George Schoneveld of CIFOR provides 7 reasons why large-scale farmland investments fail to contribute to sustainable development

Brazil's plan to allow foreigners to buy large tracts of farmland to spur growth in South America's biggest country is being closely monitored by foreign investors, such as pension funds looking for stable, long-term returns, experts say.

TIAA-CREF new report shows further expand of TIAA’s management presence in the global farmland market. Despite raised concerned of TIAA investment in regions such as Brazil contribute to land conflicts, lead to the displacement of local people. TIAA has been investing in farmland since 2007.

Shanghai Maling's acquisition of a 50-percent interest in Silver Fern Farms, the largest livestock processing and marketing entity in New Zealand, includes 1,769 hectares of "sensitive land".

If left unchecked, there is a danger that land grabbing and land concentration, will block the entry into farming of young and aspiring farmers, while leading to the further exit of Europe’s small farmers.

Across the globe, governments and investors from wealthy nations are buying up foreign farmland to support domestic food security.

Friends of the Earth and As You Sow are circulating a letter to TIAA clients calling on the firm to disclose information about all of its investments in companies with farmland and palm oil operations, and to commit to a deforestation- and land grab-free investment policy.

Is land-grabbing over, in Mozambique and across Africa and the rest of the developing world? Now that crop and food prices have returned to their usual punishingly low levels, is the pressure off from foreign buyers looking to acquire large tracts of agricultural lands?

Montreal-based Fiera Capital Corp. is taking the next step in its aggressive expansion plans that include adding agriculture and private equity to its current asset class offerings.

The portfolio, once considered a crown jewel in the endowment, is vast with assets including timberland plantations in Central and South America, a dairy farm in New Zealand, and vineyards in California.

A complaint lodged earlier this year about alleged abuses by a palm oil company in Indonesian Papua has raised questions over the credibility of the industry’s largest certification scheme in investigating member violations.

Mozambique’s rural communities remain on high alert, even as they successfully repel many of the largest land grabs.

Covering two percent of the world's agricultural land, more than 1,000 territorial transfer deals signed since 2000 have become a fact of life for governments, investors and campaigners, transforming the geopolitical landscape.

Online resource explains how to mine publicly available information to identify and analyze the companies, investors and other actors behind destructive projects.

Lorenzo Cotula discusses highlights from his latest academic piece, in which he explores whether investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals, and how these impact the land rights of rural people.

Three-quarters of the 20 states most affected by land grabbing are in Africa and Asia and among the poorest in the world, and in these countries the rights of the population have scant protection.

Investing in agroecology requires a drastically different model than the agribusiness-led version many Governments are currently pursuing

In central-eastern Ivory Coast, a cocoa plantation that will be Africa’s biggest, spanning an area equal to about 3,000 soccer fields, is taking shape.

Millions of people face being displaced from their homes as new data shows land sales covering an area the size of Germany are now under contract, warns Oxfam.

With the impacts of climate change threatening food supply as population grows, China is buying land on other continents to grow more crops.

A new website has been launched this week to monitor the devastating impact of illegal large-scale commercial agriculture as a driver of global deforestation.

Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land

Cables obtained by the non-profit Oakland Institute through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that U.S. government officials pushed Cameroon to approve a deeply controversial oil palm development owned by Herakles Farms.

The report titled, Unmasking land grabbing in Ghana: restoring livelihoods; paving way for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), narrates how land grabbing is affecting rural livelihoods and threatening food security the country in the long run.

The National Catholic Secretariat in collaboration with Caritas Ghana and the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Development has launched a joint report on ‘land grabbing’ in Ghana.

Aujourd’hui, les processus d’accaparement des terres mobilisent et préoccupent de plus en plus les collectivités rurales et paysannes, non seulement du Sud, mais aussi du Nord

There has been growing evidence that forest land grabbing by both individuals as well as a powerful alliance of international corporations and government officials is one of the major factors currently driving this loss of forest cover.

Duncan Pruett reflects on the last 5 years at work advocating on the issues of land rights and foreign investments in agriculture.

manadas de consumidLas Zidres son una política que favorece a los promotores de megaproyectos agroindustriales, que promoverán empresas con alta intensidad de capital, poco empleo de mano de obra, y convertirán el campo en una despensa para la producción masiva.

While there is near consensus that foreigners should not have the right to own farmland in Kazakhstan, opinions are deeply divided on the issue of granting leases to foreigners.