In the largest agriculture-tech funding round in history, vertical farming startup Plenty attracted $200 million. Plenty will use the investment to build more farms around the world.

Even before Lu Xianfeng completed the $280 million purchase of Australia's largest dairy farm in April 2016, the Chinese billionaire was looking to sell. In a messy proposal, Mr Lu planned to offload his holding in the historic VDL to a Chinese listed vehicle he controlled.

A militant lawmaker from Davao City, Philippines is seeking an end to all agribusiness venture agreements or AVAs which he said is used to legitimize land grabbing among farmers.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is home to the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region, and one of the biggest land grabs in modern history. Between 2014 and 2016, Global Witness traced a supply chain spanning some 9,000 miles from the PNG’s forests to retail shelves in the U.S.

プロサバンナ（ProSAVANA）事業の対象地域の住民並びに市民社会組織から、本年4月27日にJICA環境社会配慮ガイドラインに基づく異議申立が提出され（JICAの受理通知は5月1日）、JICAによる申立書の翻訳（ポルトガル語から日本語）を経て、5月17日から7月3日まで予備審査が行われ、本審査に進むこととなったとの連絡を受けました。

15.000 membres du Mouvement des paysans sans-terres (MST) ont occupé des propriétés ces derniers jours en dénoncant les liens entre la spéculation foncière, l’accaparement des terres et la corruption. Entretien avec Hélène Chauveau.

Farm activists alleged that agriculture land is being forcefully acquired in Maharashtra for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and said they will launch an indefinite fast from tomorrow to demand redressal of their grievances.

本年4月27日、事業対象地住民11名（小農男女）が、日本のODAによる「プロサバンナ事業（ナカラ回廊農業開発マスタープラン策定支援プロジェクトProSAVANA-PD）」に対する異議申立を行いました（JICA受付5月16日）。

Sierra Leone calls for urgent land audit. In the last five years, 30% of the arable land has gone to large-scale investors.

Agribusiness represents a substantial opportunity as well as a priority or even a problem for investors in Asia

Le Sénégal comptait sur des investisseurs étrangers pour augmenter sa production de riz mais certains d'entre eux sont contestés, avec le soupçon d’accaparement des terres, avant même d’avoir démarré leur production.

L'Ethiopie vient d’allouer 3.000 hectares de terres aux investisseurs dans la floriculture afin de diversifier son économie.