Australia's new threshold on foreign investment in agriculture would be cumulative, so someone with a $14m investment would have to seek approval before trying to purchase an additional $1m property.
The Coalition has increased scrutiny of foreign purchases of rural land, but how much is currently owned overseas and are the concerns valid?
Conflict palm oil: how could something as seemingly innocent as vegetable oil be the cause for so much concern? Mass deforestation, corporate land grabbing, human rights abuses,are just a few of the conflicts surrounding industrial palm oil production.
World of Matter project provides video and photos about large-scale agricultural projects, including the Pinesso Group's operations in Sudan and Karuturi's farms in Ethiopia
À peine deux ans après son installation controversée dans la Réserve spéciale avifaune du Ndiael, le projet agro-industriel Senhuile constitué par le Groupe italien Tampieri et Senethanol bat de l’aile.
"Je tiens à dire et à affirmer que l’investissement de Senhuile repose sur des procédures claires et transparentes," affirme le nouveau directeur général de Senhuile SA, au Sénégal
Defensa de la tierra, verdad incómoda para los grupos de poder. Las y los defensores del derecho a la tierra nunca se han visto tan afectados por la represión como en 2014.
Aliko Dangote a acquis 150 000 hectares à travers cinq états du Nigeria (Edo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara et le Niger State) afin de produire à terme 950 000 tonnes de riz par an
New research reveals grain growers in Western Australia are overwhelmingly supportive of foreign investment.
A'Saffa Foods was established in 2001 and is the largest integrated poultry project in the Sultanate of Oman, covering over a 40 sq km farm area in Thumrit, Southern Oman.
Eisa Al Ghurair, chairman of Al Ghurair Resources, the agricultural commodities arm of Dubai-based Al Ghurair Investment, warned on Monday of investors buying farmland in foreign countries, citing political risk.
Gulf countries have accumulated a lot of bad press, while having no commercial or strategic benefits from overseas farming intiatives, says Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow at Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.