A new cross-border investigation found that subsidiaries controlled by the Al Nahyans collected over €71 million (£61 million) in just six years for farmland it controls in Romania, Italy and Spain.

The entire portfolio, including 18,250 megalitres of water entitlements, would be of interest to pension and sovereign wealth funds from Europe, the Middle East or North America, said sources with knowledge of the sale who were not authorised to speak publicly.

Overseas farmland investment surged by 34 per cent last year, with 46 deals worth $2.5bn approved in just three months.

Katushabe Charles is one of hundreds facing uncertainty after Masindi-based businessman Ahamed Ssewagudde surfaced claiming ownership of their land, on which they have lived for decades.

Israel is expanding its control over territory in southern Syria, not merely through military means, but also through the purchase of agricultural lands by individuals of Jewish descent holding multiple nationalities, Al-Akhbar reported.

The Haryana state government, India has signed MoU for 100,000 acres of farm land in Tanzania. The MoU said to enable Indian farmers and entrepreneurs to pursue agricultural ventures in the East African country.

This acquisition of 58 acres of agricultural land in Chom Bueng District represents Plantations International's fifth mango plantation within Thailand

US Senator Cory Booker is working to end the Wall Street buy-up of farmland across the nation by reintroducing the Farmland for Farmers Act, legislation that would limit corporate ownership of farmland in the United States.

Signed between 2018 and 2021 by community representatives from five participating Bousra villages and the companies, the 26 agreements address four land-related issues within the concession areas and were kept confidential until now.

Russian authorities are considering a proposal to provide land plots for livestock projects involving Uzbek investors, through which agricultural products produced in the Irkutsk region could be supplied to local Russian markets as well as exported to Uzbekistan

Supreme Court’s vote confirms that caps on farmland ownership apply not only to companies registered abroad, but also to Brazilian companies whose controlling shareholders are foreign.

Baladna, Qatar’s largest farming company, signed an agreement with Algerian officials for phase two of the project which involves investment of about $635 million in cattle breeding and farmland for the production of powdered milk in the southwestern Algerian Adrar province.