A recent gathering in Colombia, organized by the Land Deal Politics Initiative, was an important moment to assess the current state of play and ready strategies to face the current and impending onslaught of land grabs.
- Salena Tramel
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11 April 2024
This new white paper titled The Evolution of Farmland as an Asset, released by Steve Bruere, president, Peoples Company, and Ailie C. Elmore, instructor, University of Illinois, takes you behind the curtain, not only recounting the history of farmland investment, but examining why events occurred, and how those events drove, and are continuing to drive, the development of a promising and worthy asset class.
The Mount Kei project seeks to reforest degraded lands in Uganda with a mix of teak on 18,000 hectares and indigenous tree species on 20,000 hectares. The teak will be harvested for construction material, while the rest of the project will generate carbon credits.
El impulso del Banco para la seguridad de la tenencia de la tierra ayuda a facilitar el acaparamiento de tierras, en medio del desplazamiento de millones de personas y la financierización de los sectores agrícolas en los países del Sur Global
- Bretton Woods Project
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09 April 2024
Fabián Martínez, integrante del Movimiento Campesino de Santiago del Estero Vía Campesina, fue asesinado el viernes 5 de abril en el paraje San Francisco, en el noreste provincial de Argentina. El crimen sucedió luego de que una banda armada usurpara tierras de uso comunitario. Es el cuarto campesino asesinado en los últimos años, siempre en el marco de conflictos entre empresarios del agro y comunidades campesinas e indígenas por la tenencia de los territorios.
- Agencia Viva
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09 April 2024
La société belge de plantations SIAT est définitivement passée aux mains de la société Oak & Saffron Limited, filiale du groupe nigérian Saroafrica.
Russia has seized companies belonging to agricultural firm AgroTerra and placed them under temporary management, including some backed by Dutch investment firms, a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin showed late on Monday.
The transferability of land, along with the liberalisation of agriculture and finance the Bank and IMF have pushed on Global South states, have facilitated investment in agribusiness and driven the financialisation of national agricultural sectors.
- Bretton Woods Project
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09 April 2024
Les sociétés de crédit carbone expulsent des communautés à travers l’Afrique.
- Observatoire de l'Europe
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09 April 2024
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged Keut Saray, the president of Khmer Students Intelligent League Association (KSILA), for inciting villagers embroiled in land disputes in Preah Vihear province to resist provincial authorities and the government.
- Khmer Times
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08 April 2024
In a letter to Guatemalan national authorities, 115 organizations from 39 countries demanded a halt to the abuses and violence that palm oil company Industria Chiquibul has been committing in indigenous and peasant communities.
Depuis 2022, l’État malgache s’est considérablement investi pour sécuriser les parcelles des paysans. Désormais, il souhaite également sécuriser des terrains en son nom.
Serbian companies Industrija mesa Matijevic, Delta Holding, Almex DOO, Coric Agrar DOO and LoginEKO (owned by a married Slovenian couple), along with Al Dahra Holding LLC and Elite Agro LLC from the United Arab Emirates are currently the largest landowners in Serbia, according to a Forbes Serbia report.
The Agriculture Investment Conference intends to lure Malawian emerging mega farmers to invest in commercial farming by introducing them to various profitable agricultural value chains and the respective off-taker markets.
- Maravi Express
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07 April 2024
The government says under the amended land laws, foreign nationals will be allowed to buy land in the country for investment purposes only.