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African Food Security: Cultivating Sustainable Solutions for Africa’s Agricultural Future
- African Food Security: Cultivating Sustainable Solutions for Africa’s Agricultural Future
- 24 June 2025
As food insecurity continues to affect over 280 million people across the African continent, new initiatives are emerging that aim to transform agricultural production at scale. Among them is African Food Security (AFS), a New York-based agribusiness company now operating expansive farms in Africa with a stated commitment to sustainability and local development.
UN calls out Indonesia’s Merauke food estate for displacing Indigenous communities
- Mongabay
- 24 June 2025
U.N. special rapporteurs have raised concerns that Indonesia’s food estate project in Merauke district is displacing Indigenous communities, clearing forests without consent, and using military forces to suppress dissent, threatening more than 50,000 Indigenous people.
Crypto et corruption : la facette cachée du plan d’achat de terrains en $CAR 
- Afrique IT News
- 23 June 2025
Les 1 700 ha mis en vente par le gouvernement centrafricain étaient des plantations agricoles
PBB soal PSN Merauke, koalisi sebut respon pemerintah tak jujur
- Mongabay
- 22 June 2025
Koalisi masyarakat sipil dan masyarakat adat yang terdampak Proyek Strategis Nasional (PSN) Merauke, Papua Selatan, menyanggah tanggapan pemerintah Indonesia terhadap sembilan Pelapor Khusus Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa (UN Special Procedure Mechanism) ihwal pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) dan dampak lingkungan proyek tersebut.
Saudi prince to launch $5bn funds for GCC food security
- MSN
- 20 June 2025
A Riyadh private equity firm established by a Saudi royal is joining forces with Canadian asset manager Cordiant Group to set up two funds worth $5 billion for agricultural investments across the GCC and globally.
Negocio arrocero entre Vietnam y Cuba transforma paradigmas en cesión de tierras
- Inter Press Service en Cuba
- 19 June 2025
En un raro acuerdo, el gobierno cubano entrega el control de 1.000 hectáreas a una empresa extranjera. La empresa asiática Agri VMA cultivará arroz por tres años vendiendo su paquete tecnológico, como semillas híbridas y pesticidas, mientras Cuba obtiene ingresos por el alquiler de la tierra y la sustitución de importaciones.
Communities cry foul over IFC’s weak response to SRC abuses
- Daily Observer
- 19 June 2025
In 2019, 22 communities in Liberia filed a complaint with the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, accusing the International Finance Corporation of fueling abuse and environmental destruction through a loan to the Salala Rubber Corporation to expand its rubber plantations—with devastating consequences.
Are Chinese investors grabbing Zambian land? Study finds that’s a myth
- The Conversation
- 19 June 2025
Researcher argues that Chinese investors have preferred different investment models according to the specific rules of land access, transfer and control of three land tenure systems in Zambia.

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