The Development Bank of Ethiopia suspending loans for commercial farms because of the failure of numerous farms in Gambella, where the Bank was even tricked into giving two loans for a single agriculture project.

Too few investors knew the land; too many deals were crooked. Yet officials hint that the government wants to promote huge farms once more, this time by expanding wheat production to boost food security.

Ethiopia's Mursi tribe says they were imprisoned and tortured to protect Chinese sugar plantations.

Companies from countries across the world have acquired fertile Nile-irrigated land for growing food crops, non-food agricultural commodities such as alfalfa, flowers, tobacco, and biofuels, rearing livestock and logging trees.

Al-Amoudi va monter une usine de raffinage d’huile alimentaire, en Ethiopie, qui sera approvisionnée en graines de soja, tournesol, arachide et coton de ses propres fermes

Ethiopian security forces have undertaken major operations to disarm two local tribes in Lower Omo Valley—the Mursi and the Bodi—because of incidents related to the sugarcane plantations.

According to the Kerala press, Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, managing director Karuturi Global Ltd, has been arrested for fraud.

There can be no denying that the Kuraz sugar plantation project has so far failed on its “development promises” made to the indigenous local communities.

Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process has been initiated against Bengaluru-based Karuturi Global, which owns large rose farm holdings in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Pune and Bengaluru.

Birhanu Fikade of "The Reporter" sat down with Atkyelesh G.M. Persson (PhD) to learn about her findings on large scale FDI that failed to deliver the desired results in Ethiopia

Scholar and employee of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Atkyelesh G.M. Persson, recommends that the government, private sector and academia further investigate the potential damages large scale farms have perpetrated in Ethiopia and beyond.

A 15,000-hectare concession awarded to Karuturi Global in Ethiopia’s Gambela region has left locals fearing their ancestral lands will be cleared for agribusiness once again by the Indian firm.