All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPF) has protested the government's preparation in bringing in unchecked foreign investment in agriculture.

Sumitomo Corp. agreed to buy Dublin-based Fyffes Plc for €751 million ($798 million) in cash, expanding the company’s reach in the global fruit market and sending the Irish producer’s shares soaring.

A recent report by nine charities including RIAO-RDC, a Congolese NGO, and the western charities Grain and War on Want, levels a string of criticisms against Feronia Inc, including allegations of land grabs, low pay and exploitation.

Large-scale agricultural projects are driving people off their land in Tanzania. An example is the case of the Maasai of Mabwegere, who are being dealt with harshly.

Shanghai Maling's acquisition of a 50-percent interest in Silver Fern Farms, the largest livestock processing and marketing entity in New Zealand, includes 1,769 hectares of "sensitive land".

After six years and an investment of over $1.3B, the Santa Fe mega farm in Region 9, owned by Barbadian business mogul Sir Kyffin Simpson, is waiting on government’s go ahead for an additional 20,000 acres of land for cattle rearing.

The Executive Director of the Kuwait-based company, Africa Relief Organisation, financiers of the project, said his organisation has released 3bn/- to finance cultivation of 300 acres of rice this season alone at the new Rufiji irrigation belt.

If left unchecked, there is a danger that land grabbing and land concentration, will block the entry into farming of young and aspiring farmers, while leading to the further exit of Europe’s small farmers.

Ocho años después de la publicación del primer informe sobre acaparamiento de tierras, GRAIN publica un nuevo conjunto de datos que documentan cerca de 500 casos de acaparamiento de tierras.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday raised alarm over what it called, “the spate of land grabbing by foreign companies in guise of investing in the country’s economy.

Cooperation Memorandum signed between JSC National Export and Investments Agency KAZNEX INVEST of the Ministry for Investments and Development and the Asia-Pacific Food Fund (APOFCO)

The world’s most popular food companies are selling food containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions, says Amnesty International.