LIMA, Peru—The illegal clearing of land for commercial agriculture is the cause of almost half of tropical deforestation globally, with much of those commodities destined for international markets, ...

The Zambian government regards agriculture as a “panacea” for rural poverty, and the country’s leaders have been promoting agribusiness investments on huge swaths of land. However, flaws in the ...

Twiga, a B2B e-commerce food distribution platform, has today announced the launch of its new subsidiary, Twiga Fresh, through which it will farm and distribute its own agricultural produce to traders ...

Several commercial farmers told Human Rights Watch they had expected the government to remove people living on the farm plots they acquired. Instead, they said they had to decide how to deal with the ...

Colonialism brought large-scale farming to Africa, promising modernisation and jobs – but often dispossessing people and exploiting workers. Now, after several decades of independence, and with ...

Long the domain of rural areas, commercial farming operations are now starting to take root in urban neighborhoods.“Demand has been really strong for this,” said Rose Arruda, urban agriculture ...