Emmanuel Elong, a farmer from Cameroon, criticized land grabbing by foreign companies at a side event during the 7th African Development Conference (TICAD7) in Yokohama City.

CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed an independent team to investigate the death of Mr Joël Imbangola Lunea, that took place on 21 July 2019 in Bempumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A Lao villager held in jail since 2011 as a leader of a land protest in the country’s Salavan province has died in custody. The seizure of land for development or agricultural use has been a major cause of protest in Laos and other authoritarian Asian countries

Un nouveau rapport du groupe britannique Overseas Development Institute estime que les disputes foncières sur le continent pourraient coûter jusqu’à 100 millions $ aux investisseurs

Land rights violations, expulsions, violence: According to a report by the development organization Bread for all, the Luxembourg-based Socfin plantation group and its Swiss subsidiaries are involved in serious human rights violations in Liberia.

The loan to the Canadian company operating oil palm plantations in the DR Congo is provided by provided by the CDC Group plc, the UK Government’s Development Finance Institution and KN Agri LLC.

"They robbed our lands and set our houses on fire." A new video by Zwischenzeit and FIAN connects German companies and development banks to the displacement of Zambian farmers.

The 2,500 hectare free zone will allow private companies from the UAE to invest in agricultural production and development in Uganda.

Cambodia provincial government on Tuesday called on civil society organisations to help verify data involving land dispute between villagers in Koh Kong province and a Chinese company. The land in question is in the midst of a dispute with Union Development Group (UDG).

Groups once again publicly denounce the alarming increase in violence and violations of rights of the communities in the Cerrado in Piauí, part of the region where the federal government is implementing its Matopiba Agricultural Development Plan

A busload of indigenous leaders highlight their cause before the start of UN climate talks in Bonn. They demand respect for land rights, decriminalisation of indigenous activists, and free, prior and informed consent before any development by outsiders.

Sudan wants to expand agricultural production and investments, which could benefit it as well as Egypt, but Cairo worries that such a development might threaten its supply of the Nile's water.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will buy a 13% stake in the Agricover group, owned by Iranian investor Jabbar Kanani.

Illegal oil palm development is playing a leading role in deforestation in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Chiapas is both the most biodiverse state in Mexico and its biggest palm oil producer, responsible for 70 percent of the country’s total output.

Majority of workers have stopped working on the oil palm plantation until the SOCFIN General Manager addresses concerns raised in the Malen Youth Development Union’s letter dated 20 May 2017.

About 500 people representing thousands of families from by citizens from Kampong Speu, Koh Kong, Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces affected by the development of sugarcane plantations requested intervention from Hun Sen.

A collective representing hundreds of Haitian farmers, filed a complaint to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) about its role in a case of land grabbing.

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

Cooperation Memorandum signed between JSC National Export and Investments Agency KAZNEX INVEST of the Ministry for Investments and Development and the Asia-Pacific Food Fund (APOFCO)

A case study of the situation in Lamu, Isiolo and Siaya Counties by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)

Report exposes how authoritarian development schemes have perpetuated cycles of poverty, food insecurity, and marginalized the country’s most vulnerable citizens.

Civil Society members expressing concern over human rights abuses by corporate entities are increasingly being accused of being agents of the political opposition or “anti-development”.

Au Nigéria, le chinois Wuhan Longfecund Agricultural Development Company Ltd a annoncé son intention d’installer une ferme de production de maïs dans l’Etat de Cross River.

Unrest flared in Oromiya for several months until early this year over plans to allocate farmland surrounding the regional capital for development.

Oman Food Investment Holding Company and Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development signed a memorandum of understanding for enhancing the existing cooperation between them in several food security projects

The World Bank’s board has granted an East African agribusiness project called SAGCOT a waiver that exempts it from following the bank’s Indigenous Peoples Policy — sparking fears among human rights advocates that the development lender is setting a precedent that weakens protections for indigenous peoples.

The Export and Import (EXIM) Bank of India provided $35 million towards the establishment of the $36.5 million Komenda Sugar Factory project, which includes the development of 3,000 hectares of irrigable land.

A group of community leaders from Colombia, Liberia, Indonesia and Peru have been raising awareness in Europe of the human and environmental impact of palm oil plantations on their communities. Radio interview with Ali Kaba of Liberia's Sustainable Development Institute.

Human Rights Watch says that foreign-owned commercial farms were looted and destroyed near Debre Zeit, 50 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa, as protests against a mega development project continue in Ethiopia.

This is the "Executive Version" of the 2015 loan agreement between a group of European development banks and the DR Congo oil palm plantation company Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC)