Conflict palm oil: how could something as seemingly innocent as vegetable oil be the cause for so much concern? Mass deforestation, corporate land grabbing, human rights abuses,are just a few of the conflicts surrounding industrial palm oil production.
World of Matter project provides video and photos about large-scale agricultural projects, including the Pinesso Group's operations in Sudan and Karuturi's farms in Ethiopia
New research reveals grain growers in Western Australia are overwhelmingly supportive of foreign investment.
A'Saffa Foods was established in 2001 and is the largest integrated poultry project in the Sultanate of Oman, covering over a 40 sq km farm area in Thumrit, Southern Oman.
Eisa Al Ghurair, chairman of Al Ghurair Resources, the agricultural commodities arm of Dubai-based Al Ghurair Investment, warned on Monday of investors buying farmland in foreign countries, citing political risk.
Gulf countries have accumulated a lot of bad press, while having no commercial or strategic benefits from overseas farming intiatives, says Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow at Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.
Myanmar may go back to being one of the world's major rice exporters in five to 10 years, as many Thai and foreign investors are looking to expand in rice mills and farms in the country.
Thousands of Polish family farmers from the Solidarity trade union protest new law that will allow land grabs by Western companies
According to the office of German parliament member, the conflict in Ukraine is used to cover up a sale of farmlands in the interest of major corporations.
Billionaire Englishman Stephen Diggle wants to put his wealth in land assets around the world and has bought New Zealand’s largest avocado orchard.
A new type of property deal is entering the agribusiness space as investor interest in the sector grows, according to property group Colliers International.
