As part of the initiative, development bank BNDES could set up a fund to attract foreign capital, and Japan, South Korea, China and Saudi Arabia have shown interest backing investments of this type.

One of the world’s largest palm oil producers, First Resources, appears to have secretly controlled a network of companies that have been clearing rainforests in Indonesia for more than a decade, an investigation by The Gecko Project has found.

Impact Ag Partners recently joined SLM Partners to launch the SLM Agri Carbon Fund – a new investment vehicle to back regenerative agriculture and carbon storage in Australia.

Zimbabwe's President says he brought his Minister of Agriculture to Riyadh to follow-up on discussions held recently in Harare about signing an MOU for the production of grain for export to Saudi Arabia.

The Minister of Water Resources has appealed to state governments and communities to provide land for a Presidential directive to cultivate 500,000 ha of irrigable agriculture across Nigeria's twelve River Basins.

“We have aggressive ambition, not only to grow the business but also to expand it. The key partner we want to bring in is Malaysia," says the CEO of PHC Monique Gieskes.

The Stop Harvard Land Grabs Coalition reiterated calls for the University to provide reparations to residents impacted by former holdings in Brazilian farmlands at an annual hybrid panel on Wednesday.

The increased need for cropland would result in “a race for prime spots”, especially in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa

Chairman of Agriculture and Food Security Committee in Parliament, Hon Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, informed colleague parliamentarians that Socfin’s contract had elapsed, but still tilled the land at the expense of the state and local community.

A six-month investigation by Gideon Sarpong, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Audrey Travère has uncovered the extent to which the relentless exploitation of rubber and palm oil resources by Socfin is fueling deforestation and displacement of indigenous populations in Nigeria and Ghana.

Human rights organizations and parliamentarians from West African countries and Zambia in East Africa have expressed interest in Sierra Leone’s new land laws and efforts to resist and negotiate better terms with international companies.

Charles Eghobamien, CEO of Sunora Foods, says his company will commit about US$100 million to develop a 15,000 hectare oil palm plantation as well as, crop processing and water bottling facilities in Edo State, Nigeria