La longue séquence de tensions entre la société Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) et les communautés vivant autour de ses sites d’exploitation semble entrer dans une phase décisive.

L’émergence de projets de crédits carbone, achetés par les entreprises pour réduire leur empreinte environnementale, se traduit par l’accaparement de terres au détriment des populations locales.

La société agro-industrielle Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) a annoncé la fin de la médiation entamée en 2018 avec les communautés voisines de ses sites d’exploitation, notamment de Lokutu, Boteka et Yaligimba

The Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 grants the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States special investigatory powers to examine farmland owned or purchased by foreign entities

We need better land governance, better standards, and more transparency says the Land Matrix. We need to “put an end to offsetting as a false solution to the climate crisis — urgently” says GRAIN

Nigeria's BUA Group, which is developing a 20,000 ha sugarcane plantation and refinery, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration in sugar refining, agro-industrial development, and integrated global logistics solutions with AD Ports Group and MAIR Group of Abu Dhabi.

In Sudan and Ethiopia, Gulf capital has targeted large-scale agricultural estates, livestock production, and agro-processing, often through joint ventures with local elites or state authorities.

La Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm), filiale du groupe luxembourgeois Socfin, a annoncé le 18 février 2026, dans un communiqué officiel, la cession de « sa plantation d’Eséka » (région du Centre) à la société Opalm

Angola is granting roughly 60,000 hectares to Brazilian farmers in Cuanza-Norte province as part of a $120 million cooperation deal backed by BNDES, Banco do Brasil, and Angola’s sovereign wealth fund — more than 30 Brazilian agribusiness companies have already signed up

Ao todo, serão disponibilizados cerca de 60 mil hectares de terras — área equivalente a 85 mil campos de futebol — para produtores brasileiros, segundo anunciou o governador provincial João Diogo Gaspar durante um encontro recente com uma comitiva de empresários brasileiros.

La advertencia sobre los posibles efectos de la sobreoferta de biocombustibles se produjo tras la movilización de trabajadores en el Cauca, donde se discuten cambios en el uso agrícola y nuevas directrices para el crédito rural

Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines Corp. is pushing for a P500-million agro-industrial facility in Bataan. It is meant to help meet the increasing demand for poultry in the Philippines.

AgriTouch Group, in partnership with international agri-food company SanLucar, plans to establish a 180-hectare blueberry plantation in western Georgia.

The International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty says land, water, forests and oceans are increasingly concentrated in the hands of corporations and financial actors, driving dispossession, inequality and ecological collapse.

Ce documentaire suit les démarches de deux communautés dans le cadre des procès juridiques, avec l'aide de réseaux d'activistes et d'avocats. Il montre les conséquences de l'accaparement des terres sur la vie quotidienne et sur la culture des populations affectées. Il décrit aussi les implications de la loi sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises.

40 South Dairies, a dairy farming joint venture owned in part by the Washington State Investment Board, has emerged as the buyer of the Peltzer family's prized 2683 hectares Logan estate.

Le gouvernement malgache a signé un protocole d’accord avec l’entreprise privée COM’ON HOLDING & PARTENAIRE portant sur 150 000 hectares de nouveaux périmètres rizicoles, qui serviront le marché local et l'exportation.

On February 14, the Agriculture Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with private firm COM'ON HOLDING & PARTENAIRE to support its plan to develop 150,000 hectares of new rice-growing areas.

A wave of land disputes that began in eastern Uzbekistan has spread to Sirdaryo, where farmers say authorities are using courts, debt enforcement, and administrative pressure to shift farmland into a system that favors foreign, particularly Chinese, investors.

Critics in Suriname are speaking out against plans for a public-private partnership to develop 113,465 hectares of rainforest for industrial agriculture in the district of Nickerie.

Dopo otto anni, la società multinazionale Socfin, specializzata nelle piantagioni, ha interrotto il suo legame con l’Earthworm Foundation, una consulente ambientale. Socfin si era rivolta a Earthworm dopo aver ricevuto accuse di violazioni dei diritti umani e impatti ambientali negativi nelle sue piantagioni in Africa e Asia sudorientale. Rappresentanti delle comunità e attivisti ambientali in Liberia sostengono che le raccomandazioni di Earthworm non siano state implementate in modo adeguato.

After eight years, multinational plantation company Socfin and the environmental consultancy Earthworm Foundation have cut ties.

FCC has convened a coalition of more than 20 investment organizations, including venture capital, private equity and Royal Bank of Canada. It will connect these investors to opportunities in land acquisition, manufacturing and new ag-tech startups, among other projects.

As 401(k) plan sponsors look to improve diversification and long-term outcomes, real assets such as timber and farmland are moving closer to the center of the conversation, alongside private markets like real estate and private credit.

Australia’s Oyster Coast (AOC), a portfolio company of Roc Partners and the country’s largest producer, processor, and marketer of Sydney Rock oysters, announced it has expanded its footprint through the acquisition of an oyster farm in the Pambula estuary on the far South Coast of New South Wales.

Le député non-inscrit Tahirou Sarr a transmis au président de l’Assemblée nationale une proposition de loi visant à protéger le foncier national et à instaurer une véritable souveraineté foncière au Sénégal. Cette initiative intervient dans un contexte de multiplication des acquisitions foncières par des entités étrangères.

Qu’elles soient Danone (France), Senegindia (Inde), Ovidi Tender (Roumanie), China Agricultural Development (Chine), India Agri Ventures (Inde), Senegal Agricorp (États‐ Unis) ou Franck Timis (Roumanie), ces entreprises étrangères ont été largement servies. Une proposition de loi de Tahirou Sarr exige entre autres la révocation de ces titres fonciers en titres révocables et précaires ouvrant la voie à une renationalisation.

A Dubai-based consumer electronics manufacturer, Maser Group, is making a major strategic pivot into agriculture and artificial intelligence infrastructure across Africa, committing $1.6 billion to farmland development and data centres in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya over the next two years.

The partnership aims to identify and develop large‑scale agricultural land, targetting an initial 10,000 hectares of irrigated farmland, with a potential expansion to another 10,000 hectares.

The project envisions cultivating sugar beets on about 52,000 hectares that Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Agriculture has already designated in the Gallaorol and Farish districts for sugar beet cultivation.