Bidco Africa supported the highly controversial purchase of land in Kampala, Uganda, a UN probe has found. The finding draws the Kenyan-owned edible oils manufacturer to the centre of eviction claims by peasant farmers who are fighting the firm in court.

For several years in the Omo Valley numerous companies have operated to carry out various mega agro-industrial projects. New report examines how all these activities are undermining the Valley communities’ access to land and the role of Italian cooperation.

A project for the planting, processing and marketing of sugarcane, involving a 20,000 ha plantation, will be implemented in the northern Bengo province, in a partnership between Angolans and Chinese

Alif Oil Trading Co. is looking for 128,000 hectares of land in Agusan del Sur to establish oil palm plantations

The case is significant as it could change the way community displacement in the wake of large-scale land deals is tested and prosecuted

Langkat Nusantara Kepong, a Malaysian plantation company, unleashes brutal attack on peasants in Mekar Jaya Village in Indonesia to appropriate nearly 554 hecatres of land

Embattled Ugandan farmers fighting threats and land grabbing by Bidco have praised a draft report by UN investigators that calls into question the company’s business practices.

The notorious reluctance of Australian superannuation funds to invest in agriculture because of perceptions it is too risky, volatile and low-return may be slowly changing, according to key farm and food industry players.

The B.C. government will consider proposals to impose higher property taxes on investors who buy agricultural land then reap huge tax benefits intended for farmers, not wealthy speculators.

A new report launched today takes the most comprehensive look to date at how corruption is fuelling the global land grabbing crisis, which has seen millions of people displaced from their homes and farmland.

China’s most prominent aid projects in Africa, “agricultural technology demonstration centers,” giving Chinese companies a foothold in new markets. There are now 23 of these centers across Africa.

Big plantations don't provide as many jobs as smaller-scale agriculture, and can have a harmful impact on local people - who, therefore, need to be consulted about plans to change land use.