Russia has seized companies belonging to agricultural firm AgroTerra and placed them under temporary management, including some backed by Dutch investment firms, a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin showed late on Monday.

The transferability of land, along with the liberalisation of agriculture and finance the Bank and IMF have pushed on Global South states, have facilitated investment in agribusiness and driven the financialisation of national agricultural sectors.

Les sociétés de crédit carbone expulsent des communautés à travers l’Afrique.

Serbian companies Industrija mesa Matijevic, Delta Holding, Almex DOO, Coric Agrar DOO and LoginEKO (owned by a married Slovenian couple), along with Al Dahra Holding LLC and Elite Agro LLC from the United Arab Emirates are currently the largest landowners in Serbia, according to a Forbes Serbia report.

NGOs say a development bank mediation process is coercing communities into foregoing their rights to their territories and accepting a palm oil company's occupation of their lands without the time, resources, security and legal support required to adequately defend their interests.

En France, le projet de loi d’orientation agricole prévoit la création de groupements fonciers agricoles d’investissement. Ces fonds d’investissement seront en mesure de faire appel à l’épargne pour racheter le foncier agricole. On parle d’un risque de financiarisation.

The manner in which African Agriculture acquired rights to operate within the Ndiael Reserve has raised eyebrows. Local herders, whose livelihoods depend on the reserve’s resources, now face displacement and restricted access to water and grazing lands.

At COP28 in Dubai, Nigeria's National Council for Climate Change signed an agreement with France's aDryada for carbon investment projects with Osun State (reforestation of 20,000 ha) and Cross River State (57,000 ha of mangrove restoration).

The remaining land assets of what used to be PKB Corporation is being sold to a new company owned by the Serbian state

A company connected to Nigerian agribusiness Saro Africa has acquired Presco from long-time investor Siat N.V, based in Brussels, Belgium, which had held on to the company’s majority control for well over three decades until the start of this month.

Canada's public worker pension fund manager PSP Investments has made a significant stride in Australia's agricultural sector by acquiring a majority stake in Ellerslie Free Range Farms, a leading egg producer, for $180 million.

Selon le journal Le Mbandja, la holding belge, qui était présentée comme une passerelle vers la diversification de l’économie gabonaise, n’a rien investi et ses différents champs sont actuellement investis par de hautes herbes.

On Wednesday, the Luxembourg holding company Société financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin) paid €142,000 to Cameroonian plaintiffs, a fine imposed by the French courts for failing to produce documents that could establish its links with the French company Bolloré.

A Cambodian court has charged 29 people with illegally occupying state land following an incident in which authorities fired live rounds in a crackdown on a longstanding land dispute.

Prisca Macaillat, la responsable de projets de la Commission Diocésaine Justice et Paix de Pointe-Noire en République du Congo, évoque un rapport réalisé sur la compensation carbone au prix des droits humains.

Tumbling corn and soybean prices are sparking defaults, undermining returns for so-called Fiagros, the Brazilian investment funds backed by agricultural receivables such as interest, dividends and land-lease payments.

A Saudi dairy company that once pumped water through a lease on local farmland in far west Arizona has officially ceased operations.

Dans la province de Koh Kong, au Cambodge, des communautés locales luttent depuis 2006 contre l’accaparement de leurs terres. Après un long combat, un accord historique avec l’entreprise Tate & Lyle a permis la restitution d’une partie des terres et l’obtention d’une compensation financière

La restauración del suelo es mucho menos costosa que la tala de bosques. Así el cultivo intensivo de soya crecen a través de la conversión de pasturas, los ganaderos monetizan un activo de bajo rendimiento, mientras la ganadería expandese gracias a la deforestación.

While top executives stand accused of multimillion dollar fraud, communities living near the plantations suffer from being deprived of their lands and violent harassment by PHC’s security forces.

Con más de 37.000 casos agrarios pendientes, el país que concentra el 80% de la tierra en manos del 1% de las grandes explotaciones necesita algo más que jueces especializados para superar el desequilibrio de poder entre los contendientes.

Le nom de Socfin, la holding belgo-luxembourgeoise qui détient des dizaines de milliers d’hectares de palmiers à huile et d’hévéas, a été symboliquement saisi en France, dans le conflit qui oppose depuis des années les paysans africains et le groupe Bolloré.

Le régime de retraite des fonctionnaires fédéraux canadiens a acheté une ancienne plantation de canne à sucre à Maui. Mais des habitants et des militants écologistes protestent contre cette présence étrangère qui accapare l’eau de l’île pour faire pousser des agrumes.

High Luck Group Argentina (China), Grupo Benetton (Itália), Integra Lithium e Cresud S.A son los cuatro mayores terratenientes del país que pueden expandir su control de la tierra y recursos con la derogación de la Ley de Tierras por Milei.

Nigerian luxury real estate developer is pursuing a rice farm estate spanning 30,000 hectares in Nigeria's Enugu State that will also include housing, farm hospitals, hotels and markets.

The Swiss-based multinational ASC Impact claims to have acquired 22,000 hectares in Ethiopia’s remote Gambela state along the border with South Sudan for large-scale tree plantations, carbon credits and agriculture.

New report by EIA shows cacao and palm oil companies have systematically contributed to clearing at least 13,000 hectares between 2012 and 2021 in Peru’s most forest-rich regions of Loreto and Ucayali.

Greenland, matriz de Banacol, es acusada de financiar paramilitares para promover invasiones de tierras, así cómo por trafico de drogas a través de contenedores de plátanos.

Con un nuevo Gobierno en Argentina, en la zona núcleo, donde la hectárea llegó a tocar un piso de u$s 12.500 hace dos años, hoy ya se está hablando de u$s 15.000, con ganas de ir pidiendo u$s 16.000, con poco margen para negociar".

The EU Court of Justice lifted the restrictions EU citizens face when buying agricultural land in Bulgaria in a ruling published on Thursday, more than 17 years after the country joined the bloc.