The New Zealand Minister for Building and Construction and the Minister of Finance rejected Natural Dairy Holdings’ application to acquire Crafar Farms, the largest private family farm in New Zealand
Public forum in Canada with farm leaders from the Global South
The future of Sudan's small farmers looks uncertain
Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gobbling up large expanses of arable land.
Bangladeshi authorities have started exploring new options to ensure the country's food security such as taking lease of vast areas of fallow agricultural land in the neighbouring Myanmar and in some African states.
South African farmers moving to neighbouring African states are not putting SA’s food security under threat, says Willie du Plessis, a director of agricultural banking at Standard Bank.
Political uncertainty and fear of conflict will deter several Gulf firms from investing in southern Sudan as it prepares for a referendum next month that will likely lead to the creation of the world's newest nation.
Not since Belgium's King Leopold turned the Congo into his personal market-garden has so much land been allocated to offshore nations.
News of the deal has aroused very vehement protest from the Sudanese Farmer’s Union and the tenants in the Gezira Scheme.
It may appear contradictory for the Japanese government to support aggressive investment in overseas land while seeking ways to restrict purchases by foreign interests at home.
The shift of power in Australia’s Federal Parliament, which is now largely in the hands of a few independents representing rural and regional constituencies, combined with the increasingly vocal calls for scrutiny of foreign investment has sent signals of a more protectionist stance for Australian agriculture.
In Kilombero District, Tanzania large swathes of land are being earmarked for large-scale rice production.
