Award-winning Cameroonian journalist Madeleine Ngeunga and Fern’s Indra Van Gisbergen recently visited villages in the shadow of Socapalm’s oil palm plantations to see if issues driving the dispute between locals and the company are being resolved.

Communities affected by Maryland Oil Palm Plantation in southern Liberia have called on banks to refrain from joining a $1.5 billion syndicated loan for the palm oil giant Wilmar International. They now been accused of being anti-development and opposing the newly elected Liberian government.

Golden Veroleum, le 1er producteur d’huile de palme du Libéria, a quitté la RSPO en réaction aux nombreuses critiques dont elle faisait l’objet concernant le non-respect des droits des communautés locales

Food security of the Gulf states is heavily dependent on foreign imports. Europe and the Americas have been the traditional markets supplying food to them, but recent development of African Continental Free Trade Area may encourage Gulf investors to embrace potential opportunities in Africa.

Thai investments in ASEAN have intensified at a breakneck pace. But without mechanisms to ensure compliance with international human rights standards, they have resulted in land conflicts and a wide array of human rights infringements.

Human Rights Watch submission to the Universial Periodic Review of Cambodia, assessment since Cambodia’s previous UPR in 2014 in various sector including land grabbing.

The EU could commit to only import legal palm oil into the EU and engage in a dialogue with Indonesia to improve governance of palm oil production, says FERN

Naivasha-based flower firm Karuturi has sued Stanbic Bank and four receiver managers for allegedly thwarting its revival through mismanagement and secret acquisition of loans.

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.

Judicial police say they have found evidence of money laundering and the use of irregular documents in the acquisition of vineyards.

This rapid scoping of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure sought views on the usefulness of the guidelines for promoting forest tenure reform in support of secure community land rights.

Tajikistan's Foreign Minister says his country was ready to help Iran with extraterritorial farming in the face of the constraints of worsening land and water resources in Iran.

Indonesia’s national commission on human rights has vowed to investigate the death of a journalist who was being held on charges of defaming a palm oil company owned by a powerful tycoon.

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.

“No leasing land to China even for one day,” read a banner hoisted during the recent protests.

The employees accuse CFC Stanbic of demanding more money than it lent to Karuturi, saying the South African lender is responsible for the poverty that struck their families since Karuturi was placed under receivership, 3 years ago.

2017 went down as one of the deadliest years ever for land defenders. It was also a pretty bad year for several land grabbers.

There are signs that Brazil’s overvalued farmland may continue to face further contested land risks, especially if Brazilian prosecutors continue to analyze investments that lack clear land title.

The project leaders of Wanbao Africa Agriculture Development Limited seemed to have an emerging-market hubris every bit as blinding as that of their colonial predecessors.

South Korea’s Daewoo is one of world’s largest transnational conglomerates and continues to expand a business empire that extends from manufacturing and trade to natural resources like oil and gas, minerals and food.

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could see Chinese produce grown in Pakistan exported to Chinese markets, with little benefit whatsoever to Pakistan’s economy.

A new report by ASO provides an assessment of the Karuturi project and the other land deals that the Ethiopian government has promoted in Gambela over the past decade through its land policies

China’s investment in foreign agriculture totaled $26 billion in 2016, with investments in 100 countries. But this may just be the tip of the iceberg. A new report by the United States Department of Agriculture to understand both the scale and purpose of foreign investment in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.

China’s agricultural investment abroad grew more than tenfold in less than a decade and parallels its emergence as a major importer of agricultural commodities. But the focus of investments are shifting from farming and raw materials to business acquisition.

The Harvard Management Company, which handles Harvard University's $37 billion endowment, has recently been linked to an agribusiness that may have been involved in deforestation and fraudulent land titles.

A mass board resignation at the Chinese firm that bought Australia’s largest dairy farm has fuelled concerns it may not fulfil its promises of local investment and environmental protection.

The prosecutor’s office in the state of Bahia said it’s reviewing allegations that a company linked to Harvard’s endowment isn’t the rightful owner of land in the region, and it’s determining whether to sue to reclaim the titles.

Second installment of Indonesia for Sale, an in-depth series of articles on the corruption behind Indonesia’s deforestation and land rights crisis. Ghosts in the machine exposing land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge.

Supporters of family farming who oppose the rise of big-business agricultural practices in Missouri gathered to lobby legislators against concentrated animal feeding operations and foreign ownership of Missouri farmland

Tokyo-based Nippon Life Insurance Company makes its first investment in a farmland investment fund through a US$92.5 million investment in an overseas farmland investment fund managed by Hancock Natural Resources Group