"We would also like to know why this government has been so aggressive in pushing these lease deals of our farmlands to the rich countries," Philippines Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said.

Southeast Asian countries took big steps towards formalizing food-for-oil deals with Gulf states at a June meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Because of the political sensitivity of the modern-day land grab, it is often only the country's head of state who knows the details. Der Spiegel investigates.

For the far-sighted investor, especially one spending dollars, an agricultural downturn could be the time to consider buying farmland.

"We are seeing a land grab bigger than anywhere else in the world, and it has attracted a mighty cast of characters," says Kingsmill Bond, chief strategist at Troika Dialog, a Moscow brokerage firm.

Alarmed by exporting countries’ trade restrictions, importing countries have realised that their dependence on the international food market makes them vulnerable not only to an abrupt surge in prices but, more crucially, to an interruption in supplies.

The Government of Colombia has officially launched ICARRD+20, which will be attended by representatives from more than 100 countries and will take place in the city of Cartagena de Indias, beginning on February 24, 2026.

The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to deforestation.

Across the region, people have been harassed, threatened and criminally charged in retaliation for opposing land and water grabs linked to mining, dams and industrial agriculture, cementing the region’s ranking as one of the world’s most perilous for environmental and land rights defenders.

Poor planning and ignoring advice of indigenous groups resulted in flooding, failed crops and left behind arid, barren land that could exacerbate the climate crisis

Some community members accuse Socfin of land-grabbing and pollution. We visited the company’s plantation in Malen to find out what’s happening beneath the palm fronds.

African Agriculture Inc’s vision, according to Gora Seck, President of the Board, LFT Senegal, is to create 5,000 jobs, sow over 20,000 hectares and develop exports of alfalfa to other countries.

A new study suggests the effects of large-scale land acquisitions are detrimental to food security and the livelihood of smallholder farmers.

A mercantilização da agricultura e as falsas ‘obrigações climáticas’ favorecem investimentos estrangeiros em negócios que desmatam.

Two-thirds of polled Ukrainians are against opening up the country's farmland to foreigners

TIAA is set to confirm a $21 million compensation package for its CEO and a Board of Trustees that has been unresponsive regarding the use of retirement money to grab farmland, destroy forests and violate human rights.

CRR’s sustainability analysis shows that deforestation and fires have taken place on TIAA’s farmland portfolio in Brazil, enabling negative social impacts on local communities.

This commentary considers the access to food component of the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts and voices its silence on intellectual property rights.

Le gouvernement chinois corrige : les acquisitions de terres agricoles au Cameroun ne concernent "que" des concessions.

In a strong show of support to rural communities asserting their right to land, 139 organizations from 26 countries across Asia Pacific, Africa, Latin America, North America and Europe issued a joint statement to mark the Day of the Landless last 29 March with several solidarity actions were also held on the same day.

Two organisations expressed concern over land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia after Hengfu, sugar company based in China, in 2011 and 2016 granted Economic Land Concessions of more than 42,000 hecatres by the Cambodian government.

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.

On ‘Food Sovereignty Day’ La Via Campesina launches publication that calls for a massive change in the current agro-food systems

The value of the foreign-owned U.S. farmland soared from $17.4 billionto $42.7 billion, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Most of today’s foreign investment in agricultural land began to increase in 2005

Report finds no evidence that NAFSN’s approach of partnering with the private sector is effective in reducing poverty, improving food security and nutrition, or addressing the challenges faced by women

If left unchecked, there is a danger that land grabbing and land concentration, will block the entry into farming of young and aspiring farmers, while leading to the further exit of Europe’s small farmers.

Is land-grabbing over, in Mozambique and across Africa and the rest of the developing world? Now that crop and food prices have returned to their usual punishingly low levels, is the pressure off from foreign buyers looking to acquire large tracts of agricultural lands?

Lorenzo Cotula discusses highlights from his latest academic piece, in which he explores whether investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals, and how these impact the land rights of rural people.

Who walks away from fertile agricultural land available to lease for as little as $1 per year per hectare? Recent reports indicate international investors are doing just that across sub-Saharan Africa.

Foreigners mostly seek agricultural land and land for tourism developments, but all foreigner-owned land in Africa holds the potential to prompt violence from displaced people.