The combined force of the US based Oakland Institute's research and advocacy on African land deals and local, democratic activism in South Sudan has effectively stalled plans for the largest land deal in the area.

Last week, Uganda received a 35 man business delegation from India interested in the country’s agribusiness potential and boosting its exploits. Mr Ramakrishna Karuturi, the leader of the delegation, said the team intends to invest up to $2 billion in agribusiness pending the issue of investment licences.

A organização moçambicana Justiça Ambiental considerou "preocupante e perigoso" que o governo atribua "de uma só vez" 60 mil quilómetros quadrados de terra aos agricultores brasileiros, alertando para o perigo de violação dos direitos da população camponesa.

Fear of unrest and hunger for profit are sparking massive acquisitions of farmland.

A US firm, Dominion Farms, has acquired 30,000 hectares of swampy land in Gassol Local Government of Taraba State in Nigeria for commercial rice farming.

Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc. qui contrôle plus de 100 000 hectares de terres agricoles ouest-africaines sous-utilisées, a finalisé un placement stratégique d’un million de dollars US de AIM Investments PLC grâce à un placement privé

"AIMI's investment in Farm Lands of Guinea Inc. gives the company and its shareholders exposure to the exciting growth prospects presented by this large-scale agricultural opportunity in West Africa," said Mark Pajak, Acting Chairman of AIM Investments.

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Le gouvernement du Mozambique est en train de concéder l'usage de six millions d'hectares de terres, soit l'équivalent des deux tiers de la superficie du Portugal, afin que de grands exploitants agricoles brésiliens cultivent du soja, du coton et du maïs dans le nord de ce pays africain.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has led a Kenya-based American investor to inspect about 30,000 hectares of marshy land in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State for possible commercial rice cultivation

The President informed them of 3 available modules of investment that they could take advantage of including processing without getting involved in physical production where an investor buys products from farmers, processes them or engage in core plantation and process the produce into finished items or contracting out-growers so that they as a community of producers can benefit.

Oito anos após se instalar em Mato Grosso, o grupo argentino El Tejar se transformou no maior produtor de soja em terras brasileiras.

Desde la época de la colonia, los campos argentinos fueron objeto de deseo. De los españoles primero, de los ingleses después y finalmente de los estadounidenses.

The traditional asset play on agriculture by Wall Street -- farmland -- has pushed to dizzying heights.

Agricultural analyst at Citi Investment Research, Tim Mitchell, recently calculated that "rural raiders" from overseas had spent "well in excess of $12 billion" over the past four years on Australian agribusinesses and farms.