Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new study by Oregon State University shows.

Edo State Governor tells delegation of World Bank's IFC that his government is in discussions with the Central Bank of Nigeria to develop a programme to provide investors with 100,000 ha of agricultural land for plantations.

Interview with top executives of Phoenix Group, the world's 3rd largest rice trader controlling 150,000 ha of farmland in different parts of the world

Laos government has authorised a Chinese firm to carry out a feasibility study in southern Laos, with a view to turning it into top agri-business and agri-tourism destination. Deputy Governor of Champassak province said the Chinese firm also intended to grow organic crops for export to China.

China Railway Seventh Group and the Zambian government sign infrastructure construction deal for the planned 200,000 ha Kalungwishi Farm Block in Mporokoso district.

The property of a Dutch agricultural company, Solagrow, was torched by hundreds of people, angered by the company having fenced off 100 hectares of prime communal grazing land, leased by the government.

AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina proposed the creation of the agricultural corridors to attract investments into the rural areas of Africa in his address to the opening session of the 'Feeding Africa ' conference in Dakar

Large scale businesses like Wilmar risk being labeled land grabbers, but we don't have that in Nigeria, says Minister of Agriculture Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.

International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn the 4th Latin American Palm Oil Conference to be held by the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil in Honduras on 6th-8th August

Concerns mount among civil society groups that an agriculture project in Mozambique, which Tokyo is pushing through as one of its key projects in Africa, may end up depriving local farmers of their land.

Governments often justify these deals by citing their potential contribution to economic growth – however, any gains risk being greatly outweighed by negative impacts on local livelihoods, say WRI

Asian palm oil producers are being accused of cashing in on Africa in their search to expand production

The recent food crisis has triggered a rush for agricultural land overseas. We will debate this challenge at the North-South Forum, organised jointly by the NCCR North-South and the North-South Centre in Zurich on 18 May 2010

"Without significant road improvements, it is unlikely that the ADA rice will reach markets in Maryland, River Gee, or Grand Kru and Liberia will continue with an insecure food supply."

UNCTAD is hosting a meeting on South-South cooperation in agricultural investment, where land grabbing is on the agenda

Emirates International Investment Company is currently in negotiations with Algerian authorities for the purchase of land to build a large-scale milk farm, Mahassil.

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 Government approved Decree 15 of 2024 signed by President Joko Widodo on April 19 to form a task force for the acceleration of sugar and bioethanol self-sufficiency stationed in Merauke district, South Papua province.

The Petroleum Authority of Thailand, owner of the Café Amazon chain, expects the partnership will eventually establish a 48,000 hectare coffee plantation on the Bolaven Plateau, which will open up opportunities for the sale of carbon credits.

The parties will explore opportunities to valorize residues from agro-industrial value chains to produce vegetable oils, which are not in competition with the food chain, for Eni’s biorefineries.

The Dutch newspaper Trouw identified at least seven projects that FMO funded in which the companies involved were connected to murder, intimidation, environmental damage, arbitrary arrests and land grabbing.

Greenpeace Africa is appalled — but not surprised — by reports of violent nocturnal arrests and torture of Congolese villagers in Tshopo province who are involved in a conflict over their land with the Canadian palm oil company Feronia Inc.

The government of Brunei offering heavily subsidised land for rent to both locals and foreigners. 300 hectares of government-owned agricultural land have been given out over the past two years as part of state efforts to fuel growth of agriculture industry.

Report by IIED reviews the approaches European and North American bilateral DFIs use to address land rights issues in the agriculture sector.

The project will utilize identified extensive arable land with clean water springs in the municipalities of Porto Amboim and Cela in Kwanza Sul and Ambaca in Kwanza Norte.

Friends of the Earth Netherlands launched a report warn that Dutch Banks ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank have to take responsibility for the disastrous environmental and social consequences of providing finance to the palm oil sector at large scale.

While Dutch ag investors get priority access to 1500 ha near Hawassa, their embassy is helping the Ethiopian government start a conversation with its discontented population.

Presentation made by the 3rd Joint Coordination Committee of ProSAVANA on December 3, 2012 in Nampula

"Agribusiness is a priority sector for CDC and this facility is an important step in Feronia's long-term financing."

A CIFOR scoping study on ProSavana in Mozambique, with implications for forests