Agricultural landforms the backbone of global food production, covering more than 18 million square miles worldwide. A new ranking based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank highlights the countries with the largest agricultural land areas. The data shows that China leads the world with about 2.0 million square ...

By Asamoah Oppong Zadok The Paradox of Plenty Africa possesses almost half of the world’s remaining arable land, yet the continent continues to struggle with hunger and poverty. The irony is striking: a land so fertile and vast that it could feed the world still cannot fully feed its own people. From the plains of ...

Nairobi, Kenya – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called on African governments to place young people at the center of land governance, environmental conservation, and climate change strategies, describing them as the “pillar and decisive card” for sustainable agriculture and food systems on the continent. The appeal was made ...

Image:Winnie Pooe 26 August 2025: Land Reform: As discussions about the efficacy and direction of the land reform programme continue, there is scant attention being paid to the role that women are playing in the sector, despite women owning and operating approximately 20% of farming units – according to the Department of Agriculture – and ...

By Brandon Moss  Despite the anticipated shift toward modernised land legislation, recent legal and regulatory developments have reaffirmed the enduring influence of South Africa’s Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act (SALA) on agricultural land classification and infrastructure development. The complexities surrounding SALA’s application continue to shape project timelines, compliance strategies, and land-use decisions—especially as the country ...

Johannesburg: 24 April 2025 – More than three decades after the advent of democracy, land reform remains one of South Africa’s most pressing and emotive challenges — a powerful symbol of the country’s painful history of dispossession, but also a critical lever for building a more inclusive and economically empowered future. Yet, despite its significance ...

Johannesburg –March 2025 – With the Expropriation Act now promulgated, land reform is in the spotlight again. As South Africa commemorates Human Rights Month, the land reform programme remains central to the country’s broader human rights discourse. Land ownership, access, and the productive use of land remain fundamental to the fulfilment of human rights. The ...

HARARE—Zimbabwe’s new land tenure policy aims to expose multiple farm ownership and identify underutilized land, potentially benefiting over 250,000 individuals on the government’s waiting list, according to Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi. The government recently announced that beneficiaries of the land reform programme will now receive bankable, registrable, and transferable land tenure, ...

A call for CSI initiatives to help redress the land reform debacle 18 October 2024: Johannesburg – Ever since the land reform programme was initiated in 1994, the hopes of communities forcibly removed from their ancestral land have been dampened by the slow progress of land restitution and redistribution. Despite government efforts, it is clear ...

View of Afi River Forest Reserve, Cross River state: Nigeria lost 178,000 hectares (440,000 acres) of primary forest between 2001 and 2023. Image by David Nkwa via Wikicommons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Pioneering projects in Nigeria and Kenya are moving away from government-led land management to a more inclusive approach to address climate, biodiversity and socioeconomic needs. The ...