The country’s sovereign wealth fund signed an MOU with the CP Group laying the groundwork for the establishment of of a $1 billion private equity fund that will target agriculture, food production, digital innovation and green energy.

More than a year late, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation has finally submitted its response to an investigation that found evidence of grave human rights violations at the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) that it helps fund in Liberia.

« L'idée de la campagne contre Bolloré est née comme un nouveau front antifasciste, totalement connecté aux préoccupations initiales des Soulèvements de la Terre que sont la lutte contre l'artificialisation et l'accaparement des terres et de l'eau. »

The Jah Agric Farm in Bayaba, Gambia, initiated by Jah Oil Company, is to farm rice, potato, and onion imports on 1,200 hectares, with plans to expand to 15,000 hectares nationwide.

Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development, affiliated with the Egyptian Air Force, was entrusted with reclaiming 1.5 million acres of land across the country, despite the Air Force’s lack of any role in agricultural activities.

Selu Limited, a special-purpose vehicle tasked with transforming the Galana-Kulalu project, has been allocated 20,000 acres within the scheme to produce 720,000 bags of maize and 160,000 bags of soybeans annually over the next 30 years.

As millions in public money flows towards the planting of trees, some are also raising concerns about the environmental credentials of many schemes.

Le gouvernement algérien va mettre 122 000 hectares de terres à disposition des investisseurs dès 2025 afin d'accroître la production nationale ainsi que les exportations, notamment des céréales

The food estate in Merauke - spanning more than two million hectares - seems set to join the long list of such projects that have failed since the concept was first proposed in 2010, only to leave behind broad damage to the rights of indigenous peoples and the environment, including the loss of customary land belongs to 40,000 indigenous people.

An Indonesian government plan to clear forests spanning an area twice the size of South Korea for food and biofuel crops has sparked fears of massive greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss.

Agricultural workers and a legal advocacy group have raised concerns over a “fast-tracked” bill seeking to extend land lease terms for foreign investors to nearly a century, warning of its potential negative impact on farmers, plantation workers and indigenous cultural communities.

Al Dahra will probably invest about $800 million to farm 200,000 acres [81,000 ha] of land at an irrigation development located in the coastal region, according to Kenya’s principal secretary for irrigation, Ephantus Kimotho.

The federal government through the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA) Ilorin, formally allocated 4,000 hectares of farmland to Origin Tech Group to carry out mechanised agriculture in Ejiba, Kogi state, in line with national food security agenda of President Bola Tinubu.

A part la loi agricole et la loi semencière, la RDC promulguera l’établissement du cadastre agricole, des plans d’aménagement et d’affectation des terres, ainsi que la mise en place d’une base de données unique recensant tous les acteurs du secteur agricole.

Net-zero pledges from 140 countries would require turning territory the size of the US into a giant greenhouse-gas sponge and generate a massive land grab that will go on for decades.

The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to deforestation.

L’Afrique est-elle à la veille d’un nouveau cycle d’accaparement des terres, non pas pour sécuriser les approvisionnements alimentaires de pays tiers, comme à la fin des années 2000, mais pour produire les crédits-carbone destinés à compenser les émissions des gros pays pollueurs ou celles des entreprises ayant pris pour engagement d’atteindre la neutralité carbone d’ici à 2050 ?

A US subsidiary of Saudi dairy giant Almarai Co. is “taking advantage of Arizona’s failure to protect its precious groundwater resource,” the lawsuit says.

What can possibly be wrong about planting trees? This investigation digs deeper into a conflict unfolding in southern Madagascar, between the local community and an Italian multinational. As similar green projects multiply, this case highlights a critical challenge.

Con casi 20 mil hectáreas de tierras y mega proyectos de riego en la costa, Perú si convirte en el mayor exportador mundial de arándanos frescos, la mitad tiene cómo destino los Estados Unidos. Mientras tanto, el pago diario a los cosechadores cubre el costo de tres paquetes de arándanos en Nueva York.

National elites and foreign investors in Africa will be protected by the AfCFTA. But the same cannot be said for local communities and their rights over agricultural land. In the name of climate, the AfCFTA will boost the development of land deals for carbon in Africa.

A possible cooperation between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Indonesia on the so-called food estate program in Papua, which spans around 2 million hectares, is beginning to take shape as talks continue. Elite Agro -- an Emirati agriculture giant -- was among the companies that the Indonesian government had been negotiating with.

After years investing in farms overseas, the Saudi government is now stepping up efforts to attract foreign investors to its domestic agriculture sector

Project includes the planting of 12 million trees on 130,000 hectares of "abandoned and degraded areas" to offset emissions by the Italian energy company.

Nigeria's Niger State has promised to make available 1.2 million hectares of land for use as the Federal Government secures a $2.5B livestock investment with Brazil's JBS, one of the world’s largest meat processing enterprises.

We must recognize and stop the growing takeover of forest, grassland, and farmland by powerful financial actors, which is being perpetrated in the name of new myths of false solutions to climate change.

The British company SEFE Marketing & Trading Ltd. and Kazakhstan’s SAFC LLP signed an agreement to plant 3.3 million trees across 1,500 hectares in the Almaty region to produce carbon credits

Indonesia's new president is literally flooding Papua with new military troops to provide security at a 2 million-hectare food plantation being carved out of jungle outside of Merauke.

Irrigation projects include a US$172mn, 23,000ha project with US-based Valley Irrigation , a €75mn, 13,000 ha project with Spain's Grupo Charmatin, and a US$100mn, 20,000 ha project with US-based Lindsay Zimmatic.

A group of non-profits say the German companies may be in breach of national due diligence law, due to a failure to ‘interrogate and act on’ risks in their soya supply chain.