While Oman has yet to indicate it will follow the course, it is in this make-or-break moment for a new, more stable capitalist system that the Gulf – and perhaps Oman in the future – are forging a rather novel form of global venture, that is, government-funded offshore farming.

Coordinated action towards the president of the Malagasy High Authority of the Transition supporting the demands of the Malagasy people, as well as towards the president of the Republic of Korea recalling his country's extra-territorial human rights obligations in these projects.

Japanese food corporations are stepping up their diversification and security of food sources, in particular taking ownership of the entire supply chain, from owning the farms in other countries, through to the processing and distribution of the food stuffs.

As with timberland, while direct ownership and management (i.e., being a farmer), is a possibility, such a route is similarly fraught with difficulties. One of the most significant of these is the issue of diversification in the farmland itself - especially with a single investment. A well-diversified holding of farmland (row crop, permanent crop, pasture and even timber) will, therefore, not only require a significant investment, but may also involve land holdings in a number of different locations.

Kuwaiti firms and other Gulf Cooperation Council members are looking to invest in agriculture and food in Turkey, and could sign a number of contacts this year, the head of Turkey's investment agency said on Sunday.

“Salic, which is charged by royal decree to make strategic investments at home and abroad to ensure food security in Saudi Arabia, is a good fit for several of our State institutions, as well as for our private sector, in the area of agriculture, livestock and agribusiness," says Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

The market for the so-called Fiagros, investment funds focused on agricultural receivables such as interest, dividends and land-lease payments, is set to stall this year after a wave of farmer defaults sparked uncertainty.

The Luapula Council of Chiefs has joined other stakeholders in rejecting the proposed US$72 billion Vietnamese rice investment project spearheaded by VietZam Development Corporation Limited that is said to involve 6 million hectares of land.

The Agriculture and Livestock Ministry has opened up 21,000 acres of idle land belonging to the National Youth Service and Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority for commercial leases to boost food security.

Zimbabwe's President says he brought his Minister of Agriculture to Riyadh to follow-up on discussions held recently in Harare about signing an MOU for the production of grain for export to Saudi Arabia.

Four years after a private equity firm merged two of the nation’s largest peach farmers into a single entity, the firm is basically worthless.

The Farmland for Farmers Act, in banning corporations from purchasing farmland, improves the chances for beginning, small-scale producers to access land and produce food for themselves and their communities.

Kilter Rural launches a $333.7 mln agriculture fund that will buy and develop 21,000 hectares of farmland in Southeastern Australia, creating biodiversity and carbon credits in the process.

Angola wants more Chinese investors to grow agricultural products in the African country that can be exported to China, says Angola’s minister for economy and planning.

Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company ADQ acquires fruit company that operates more than 14,000 hectares of farms across Chile, the Philippines, South Africa, Italy, Spain and Argentina

Elara India Opportunities Fund, which Indian lawmakers suspect may be linked to Gautami Adani, was the largest foreign shareholder in Karuturi Global Ltd, owning 3.25% of the company in 2018.

Australian farmland is an appealing asset class to Canadian-backed investment group, Warakirri Asset Management, with the firm having launched a new fund which expects to raise $500 million.

Phoenix Global - the Dubai-based agri-trader which directly farmed more than 150,000 hectares in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Uganda, Mozambique and India - is now in liquidation

A Mongabay investigation traces the rise and fall of a billion-dollar agribusiness cartel in Eastern Europe, finding it relied on money laundering, tax avoidance and state capture.

Sime Darby has fully disposed of Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia) Inc through completion of its sale to the Liberian company Mano Palm Oil Industries Ltd.

Agrinurture Inc. is in talks with the Department of Justice through the Bureau of Corrections over the development of about 2,000 hectares of property into an integrated agri-tourism corn plantation in Palawan, Philippines.

Navis, which is backed by the US government’s development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation, will also look to acquire 10,000 acres for a durian plantation, starting in Pahang state.

New Jersey’s $70 billion public-employee pension manager, the New Jersey State Investment Council, has agreed to commit $100 million in Homestead Capital’s third farmland fund.

Harvard University, the US pension fund manager TIAA/Nuveen and Japan's Mitsui are among the foreign companies buying up Brazilian farmlands that are responsible for over 420,000 ha of deforestation in the Cerrado since 2000.

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.

AFSA’s new study on Land Rights in Africa identifies the drivers of the land use changes that have displaced millions of rural people and continue to threaten millions more – particularly women

American farmland is becoming popular with overseas investors—and that’s making people nervous. Italian buyers purchased 102,000 acres, New Zealand bought around 18,000, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates went in on more than 15,000 acres.

China’s investment in Australian agribusiness has tripled in just a year as China strives to meet rising demand for high-quality food among its growing middle class. Major agribusiness deals included acquisition of the S Kidman & Co cattle empire and acquisition of Tasmanian dairy giant Van Dieman’s Land.

A coalition of environmental, human rights and family farm organizations delivered a letter with over 100,000 signatures to pension fund management company TIAA, expressing concerns over the company’s investments in farmland and palm oil.

Shanghai Maling's acquisition of a 50-percent interest in Silver Fern Farms, the largest livestock processing and marketing entity in New Zealand, includes 1,769 hectares of "sensitive land".