Pensionskassernes Administration, a Denmark-based fund that manages about $25 billion, plans to invest $370 million in farmland globally, said Jens Henrik Staugaard Johansen, a portfolio manager.

Film traces the story of the current mad race for control of farmlands, and the consequences it could have if nothing is done to protect the interests of small farmers and developing countries.

Vital Capital Investments LP, the private-equity firm that invests in housing and agriculture businesses in Africa, said it raised more than $250 million for its first fund.

The 4th annual Agriculture Investment Summit is the leading conference where end investors come together to debate investing in agriculture as an asset class.

Global AgInvesting 2011 will bring together leading global ag-sector end-investors, ag-managers, academics, policy experts and agribusiness industry executives to explore the opportunities and challenges of investing in agriculture.

Videos from the International Conference on Global Land Grabbing, Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, 6 - 8 April 2011

Company's chief operating officer expected to return next month to look at agriculture investments.

Other countries believe their agricultural expertise can kickstart an agrarian revolution across the African continent

Hunting grounds and forests will be handed over for nothing unless development promises are translated into compensation that provides remedies for the economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts of the MIFEE project on local people, according to Sawit Watch in Indonesia

Southeast Asian palm oil firms like Malaysia's Sime Darby and Singapore's Golden Agri Resources are backpacking to Africa, in what could be the planet’s next trend-setter in inter-continental resource trade.

Rural MPs, especially those from NSW and Queensland, have been fielding increasing complaints from constituents in recent months about the level of foreign ownership of Australian farms and agricultural businesses.

"It's criminal that available land that can be properly irrigated and cultivated in a modern sense, where new techniques are tried and taught to local farmers, is not yet put into production," says Bob Geldof.