Some 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) of farmland have been confiscated nationwide during past decades

Investors could find farmland more appealing in the face of wider economic uncertainty.

A total of 281 foreign nationals own 1.4 million hectares of agricultural land in Namibia, some in partnership with Namibians, Minister of Land Reform Utoni Nujoma revealed last week.

Although the local agriculture sector remains attractive to investors, there are ongoing issues with the legislation, which hampers the acquisition of farmland and the sale of crops at the best prices, according to legal experts.

Olam has partnered with Gabon to develop 100,000 hectares of oil-palm plantations in the nation, which has a population of less than 2 million.

Opposition parties criticized the government for not revealing documents related to the expenditure of $11 million on a farm to breed sheep in Saudi Arabia for the interest of a Saudi businessman who owns a sheep farm in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Reverend Father Maurice Kwairanga works with farmers in northeast Nigeria to fight large scale land acquisitions

FrieslandCampina has acquired 51 % of Engro Foods Limited, the second largest dairy producer in Pakistan and owner of a 4,000 cattle dairy farm.

Selon l’Union tunisienne de l’agriculture et de la pêche le nouveau code de l’investissement permettra aux structures financières étrangères non agricoles d’acquérir et d’exploiter des terres agricoles en Tunisie

Romania’s Agriculture Ministry has drafted the law that regulates the purchase of agricultural land by foreigners.

New report for Acord International says land grabs are not a generalised feature of Brazilian, Chinese and Indian investment in African agriculture but some do raise major concerns

This report describes the Addax Bioenergy Project in Makeni, Sierra Leone. It covers the period of July 2014 to June 2015 when Addax was still operational as well as the period of July 2015 to June 2016 when Addax scaled down its operations.

With a large portion of agricultural land rendered unavailable for local farmers over the next 70 years (the average lease period of ELCs), food security of future generations of rural Cambodians has been put at serious risk.

More than 150 companies operating in 18 provinces have been involved in Economic Land Concession-related conflicts since ELCs were established more than 20 years ago, according to an annual report by the NGO Forum on Cambodia. Only 42 of the 158 companies have resolved their conflicts.

The Bank will itself invest US $24 billion and leverage additional investments through equity, quasi equity, debt and risk instruments to catalyze investments at scale from the private sector and with co-financing from traditional donors and new players.

De source roumaine, sur les 10 millions de terres arables, environ un tiers est exploité par des étrangers.

L’atelier national sur la Réforme foncière et l’accès des femmes à la terre, organisé les 28 et 29 juin derniers à Dakar par le CNCR, a été un véritable mur de lamentations pour les nombreux producteurs venus des différentes régions du Sénégal.

Pour la Commission nationale de réforme foncière, il faut immatriculer toutes les terres du domaine national au nom de l'Etat. Pour la société civile, cela conduira à une marchandisation des terres.

Le ministre français de l’agriculture a lancé une enquête et remettra ses conclusions en septembre.

Le nouveau président philippin Rodrigo Duterte souhaite amender certaines lois restreignant les investissements étrangers mais reste hostile à la vente du foncier à des intérêts étrangers.

Pour la FNSEA, le problème est celui de l'installation de jeunes exploitants français, rendue forcément plus compliquée par l'arrivée de richissimes investisseurs et la spéculation qui peut en découler.

“El decreto del Ejecutivo viola la Ley y desconoce las limitaciones para la venta de tierras, permitiendo además a través de argucias contables contempladas en el mismo, la compra de propiedades que posean espejos de agua a inversores extranjeros”

Empresas offshore controlan 1,1 millones de hectáreas de territoio rural argentino

Florencia Gómez, directora del GAJAT y ex Directora Nacional del Registro Nacional de Tierras Rurales, explica el Decreto y, como el mismo, habilita la compra de lagos y espacios de agua por extranjeros y crea dispositivos para eludir la tramitación del certificado de habilitación y así del control estatal.

Un nuevo informe desde el Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina alerta de la necesidad de proteger los ecosistemas mediante el uso eficiente del agua en beneficio de la agricultura de calidad y el uso coherente del suelo.

El Presidente dio marcha atrás con las restricciones para la venta de campos que impuso el kirchnerismo en diciembre de 2011. Es el primer paso hacia una ley sin topes

Está cobrando fuerza el plan Grobocopetel de entregar 3 millones de hectáreas del Vichada para inmensos monocultivos transgénicos de maíz, soya y arroz.

Temer deve apoiar votação de PL que libera a compra de terras por pessoas físicas e jurídicas de outros países. PL da bancada ruralista está pronto para ser votado na Câmara.

Movimentos populares, trabalhadores do campo e economistas, veem com preocupação a aprovação de projeto de lei da bancada ruralista que libera a compra de terras por pessoas físicas e jurídicas de outros países.