President Irfaan Ali and his delegation wooed investors in the UAE to take advantage of opportunities in large-scale agriculture, including mega-farms, to support the UAE's food security agenda
On the eve of an annual gathering of public development banks, 280 groups from 70 countries sign letter slamming them for bankrolling the expansion of industrial agriculture.
Cash-strapped Karuturi Flowers in Naivasha is back in court in a bid to stop receiver managers from auctioning its property over Sh1.8 billion debt
Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute, talks about the Western investors profiting off of oil palm plantations accused of human rights violations and environmental abuses.
The Hungarian government has officially canceled its plan to set up a EUR 400 million private equity fund to purchase farmland in the Central European region, including Slovakia, due to serious political tensions.
A Chinese company is now grabbing land in Mubende district that is owned by imprisoned defenders and that is used by the elderly.
Local farmers want the NAMPheung company to stop leasing at least 180 hectares of land in Ngeun district to Chinese farmers to grow watermelons.
The EU is trying to move soya production from Brazil to eastern Europe where big conglomerates are buying up fertile land in the country, depleting soils, planting illegal GMOs and polluting fresh water sources.
The Indonesian government has stripped back rules protecting the environment to expedite a plan to ramp up food production through a “food estate” programme. A firm run by allies of the Minister of Defence has positioned itself to profit from the programme and is seeking $2 billion in investment.
More than a decade since the surge in large-scale land acquisitions worldwide, many land deals remain in limbo. They nonetheless have far-reaching consequences for those who depend on land as foundational to life.
Beginning with an initial farm development in Senegal, African Agriculture, a United States-based Africa-focused company, has embarked on a journey to deliver protein to the world.
The conflict between the communities of Bolanga and Yambienenne and the palm oil company PHC continues to escalate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
