Craigmore highlighted resilient demand for investing in dairy, as it revealed it had raised $51m for its second New Zealand farmland fund, 14 months after closing its first.

Chinese businessman Lu Xianfeng said he wants to increase production, to meet a booming Chinese demand.

Dongfang Modern said in a statement that it was buying 5,270 hectares of land via two deals in the province of Jiangxi for $76 million. The company will own more than 8,000 hectares after the deals are completed.

The EBRD is providing a loan of up to US$85 million to Ukrainian agribusiness producer PJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct to support the integration of farms from the former Swedish-owned company Agrokultura.

Farmers and activists in Cameroon say a jail sentence handed down on an environmentalist who exposed land-grabbing by a multinational agro-industrial company, sends a dangerous signal to communities trying to protect their lands.

About 1 million hectares of lands in Sierra Leone are presently in the hands of multinational companies, says Green Scenery.

“Grabbed by multinationals? Who is grabbing? Well, I just don’t think that’s true. Some of these civil society organisations should be questioned on how they analyse issues," says Malawi's President to BBC.

Parallel to the climate conference in Paris, social movements and allies within the ‘Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles’ discuss climate justice and real solutions to the climate crisis.

Laos says it will expand agricultural plantation areas and set up plantation regions to boost exports to China.

This is the question addressed by researchers and activists at a recent IDRC Workshop on Large-scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs) and Accountability in Africa, in Dakar, Senegal on 24-25 November 2015.

US real estate company Property Connections of Bay City says it has sold over $100 million worth of farmland in Texas in the last two years to Chinese buyers.

The Namibian government has received proposals from multinational agribusiness to develop large-scale agricultural irrigation projects but only a few of have materialised or have been operationalised.

Two Singaporean agriculture and property group, HLH and Select Group has acquired a 30 per cent interest in two plots of lands in Cambodia through its subsidiary.

To mark the International Human Rights Day today, peasant and indigenous groups are filing cases to seek justice for victims of human rights violations related to land conflicts.

Oil palm plantations have sprung up at breakneck speed across Indonesia’s ravaged hinterlands, eating away at the forests and propelling this country of 250 million to become the world’s sixth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

DekelOil Public Limited, operator and 51% owner of the vertically integrated Ayenouan palm oil project in Côte d'Ivoire, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a contract to develop 10,000 hectares of brownfield land in West Ghana.

A new controversy has erupted at the multi-million American investor farm at the Yala swamp in Kadenge, Siaya county over establishment of a sugar mill and cultivation of cane in the area.

L'agro-colonialisme et impacts sociaux et environnementaux : alimentation et climat, avec comme invités Ange David Baimey de l’ONG GRAIN et Mamy Rakotondrainibe du Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches-TANY

"Nous avons dû emmener nos biens et notre nourriture en portant tout sur nos têtes"

En entrevista con Julio Sánchez Cristo, el senador del Polo Democrático Alternativo, Jorge Enrique Robledo explica los alcances del proyecto de concesión para la apropiación de terrenos baldíos.

Intervención del senador Jorge Enrique Robledo presentando ponencia negativa al proyecto de ley UrrutiaZidres en la plenaria del Senado el 15 de diciembre de 2015.

Está listo el informe para segundo y definitivo debate del proyecto de Ley de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales.

Alberto Castilla, senador del Polo Democrático Alternativo, denuncia grave caso de acumulación irregular de baldíos en Puerto Gaitán, Meta por parte de la petrolera Pacific Rubiales.

Esta iniciativa busca entregar bienes baldíos a grandes empresarios y permitir acumulaciones por encima de la Unidad Agrícola Familiar (UAF) en las denominadas Zonas de Interés de Desarrollo Rural y Económico (ZIDRE)

En taller nacional, situación de campesinos de Huaral, Moquegua y Ayacucho fueron ejemplo de acaparamiento y explotación en Perú