Under the new investment, the foundation will support the country's irrigation project on over 380 square miles of farmland to benefit thousands of local farmers.
Philippines company is looking at business prospects related to a 300,000-hectare area for rice planting for export to the Philippines.
2015 is set to be a pivotal year for the global recognition of land and resource rights if momentum in protecting the world's forests and their communities can be kept up
International funds want to invest in New Zealand farming as part of the global trend to secure food production for emerging Asian economies
KPMG says food and farming is one of the "hot sectors" for Chinese overseas investment in 2015.
The rush of foreign investment into Pakistan’s agricultural sector being facilitated through Corporate Farming Ordinance will increase landlessness, food insecurity, water scarcity and agroecological degradation.
Dutch Pension fund PGGM has committed between €50m and €100m to a Cargill owned private equity fund that invests in farmland and crop production.
Jokplenu, an old community in the Volta Region of Ghana, owns lands on which Brazil Agro Business Group has taken over for a large scale rice farm.
A year after prohibiting foreigners from purchasing lands, Georgian officials have now announced that rights to own agricultural lands might return to foreigners under certain conditions.
ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe says there will also be compulsory declaration of land holdings by the propertied class
Changes and sudden loss of lands for indigenous people have far-reaching implications besides livelihood, income, and food. Despite pressure on indigenous communities, people are finding ways to defend their rights.
Americans were the biggest buyers of New Zealand land in the past five years, although buyers from China topped the list in 2014.
