sur ses propres terres pendant des décennies », explique Manuel Linares du Coordinateur des organisations d’agriculteurs et d’éleveurs

Riy­adh is invest­ing in African agri­cul­tural pro­duc­tion and export infra­struc­ture in a bid to boost its food secur­ity amid global polit­ical shocks

Eraí Maggi habría comprado hasta 40.000 hectáreas en Bolivia

«El modelo que se está instalando por defecto es el anglosajón: el agricultor cede derechos sobre el carbono de su suelo a cambio de un pago único, normalmente bajo, y pierde capacidad de decisión sobre su propia tierra durante décadas,» explica Manuel Linares de la Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos

Selon les riverain·es, l’absence de titre foncier pour leurs propres terres n’est pas perçue comme une illégalité, mais comme la continuité d’une occupation jugée légitime, antérieure à l’État colonial et postcolonial.

Taylor Farms, which has greenhouse facilities across the US, Mexico, Canada, Spain, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy, announces it has acquired leafy green producer Equinox Growers from Generate Capital.

La société agro-industrielle SCS ALID, filiale du groupe camerounais Fotso Jean II, a signé le 19 mars 2026 un protocole d’accord avec le ministère de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural pour la mise en œuvre d’un vaste projet de plantations industrielles de palmier à huile sur une superficie de 25 000 hectares à Yoko, dans le département du Mbam-et-Kim (région du Centre).

Nigeria’s proposed $900 million poultry partnership with Chinese investors is encountering early resistance from local farmers, raising fresh concerns about how foreign-backed agricultural projects could reshape the country’s domestic industry.

In recent years the UAE has invested $60 billion in ports, airfields and logistical hubs up and down the coasts of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, building an archipelago of influence that ties geography directly to strategic ambition. Control of infrastructure, not territory, forms the foundation of this empire.

Angola is set to grant around 800,000 hectares of land to Brazilian and Chinese business groups as part of a strategy to increase agricultural production and reduce food dependence

The plan calls for six integrated poultry farms, each with an output of about 1 million eggs per day and each backed by a 10,000-hectare agricultural estate dedicated to maize and soya production for feed.

Swiss global ag investment boutique EBG Capital is expanding its Iberian kiwi project through the acquisition of two orchards (one being the only island in the world entirely dedicated to kiwi production) in Northern Spain.

The Commissioner of the Gambella Regional State Investment Commission says the 14,000 ha rice project’s pace has not matched initial expectations despite its status as a flagship commercial rice initiative.

El auge del aguacate Hass en Colombia no solo está impulsando las exportaciones, sino también una transformación en la forma de invertir en el campo. Nuevos modelos financieros basados en tecnología están permitiendo que más personas participen en el negocio agrícola sin necesidad de comprar tierras ni asumir altos costos.

Foreign investors held registered interests in 50.262 million hectares of Australian agricultural land at 30 June 2025, according to new data tabled in Federal Parliament.

A new joint venture between Nippon Steel Trading and Energreen Australia will establish a large scale pongamia plantation near Emerald, aimed at supporting biofuel production and strengthening trade ties with Japan.

A palm oil company is ramping up its destruction of forests that are home to critically endangered orangutans in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the island of Borneo, according to satellite imagery and government sources.

Uzbekistan's Kashkadarya Region plans to deepen cooperation with Belarus' Vitebsk Region in the field of food security and launch a major beef production project, the Head of the Department of Investments, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan's Kashkadarya Regional Administration, Shahrier Toshmurod Khamzaev, announced.

En Argentina, la Casa Rosada enviará al Congreso un proyecto para modificar la Ley de Tierras Rurales, con el fin de eliminar la restricción que existe a las ventas de terrenos a extranjeros.

Saudi-Arabian farming company Fondomonte wants a judge to pause a lawsuit against it, arguing new groundwater protections could resolve the issues in the case. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes disagrees.

Plantations, ports, chemins de fer : une grande partie de la fortune de Vincent Bolloré provient de ses activités africaines.

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.