The funding agreement secured with a British Petroleum subsidiary for US$2.5 million will support the planting and development of 5,000 ha of degraded land in Sierra Leone

Millets acquired through a partnership with India will be produced at Tacama Landing along the Berbice River as the country strives to achieve its ambitious food security goal.

More than a decade after subsidiaries of multinational rubber firm Socfin Group forcibly cleared and seized the farms, burial grounds and sacred forests of Bunong indigenous communities in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia, the company now seeks to collect tens of thousands of dollars from these farmers for the cost of “land preparation” and other fees.

With Pakistan’s parliament's approval of the Special Investment Facilitation Council on August 1, all is now set for offering investors to procure huge lands for agriculture farming.

GenZero will generate carbon offsets for Singapore by investing “north of US$20 to US$30 million” to restore about 100,000 ha of land in the Kwahu region of Ghana by planting cocoa and other plant species.

A High Court in Pakistan resumed hearing a petition against the grant of large swathes of public land in Punjab to the military for “corporate agricultural farming”, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

As the Malawi government hunts for land to establish mega farms in the country, Salima Sugar Company has offered 3,500 hectares of its 5,000 hectares that are lying idle towards the cause.

On Dec. 1, 2022, a French court ordered Socfin to share minutes from board meetings held over the last four years with the 145 Cameroonian plaintiffs, pointing out that the Bolloré group may have actual control over the firm

Cambodian government awarded a new Economic Land Concession (ELC) in March 2022 for the first time in nearly a decade despite an existing moratorium on ELCs. The new ELC site comprises more than 5,000 hectares of forest land in Stung Treng province.

"We came to the conclusion that Kurdistan has fertile land suitable for investment in agriculture and planting," says the head of a delegation from the Emirati Al Abrar Company.

The five regional, mega agro-industrial parks "must become the horse on which the African Continental Free Trade Area must run".

Host communities of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC in Edo State, yesterday, staged a protest over alleged blockade, digging of trench on the road leading to their communities by the company.

Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Company, Edo State, Dr. Graham Hefer, lamented gunmen’s attacks on the company’s plantation and challenged host communities to volunteer information.

David Del Curto, S.A. is a leading Chilean fruit production, packing and export company, which produces over ten different fruit types across eleven farms, while also managing one of the largest nurseries in the country.

The Indonesian government has major plans to develop strategic infrastructures and agricultural projects, but for farmers, fishermen and indigenous communities, this represents a threat to their livelihoods, food, water, and even homes.

The firm Adecoagro, the largest producer of raw milk in Argentina, received a loan of US $ 100 million weeks ago from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which will be used to make investments in the local agri-food sector.

Croatia could experience severe and aggressive land-grabbing attempts by foreign entities at the current stage, particularly when it comes to fertile farmland in the east of the country.

Villagers say trouble began when a new investor, Lake Agro Limited, entered an agreement with an American investor, Dominion Farms Limited, to take over the swamp for the remaining lease period.

Liberia would be better off with smaller community-run plantations that could supply multinational firms’ thirst for palm oil and put the wealth into the community, says SDI

The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company signed an agreement to join forces in the search of investment projects in the Russian agricultural sector

Overall, nearly $5b of sensitive land has changed hands in New Zealand through the Overseas Investment Office since the Labour-led government was formed.

Follow-up verification by the Tanzanian government finds villagers still being denied lands lands of the Kapunga rice farm that were supposed to be surrendered by its owner, the Export Trading Group.

The rise of Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly threatened the landless movement with violence, has residents of Amazon agrarian reform settlements deeply worried.

MOUs signed by UAE government include a 2,500 ha SEZ zone with Uganda for large-scale agricultural development and another with Al Dahra Holding for collaboration on the implementation of the National Strategy for Future Food Security.

Dangote said he would expand the project and exploit what he called Katsina’s vast arable land for other agriculture initiatives and allied business ventures.

Cross River State Governor says his administration intends to establish a yellow maize farm which will be the biggest in Africa, in partnership with South African agribusiness.

The banana plantation in Monapo, Nampula, that was supposed to be a model for foreign farm investment and was promoted by Norfund, has finally gone bankrupt, at huge cost to Mozambique.

Charoen Pokphand is building another facility in China, located outside the city of Hengshui in Hebei province near Beijing. The facility will add 100 million broilers to its poultry production in the country and keep it ahead of local rivals like Guangdong Wens Foodstuff Group Co and the Tongwei Group.

A leading Chinese livestock and meat processing firm wants to tap supply of cattle from south-east Asia, with a cattle quarantine and slaughtering hub planned for the city of Ruili, on the border with Myanmar.

German meat company Tönnies has applied to the Serbian authorities to secure more than 100 hectares of available land in five municipalities to set up pig farms.