South Africa based Promasidor Holdings and Ekiti State will jointly pursue the rehabilitation and expansion of the Ikun Dairy Farm, which spans across 1,000 hectares in the Moba Local Government Area.

PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and Agriculture Minister Benny Allan have promised the Philippines government at least one million hectares of land in Papua New Guinea for Filipino farmers to grow rice.

With its renewed promotion of what it calls the “Sunshine Industry,” the Philippine government is looking to cultivate another one million hectares of oil palm, 98 percent of which would be on the island of Mindanao.

With its renewed promotion of what it calls the “Sunshine Industry,” the Philippine government is looking to cultivate another one million hectares of oil palm, 98 percent of which would be on the island of Mindanao.

Vendredi 3 juin, des ressortissants africains, des associations et des syndicats perturbent l’assemblée générale du groupe Bolloré à Puteaux.

On Friday 3 June, African citizens, organisations and unions will disrupt the shareholder meeting of the Bolloré group at its headquarters in Puteaux, just outside of Paris, France.

Farmers and indigenous people nationwide protested in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to denounce the plans to convert one million hectares of land into palm oil plantations.

The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary announce intention to convert eight million hectares of land to oil palm cultivation across the Philippines, including the island of Palawan. The announcement has proved controversial.

A new report shows that sales of beef and sheep farms, particularly for carbon farming, are continuing “at an alarming rate”.

Le gouvernement congolais a annoncé la fin du contrat emphytéotique de cession des terres agricoles au Rwanda qui a fait couler beaucoup d'encre. "L’accord ne concernait pas une société rwandaise, mais une société de droit congolais dont les actionnaires sont basés au Rwanda", un représentant du gouvernment a précisé

New report points to a surge in demand for land in the Global South, where large tracts of land are suitable for carbon projects, but land tenure systems are often insecure or informal.

"Whereas the Bank’s push for large-scale agribusiness is global, the African continent is its central target"

The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.

Australian farmers aren’t the only ones cheering the rocketing price of almonds and beef from the simmering trade tensions between the US and China – a cohort of fund managers is also in the money.

According to an article in Reporterre, TotalEnergies has quietly abandoned the project, with only 12.5% of the proposed trees planted.

One of Hong Kong’s wealthiest tycoons, Li Ka-Shing, whose interests include energy and agricultural investments in this country, has forged into the carbon market, acquiring a vast Western Australian landholding earmarked for a ‘regenerative agriculture’ project.

The director of Sahal Agro-Holdings Limited, who is embroiled in a fierce legal battle over a 100,000-acre parcel of land at Galana Kulalu, was arrested on Friday.

Catholic bishops from Europe and Africa have issued a strong joint statement warning that Africa is once again becoming a “battleground for external interests” — particularly over land, resources and Europe’s climate agenda.

A Congolese former prime minister was convicted of embezzling millions from a huge failed agriculture venture, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix Tshisekedi against the government of his predecessor.

Lao Red Loong Durian is leasing 500 hectares of land in Vientiane province, Laos and has completed the development of a first-phase 60-hectare pilot zone, planting over 7,000 Black Thorn durian trees.

L’ancien Premier ministre de la RDC a été reconnu coupable de détournements de 156.849.413 dollars américains avec l'ancien gouverneur de la Banque centrale du Congo, des fonds destinés au développement du parc agro-industriel de Bukanga-Lonzo, dans l’est de Kinshasa

Enquête en trois parties sur le conflit autour de la Socapalm (filiale du groupe Socfin) à Edéa, au Cameroun.

Beneath the promises of food security and economic growth lie allegations of land grabbing, human rights violations, environmental damage, and financial mismanagement—particularly linked to the company’s operations in West and Central Africa.

The people of Kanseche believe a sugar plantation owned by Associated British Foods was to blame for floodwaters devastating their village and killing seven

Response to an inquiry from Business & Human Rights Research Centre

The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expects to raise $2 billion in financing through a new auction as part of the Eco Invest Brazil program, focusing on initiatives to recover 1 million hectares of degraded pastures.

With 6000 hectares, the land comprises conservation areas, a plywood mill, and a voluntary carbon project focused on plantation afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation issuing carbon credits

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa yesterday launched the Building Better Tomorrow (BBT) Programme’s Project I, which focuses on large-scale farming, with a funding boost of 129.71 million US dollars from the African Development Bank.

Cadastro digital obrigatório no país, o próprio dono do imóvel informa os limites da sua fazenda, se tem nascentes, mata nativa e áreas a serem protegidas, o que vem gerando inúmeras fraudes. São 139,7 milhões de hectares das áreas sobrepostas, o que equivalente a quatro Alemanhas.

The bigger question—one Tasmania must answer soon—is how much of its food-bowl can be outsourced to balance sheets before community cohesion snaps.