The people of Iowa — not to mention the refugees of Katumba, Tanzania — deserve an honest explanation for Iowa State University’s part in the AgriSol deal, and not just shameless denials.

Its joint venture with Singapore's Wilmar will invest 100 billion naira in Nigeria over the next 5-7 years to develop oil palm plantations that will feed the refinery.

Issue number 4/2011 of 'New Routes' by Life & Peace Institute (Uppsala)

South Sudan hopes to attract investors from Gulf Arab states, Israel, China and fellow African countries to boost production of basic food items, a government official said on Thursday.

“End Landgrabbing! was declared by the participants of the “South Asian Caravan on Climate, Gender, and Food Sovereignty 2011” that went from North to South Bangladesh.

Saudi Arabia, seeking foreign farmland to boost its food security, has bought 12,000 hectares of Argentine farmland just as the South American country is attempting to limit foreign farm ownership.

Joining the neo-colonial bandwagon, Indian companies are taking over agricultural land in African nations and exporting produced food at the cost of locals

Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company said Wednesday it is buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte S.A. for $83 million to secure access to a supply of animal feed.

Ukraine’s parliament extended a ban on the sale of farmland for a year to January 2013, saying that more time was needed to prepare the market for such sales.

Domestic and foreign investors are expected to grow sugar cane and other cash crops on a large-scale in the south of Ethiopia, an area known for its numerous indigenous tribes.

Interview with Frederic Mousseau, policy director at the Oakland Institute in California.

With the merger, Alpcot Agro now controls well over 250,000 hectares of farmland in Russia and the Ukraine.