Ghana has opened discussions with Thai investors interested in developing palm plantations and processing facilities. The government has launched a $500 million financing mechanism and plans to establish 100,000 hectares of new plantations between 2026 and 2032.
This acquisition of 58 acres of agricultural land in Chom Bueng District represents Plantations International's fifth mango plantation within Thailand
The company is said to have acquired several pork farming assets from Novgorod-based Adept Group, including a multi-breeding facility, a feedlot, commercial farms, and small plots of land.
SGX-listed Hong Lai Huat Group Limited has completed the sale of its entire agriculture business in Cambodia, which includes a 10,000 ha cassava plantation in Aoral District, Kampong Speu Province.
Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines Corp. is pushing for a P500-million agro-industrial facility in Bataan. It is meant to help meet the increasing demand for poultry in the Philippines.
Hundreds of Cambodian families took on Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol—supplier to global brands such as Nestlé, Mars and Coca-Cola—and reached a financial settlement after seventeen years of sustained advocacy and, ultimately, bringing a class action against the company in Southeast Asia’s first-ever transboundary human rights litigation.
Lao Red Loong Durian is leasing 500 hectares of land in Vientiane province, Laos and has completed the development of a first-phase 60-hectare pilot zone, planting over 7,000 Black Thorn durian trees.
The latest report on Chinese investors buying protected forest land to expand their durian plantations is worrying. This is more than just an illegal land grab, however. Soon, the whole durian supply chain will feel the impact. These blatant land grabs must be stopped with a sense of urgency.
Thailand's Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee is intensifying its investigation into a Chinese business illegally clearing over 600 rai of national forest land in Chachoengsao's Tha Takiab district to cultivate durian.
The country’s sovereign wealth fund signed an MOU with the CP Group laying the groundwork for the establishment of of a $1 billion private equity fund that will target agriculture, food production, digital innovation and green energy.
The Asean African Consortium (AAC), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, has acquired 200,000 acres of land across the country in a revolutionary move to boost rice production.
President of the Philippines says CP Group committed an additional USD1.5 billion in investments to the country, starting with a 10,000-hectare modernized mega farm, during meeting at the presidential palace.
