About 500 people representing thousands of families from by citizens from Kampong Speu, Koh Kong, Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces affected by the development of sugarcane plantations requested intervention from Hun Sen.

The government will soon propose a bill lifting a ban on foreign investors buying agricultural land in Brazil, on the condition that 10 percent of any purchase is destined to land reform to benefit landless farmers and peasants, said a presidential aide.

Now and into 2017 agribusiness is being promoted as the next big thing, with increasing market activity, resulting in land and asset values accelerating at a greater rate towards a peak as local and international demand increases.

Last year, the Erati district government granted Jacaranda a further 100 hectares, on which it intends to produce not only lemons, but also maize and soya for animal feed.

Strong distrust remains among the indigenous Papuans of Indonesia's Merauke regency about a major "food estate" project.

The Agric Minister-designate of Ghana says the sector under the current administration will pursue foreign investments in a bid to increase production.

The Philippine Embassy’s agricultural counsellor is looking at working on an agreement in the area of food security with the UAE government

Privately-owned Algerian dairy company Tifralait and American International Agriculture Group (AIAG) will set up a joint venture to develop projects over an area of 25,000 hectares covering cereals, potato, fertilizers, dairy and cattle feed.

Concerning JICA’s attempt to suppress Mozambican peasant leaders and CSO representative visiting Japan

There are 196 Saudis investing in the agricultural sector in Sudan and they basically focus on wheat, corn and feed.

The controversy surrounding palm oil cultivation involving agricultural trading company Olam International has intensified over the last two months.

According to a POSCO Daewoo official, Sunday, Korea's largest trading affiliate under POSCO group has secured construction and investment approval from the Myanmar government to build a rice processing complex (RPC) in Twante.