A global food crisis and rapid population growth are making farmland an increasingly attractive investment. Holly Black looks at the options.

Africa’s agrarian questions are not adequately addressed by simply asking, “What is the role of African smallholders?”

China is one of the world's largest consumers of agricultural commodities such as soy and palm oil that drive deforestation globally. But it isn’t just Chinese consumption of these commodities that is helping fuel forest destruction. Global Witness new analysis sheds a spotlight on the often-overlooked role of Chinese banks as some of the biggest global financiers of deforestation.