Increasing investor demand for agricultural land and the funneling of big money into farms is raising questions about whether small, family-sized operations can survive.

If what is going on in Gambella was happening in New Delhi, India; in Oxford, England; in Bismarck, North Dakota; in Saskatoon, Canada; this would be unthinkable.

Private equity and fund managers name South America a top place to buy, lease and manage agricultural lands for profit.

Entebbe Declaration on Large Foreign Land Aquisitions

Bankers and fund managers are scrambling to build up rural expertise in response to rocketing investor demand to buy entire farms as an inflation hedge.

Presentations from the Briefing on “Land access, land acquisitions and rural development: New challenges, new opportunities".

Water scarcity will generate big returns once climate change and population growth take their toll on farming.

Optima Fund Management is picking up new U.S. farm properties at a brisk pace as it prepares to take public its farmland real estate investment trust.

Foreign investors are gaining ground despite restrictions, participating as minority players in various investment vehicles.

In what would be an extraordinary migration, the Georgian government has invited South Africa's farmers to buy up land in the country for next to nothing in exchange for bringing their expertise and knowledge of modern farming methods.

Farmers say land deal will nullify their long-standing efforts for land distribution.

Investors eyeing agriculture in global markets are increasingly merging their pursuit of profits with a philanthropic zeal.