Under an obscure 50,000 ha land deal with Macdom and Rating Investments, 250,000 communal farmers stand to lose or have already lost their lands and livelihoods.

The World Bank formally reiterates its concern over the large-scale corporate “land grabbing” that has affected vast swathes of Africa in recent years.

Ram Karuturi mulls taking his rose-to-maize company private as its stock shows no signs of bouncing back.

China's ambassador says New Zealand has "over thought" his country's interest in acquiring land here, claiming other major farm purchases are unlikely.

People who feel wronged by large scale land deals in Africa are taking a variety of steps to seek justice, according to new research that examines the accountability of public authorities that preside over such deals.

It covers about 700,000 hectares in Mozambique, and is based on a project that Japan implemented in Brazil in the 1970s, which revolutionised agricultural production in an area now regarded as the most productive in Brazil.

Programa agrícola de investimentos entre Brasil, Japão e Moçambique para desenvolver a agricultura numa área de aproximadamente 14,5 milhões de hectares no país africano, o ProSavana está gerando polêmica.

A group representing Wisconsin farmers said its lobbying agenda this spring will include opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate limits on foreign land ownership.

Joint investment company will harness Sudan's resources in agriculture and livestock in line with the foreign economic policy of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.

Farms were bought from govt for 1.1b birr ($59.4m), General Manager of Horizon Plantations Ethiopia Jemal Ahmed tells reporters in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

Press TV interviews Justine Mutale of the IF Campaign; Nnimmo Bassey, former executive director of Environmental Rights Action; and Ben Oguntala, founder of Developedafrica.com.

Dans les allées du Forum social mondial, Clara Jamart d'Oxfam France a rencontré Ibrahima Coulibaly, président de la Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes du Mali, et Diery Gaye, paysan, membre du Conseil d’administration du Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux du Sénégal.

The 612 Indians on the list of those who have invested in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands include two MPs, a former royal, top industrialists and the CEO of Karuturi Global.

Hassad Food Co, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, has bought a majority stake in an Indian basmati rice company for more than $100m, it was reported on Wednesday.

The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act was first passed in 1980 by Congress to limit foreign control over US farmland. Obama now wants things changed.