Control of land for crops that sustain the world’s largest food businesses, such as Ferrero and Nestle, is the driving force behind the destruction of land affecting both environment and people worldwide.

Xing Jiang Shian Yon Group Company Limited will invest $500 million in cotton farming in the Northern Region of Ghana to cultivate 20,000-100,000 hectares of cotton.

Australian agricultural funds manager Laguna Bay Pastoral Company, which acts for North American pension funds, has recently bought eight dairy farms in the Smithton area.

Tep Vanny, an award-winning Cambodian land rights defender has been freed after spending two years in prison on charges many viewed as politically motivated.

Le ministre du Commerce du Sénégal a invité l’entreprise Seng-India à assurer l’approvisionnement correcte du marché en pomme de terre afin d’éviter une suspension de la mesure de gel des importations du produit.

About 12,000 hectares of land in four local government areas of the Nigerian state were reportedly taken for the sugar cane plantation project, backed by a Chinese company, which sparked off protests.

O Relatório, que será apresentado pelo assessor sênior da Fian Internacional, Flávio Valente, descreve e analisa os impactos ambientais e sobre os direitos humanos causados pela expansão do agronegócio e pela especulação de terras na região Norte/Nordeste do Brasil, conhecida como Matopiba, que engloba áreas dos estados do Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí e Bahia.

Russia has made 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of arable land available to foreign investors. Far East Investment and Export Agency said that several Chinese companies had already expressed an interest in the deal. But analysts are sceptical about the quality of the plots on offer.

Mejores tierras agrícolas y ganaderas en manos de propietarios extranjeros que imponen modelo agroextractivista que no es sostenible en el tiempo y afecta el medio ambiente.

Aumento del precio de la tierra en Uruguay llevó a empresarios agropecuarios a comprar tierras más baratas en Paraguay.

Una insólita situación se vive por estos días entre estancias ubicadas en cercanías de Tres Lagos, donde un magnate italiano habría ordenado el cierre del paso de servidumbre, impidiendo a otros productores acceder a sus tierras y bloqueando el acceso a un lago.

Serious trade tension between two key players in global agricultural trade, China and US could bring major lose-lose outcomes for both parties and lead to a new wave of land grabs.