The government and companies are joining hands to expand the country’s overseas farming bases, establish a direct import channel and modernize agricultural production and distribution.

Mohd Bakke Salleh, president and group chief executive of Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur earlier today that the group has identified 300,000 hectares (ha) of land in Cameroon that could be suitable for palm oil plantation.

Mali’s president and Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi have begun a major agricultural project that will divert much of the river’s water and threaten the delta’s future.

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation member states call for "responsible" agricultural investment as rising acquisition of farmland in developing countries by other nations is causing friction with local people.

There is serious overseas interest in acquiring New Zealand farmland, and some confusion in the rules and regulations surrounding the process.

アフリカでも進行する国際的な農地取引 誰にとってのチャンスなのか(2009)　AFJの会報より

The global food crisis has prompted various rich countries to start buying up land in the poorer world to secure their food supplies. As well as affecting domestic food supplies in the countries affected, Sue Branford says it could be a time bomb for the world’s ability to cope with climate change

The UAE is interested in investing in agriculture sector as one of the strongest sectors in Colombia due to the availability of fertile land and natural irrigation systems.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urges the government to seriously reconsider its plan to sell land to Saudi Arabia and other foreign investors, taking into account the welfare of hundreds of thousands of peasants whose livelihood will be directly affected.

For investors like Susan Payne, the chief executive of Emergent Asset Management, farmland in sub-Saharan Africa is a hot bet.

Bien étrange rapport que celui de la FAO sur l’accaparement des terres en Afrique. D’un côté les commanditaires demandent que les populations locales soient consultées et que les droits des paysans soient pris en compte. Mais de l’autre, les chercheurs refusent de parler d’accaparement et dénoncent « un certain nombre de préjugés erronés diffusés par les médias sur ce qu’on a appelé l’accaparement des terres. ».

"Investors can invest as little as £12,000, or $16,000, in this project that will help to feed a growing world."

Foreign investors in overseas farmland “should not have a right to export” during a food crisis in the host country, a government-backed think tank is to propose on Thursday, in the first code of conduct to address the so-called land grabbing trend.

Water is the new gold, and a few savvy countries and companies are already banking on it.

Sudan is hoping to use foreign cash to reinvigorate its under-performing agricultural sector, but there is growing disagreement over the extent to which outsiders, rather than local farmers, should be taking control of the industry.

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.

It is becoming harder for Koreans to buy grain, regardless of price. That is why the government is hurrying to cultivate overseas crops and to secure stable import sources.

There is growing interest in agricultural land, which Bramdean Asset Management is looking at and believes has huge potential

Recent attempts by Persian Gulf countries to invest in farmlands abroad to counter soaring inflation and guarantee long-term food security could prove to be a win-win situation in the short term for both the oil-rich region and its investment-hungry neighbors, but continued high oil prices may neutralize the gains in the long-run, say experts.

One of Hong Kong’s wealthiest tycoons, Li Ka-Shing, whose interests include energy and agricultural investments in this country, has forged into the carbon market, acquiring a vast Western Australian landholding earmarked for a ‘regenerative agriculture’ project.

Corporate-backed farming groups from North America and the UK have emerged as key players in the nation’s farmland market in the past year.

L'organisation faîtière des agences catholiques de développement en Europe et en Amérique du Nord appelle à un arrêt immédiat des projets de crédits carbone sur les sols mis en œuvre parmi les Maasaï du nord de la Tanzanie, après des processus jugés « douteux ».

How thousands of Indonesian soldiers are forcing through a vast agricultural project in indigenous lands and forests

In April 2024, ENI said to Quang Tri authorities that it sought suitable areas in the province to plant trees, in order to generate feedstock for its bio refinery factory in Italy.

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.

A new report on land grabbing exposes the vulnerability of farmers and citizens to arbitrary abuse of the law when developers and the state lay claim to their farms and homes for commercial gain.

Nigeria's Niger State has promised to make available 1.2 million hectares of land for use as the Federal Government secures a $2.5B livestock investment with Brazil's JBS, one of the world’s largest meat processing enterprises.

In addition to the greenfield port north of Port Sudan, the project would have included a 400,000-acre agricultural development in the Nile region, hundreds of miles of new roadways, a large free trade zone

The Italian agricultural group Bf Spa, in partnership with the Algerian National Investment Fund (Fni), is launching this high-tech regenerative farming initiative that will initially cultivate 3,000 hectares of durum wheat, with plans to expand to 10,000 hectares of dried legumes.

"Baladna (a Qatari company) is willing to help us in the free nutritious meal programme by investing in dairy farming in Indonesia to meet our milk needs," says Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman.