A Korean conglomerate paid $22 million to an “expert” to help it get land in Papua for oil palm plantations, at the heart of the largest rainforest left in Asia.

A court in Indonesia has sentenced two indigenous farmers to eight and 10 months in prison for harvesting palm fruit from land whose ownership is contested by the community and a palm oil firm, PT Hamparan Masawit Bangun Persada. The ruling appeared to ignore evidence showing that the villagers are the rightful owners of the land

Farmers to receive preferential terms for farmland acquisition after the land market is introduced and local governments will be granted authority to manage the lands of local communities outside the settlements.

Study finds that, compared with similar areas that have not seen private investment, areas with large-scale land acquisitions had higher forest loss in 52% of cases.

Une refonte de la politique foncière en France est indispensable et urgente pour stopper les accaparements fonciers en France et ailleurs, et tendre vers la souveraineté alimentaire

Investment opportunities in the agroindustrial business in Kazakhstan were one of the key topics during a recent webinar for investors from Kuwait hosted by Kazakh Invest

Kiryandongo Sugar limited, a multinational agribusiness company, which has been dispossessing thousands since 2017 in Kiryandongo district, is grabbing another piece of land in the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.

London-based Stafford Capital Partners has raised €12m from three European pension funds towards its soon-to-be-launched follow-up to its Australian farmland fund.

Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company has launched a venture capital programme to invest in food and farming firm

La Safer, le « gendarme du foncier agricole » en France, tire une nouvelle fois la sonnette d’alarme contre l’accaparement des terres.

Beston Global Food Company has sold its four dairy farms in South Australia to PSP Investment and Warakirri Asset Management-backed Aurora Dairies in a US$27.8 million cash deal

Este número de Nyéléni es la primera parte de dos ediciones (junio y septiembre) dedicadas al tema de la tierra. Este número examina los problemas de la actual carrera por la tierra de los actores financieros y empresariales, desde locales a globales. Estudia las oportunidades actuales y cartografía las estrategias y soluciones para promover el cambio.