Farmers along Colorado's Grand Valley are concerned a New York City-based hedge fund is buying farmland to speculate on water.

Such huge transfers of agricultural power must surely come with consequences that are worthy of closer regulatory inspection.

The Federal Minister of Investment in Pakistan, Waqar Ahmed Khan, said this week that the government plans to sell or lease 1 million acres of farmland to foreign investors, primarily from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. Although the news has yet to gain much coverage, if carried out it could punctuate growing unrest and frustration, given Pakistan’s limited amount of arable land and population of more than 170 million.

Brazil shocked foreign investors when President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he was concerned about Brazilian land falling into foreign hands.

Disputes over land tenure threaten social harmony in a number of ASEAN countries

Sugar may seem innocuous enough, but sweet-toothed Western consumers could be fuelling conflict between poor farming communities and big business with every spoonful. Sam Campbell reports from Phnom Penh

Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré own plantations accused of land appropriation and labor abuses. Their company says it has taken steps to improve matters, but a trip to West Africa shows sexual coercion claims remain widespread.

UkrLandFarming has been facing hard times due to complicated situation around its owner Oleh Bakhmatyuk, a Ukrainian businessman who is active in several businesses including agriculture, mass media, and finance.

Are foreign investors really snatching up as much of Africa as they can? It’s not that simple, Foreign Policy reports.

Steep growth in Chinese olive oil consumption, unlikely to be met soon by a budding domestic supply, is encouraging investors to get hold of olive farms and processing plants in producing countries.

In debate over large scale investments in agriculture in Australia, there are some broader issues about foreign investment that don’t seem to get talked about enough.

Subsidiaries of prominent South Korea’s conglomerates including POSCO and Samsung, plus South Korean-owned Indonesian conglomerate Korindo Group, have been cutting down primary forest to make way for oil palm plantations.

Local and international NGOs condemn Feb 27 killing of a farmer and land rights defender in Jambi, Indonesia.

In 2011, three village communities in eastern-central Côte d’Ivoire learned that a Belgian corporation called SIAT was about to move onto their land without their consent.

Chinese company's takeover of Australian farmland and firms draws mixed reaction from Australia ministers.

本年4月27日、事業対象地住民11名（小農男女）が、日本のODAによる「プロサバンナ事業（ナカラ回廊農業開発マスタープラン策定支援プロジェクトProSAVANA-PD）」に対する異議申立を行いました（JICA受付5月16日）。

Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective? Not really, says GRAIN.

Banks, retirement funds, retail investors, boutique asset managers, and even some nonprofits and universities are doubling down on farmland investments, making it increasingly difficult for farmers of color to access land.

We can no longer afford to pour billions in public money into projects that exacerbate debt, inequalities, poverty and climate change

How do major oil palm companies manage to get their palm oil sold as a “green”, “sustainable” and “climate-friendly” product when it is none of that?

Global demand for arable land is rising, making Africa a key target for large-scale acquisitions to tackle food and energy challenges.

Ethiopia's Mursi tribe says they were imprisoned and tortured to protect Chinese sugar plantations.

MCC is playing a key role in commodifying Africa’s farmlands

Worldwide, farmland is a hot investment area, but it’s also controversial, opaque, illiquid and sometimes relies on local operation that presents a risk of fraud.

In Mbome Ngwandang, Cameroon, a decade-long struggle unfolds as a rural community fight to reclaim their ancestral land from agro-industrial grip.

“I’m there to make money,” Heilberg says. This time with carbon credits.

Uganda's Non-Governmental Organization Bureau has suspended 54 organizations for alleged 'non-compliance', including Witness-Radio, which has been defending several communities whose lands have been grabbed by foreign agribusinesses.

With fires on their Cerrado properties, Harvard’s and TIAA’s deforestation exposure appears to be growing.

Unless these organizations are firmly held accountable to international human rights standards, they will not only fail to push their industries towards more responsible behavior, but they will become little more than window dressing for corporate misconduct.

Foreign companies from Korea, Qatar, US, UK and China are "secretly" buying up large chunks of NSW farmland by establishing shelf companies, trust funds, and extended settlements to avoid scrutiny.