The Norrenberger Financial Group has disclosed that it plans to cultivate 1,000 hectares of arable land in Kano State as part of its support towards boosting food production and ensuring food security in the country.
In May this year, a subsidiary of the Italian oil company Eni began producing agri-feedstock with other edible crops, such as sunflower and soy, which could have a negative impact on local food security.
One of the country’s biggest milk producers – backed by the Rich Lister Perich family and China’s New Hope Group – has sold one of its major farms in Victoria’s north for close to $55 million.
The Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC), Anjuman Mazareen Punjab (AMP) and Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (HKP) jointly raised their concerns over the alleged state sponsored push for corporate farming, widespread land grabbing, and the forced eviction of peasants from lands they have cultivated for generations.
Ghana is partnering with Onesta Ghana Ltd to launch the Redgold Oil Palm Plantation Project, which will cover 10,000 hectares
Standard Bank Namibia has invested N$40 million into a large-scale blueberry farming initiative by Namibia Berries, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Loxworth Capital
When Microsoft announced a 10-year carbon removal deal with US forestry credits firm Aurora, some people with a Bristol, UK pension pool were paying close attention.
La Chine a condamné mercredi les mesures envisagées par l'administration américaine pour interdire aux investisseurs chinois d'acquérir des terres agricoles américaines, dénonçant une pratique «discriminatoire».
Washington compte «prendre rapidement des mesures législatives et exécutives pour interdire l'acquisition de terres agricoles américaines aux ressortissants chinois et à d'autres adversaires étrangers», a affirmé la ministre de l'Agriculture Brooke Rollins
The US Department of Agriculture will work with state lawmakers to end farmland purchases "by nationals for countries of concern or other foreign adversaries".
Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has announced that Indonesia will co-manage 20 thousand hectares of land with Palestine to grow rice and horticultural crops, and send the majority of the produce to the Middle Eastern nation.
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation owns more than 540,000 acres of land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, making it the single largest owner of foreign agricultural land in the US state.