The two private equity funds, backed by European development banks, sell Zambia’s largest table-egg producer and large-scale farm operator to the Belgian family-owned Vanden Avenne Group.

The agricultural land market in Ukraine crossed the symbolic milestone of one million hectares, since July 2021, when the sale and purchase of land were legalized.

Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura said that the expansion would lead to corporate exploitation of oil palm leaseholders and growers and to land grabbing from peasants and Indigenous peoples.

The government has ordered two subcontracting firms operating within the Liberian Agriculture Company (LAC) concession to pay thousands of US dollars in retroactive wages to more than 500 workers, following an investigation that uncovered years of minimum wage violations.

At the centre of the company’s rollout strategy is a 400-acre estate in Kogi State, where individual investors acquire one-acre parcels priced at ₦6 million.

As a result of the war between Russia and Ukraine, more than 600,000 hectares of land owned by agri-food companies from the TOP-100 ranking are in territories controlled by the Russian army.

The Kempen SDG Farmland Fund has expanded its Pacific Northwest presence through the acquisition of two blueberry operations: the Pan American farm in Oregon and the Othello farm in Washington state.

À ce jour, environ 100 000 hectares ont déjà été mis à disposition d’investisseurs, principalement via des baux de location longue durée

A controversy over land in Kenya’s Rift Valley has captured public imagination and ignited debates about foreign investment, sovereignty, history, and geopolitics. At the centre of the controversy is a 520-acre agricultural and residential project developed by Israeli investor Erez Rivkin in Solai, Nakuru County.

Le rapport qui vient d’être publié est le premier état des lieux mondial complet de la question foncière détaillant les modalités de détention, utilisation et gouvernance des terres.

Se confirmó la próxima visita del presidente emiratí Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, con el objetivo de avanzar en la compra de extensas superficies de tierras en la región.

FAO's first "baseline report" on control over land for food production says the top 10% of the largest landholders, worldwide, control 89% of agricultural land today.

London-based food and agriculture investor, Cibus Capital, is preparing to offload its 1000ha orchard portfolio, capable of producing 3.7 million kilograms of almonds annually.

"We need to adjust taxes, regulations, and finance so that holding farmland for real estate speculation or investment becomes ‘futile.’ We must lower land prices.”

Homestead, a company that focuses on investing and operating farmland in the US, and global investment manager Barings announced their shared closing on a $300 million asset-based finance program that will expand Homestead’s loan origination in key production regions

As part of the restoration, the UK company has planted more than 1.8 million trees in Sierra Leone since 2023, and the long-term goal is to plant over 10 million trees across 15,000 hectares of degraded community land.

La concentración de proyectos de adquisición de tierras en países de bajos ingresos, donde los sistemas de gobernanza de la tierra suelen ser débiles, favorece el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de empresas que aprovechan las oportunidades económicas creadas por los mercados de carbono

A mobilização de organizações sociais em solidariedade garantiu a suspensão da ação de grileiros no território Grinalda do Ouro.

Land grabbing has grown bigger, more widespread, and more sophisticated. It is now global, and instead of being led by local or national elites, some of the biggest financial companies in the world like pension and retirement funds are moving to acquire global farmland as a new financial asset class.

La longue séquence de tensions entre la société Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) et les communautés vivant autour de ses sites d’exploitation semble entrer dans une phase décisive.

L’émergence de projets de crédits carbone, achetés par les entreprises pour réduire leur empreinte environnementale, se traduit par l’accaparement de terres au détriment des populations locales.

La société agro-industrielle Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) a annoncé la fin de la médiation entamée en 2018 avec les communautés voisines de ses sites d’exploitation, notamment de Lokutu, Boteka et Yaligimba

The Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 grants the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States special investigatory powers to examine farmland owned or purchased by foreign entities

We need better land governance, better standards, and more transparency says the Land Matrix. We need to “put an end to offsetting as a false solution to the climate crisis — urgently” says GRAIN

Nigeria's BUA Group, which is developing a 20,000 ha sugarcane plantation and refinery, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration in sugar refining, agro-industrial development, and integrated global logistics solutions with AD Ports Group and MAIR Group of Abu Dhabi.

In Sudan and Ethiopia, Gulf capital has targeted large-scale agricultural estates, livestock production, and agro-processing, often through joint ventures with local elites or state authorities.

La Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm), filiale du groupe luxembourgeois Socfin, a annoncé le 18 février 2026, dans un communiqué officiel, la cession de « sa plantation d’Eséka » (région du Centre) à la société Opalm

Angola is granting roughly 60,000 hectares to Brazilian farmers in Cuanza-Norte province as part of a $120 million cooperation deal backed by BNDES, Banco do Brasil, and Angola’s sovereign wealth fund — more than 30 Brazilian agribusiness companies have already signed up

Ao todo, serão disponibilizados cerca de 60 mil hectares de terras — área equivalente a 85 mil campos de futebol — para produtores brasileiros, segundo anunciou o governador provincial João Diogo Gaspar durante um encontro recente com uma comitiva de empresários brasileiros.

La advertencia sobre los posibles efectos de la sobreoferta de biocombustibles se produjo tras la movilización de trabajadores en el Cauca, donde se discuten cambios en el uso agrícola y nuevas directrices para el crédito rural