Farmland and timberland are now separate asset classes, the UK's Pension Protection Fund has asserted in its revised investment principles.

Investment and pension funds are buying up Brazilian farmland and steadily pushing up the prices of Brazil's productive tropical farmland.

In large-scale land acquisitions, local communities are often insufficiently compensated, under-consulted, and left with their livelihoods threatened.

Des jeunes activistes ont pris hier d’assaut le «King Fahd Palace» pour dénoncer l’accaparement des terres à l’ occasion de l’ouverture de « l’agribusiness forum 2012 ».

«Sime Darby s'est replié sur Rotterdam. Le projet d'une usine de transformation d'huile de palme a été abandonné sur Port-la-Nouvelle», annonce Henry Garino, le conseiller régional carcassonnais.

These documents from 2012 include the "Triangular Work Plan" and reports for the "Agricultural Development Master Plan"

The National Family Farm Coalition is excited to announce the launch of its new Land Monitor site, an online hub for documenting on-the-ground stories of farmland grabs in the US.

Le collectif NOPALME vient d’apprendre l’abandon du projet de raffinerie d’huile de palme sur Port la Nouvelle.

The proportion of PPF's £12bn portfolio of assets allocated to farm and timberland will vary over time and depend on the opportunities available now and in the future.

Includes presentations on large-scale farmland investment in Sudan by public and private sector representatives.

« On a commencé à octroyer un millier d’hectares à des Chinois au prétexte d’une expérimentation de semences et de machines, indique Faliry Boly. Mille hectares pour des semences, on trouvait cela farfelu. »

L’agrobusiness ne vise pas à s’accaparer des terres, contrairement à ce que beaucoup d’organisations paysannes font croire, a indiqué Abdoulaye Baldé, ministre sénégalais de l’Agriculture

Phatisa’s small-cap vehicle, the African Agriculture Fund (AAF) small and medium sized enterprise (SME) fund has sealed its first investment, backing Cameroon-based West End Farms.

Emmission de Radio France Internationale avec Mathieu Boche, Antoine Bouhey, Ibrahima Coulibaly et Zakaria Sambakhé

Blackstone Group LP and China agribusiness company New Hope Group are through to the final round of bidding for Australia's largest poultry producer Inghams Enterprises, a deal that could be worth as much as A$1.4 billion