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4 foreign funds invested in Adani firms have history of wrong bets: Report

Elara India Opportunities Fund, which Indian lawmakers suspect may be linked to Gautami Adani, was the largest foreign shareholder in Karuturi Global Ltd, owning 3.25% of the company in 2018.
End of an era for Karuturi farm as court okays auction of assets

Seven years after the farm was placed under receivership due to debts owed to Kenya Revenue Authority and a local bank, the final nail has been hammered on its coffin. Workers now worry for the Sh300 million they are owed in salary arrears, union dues and savings.
Gabon : L’Etat ne vend pas des terres aux étrangers

Alors que l’accaparement des terres au Gabon fait jaser, le ministre de l’Habitat assure que l’Etat ne vend pas des terres aux non gabonais. Et «tout ce qui est droit coutumier de propriété n’existe pas» précise-t-il.
Landowners protest over delayed report in southern Sierra Leone

Executive members of an organisation representing landowners engaged in a long drawn out dispute with Socfin Agriculture Company in Malen Chiefdom in the Pujehun district have appealed to President Julius Maada to intervene.
This Is Our Land: Why reject the privatisation of customary land

New factsheet from ActNowPNG breaks down 6 myths used to justify the privatisation of customary land, showing how it's not about development but about profits for corporations
Fonterra completes sale of China JV farms

Dairy giant Fonterra has sold two joint venture farms in China to Singapore-based AustAsia Investment Holdings for US$115.5m.
Stanbic to auction Karuturi assets over Sh1.8bn loan

Stanbic Bank, in Kenya, is now free to auction assets of Karuturi Ltd over a debt of USD 16.6 million after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by its shareholders and guarantors.
Accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso : « Le gouvernement reste responsable » (Issoufou Porgo)

La Confédération Paysanne du Faso (CPF) tire la sonnette d’alarme sur l'accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso et pointe de doigt le gouvernement
La première entreprise certifiée durable au Cameroun suscite le tollé des communautés rurales

"Depuis 1897 que nous avons cédé nos terres à la Safacam, elle ne nous a jamais fait don même d’une borne fontaine".
The oil palm: a sad harvest

Investigation into the controversial palm oil sector in Liberia, the role of Dutch finance and impacts on local communities

4 foreign funds invested in Adani firms have history of wrong bets: Report

Elara India Opportunities Fund, which Indian lawmakers suspect may be linked to Gautami Adani, was the largest foreign shareholder in Karuturi Global Ltd, owning 3.25% of the company in 2018.

28 Jul 2021 The Week

Karuturi for sale

Banks receive nod to auction Karuturi assets in Kenya

26 Jul 2021 Citizen News

End of an era for Karuturi farm as court okays auction of assets

Seven years after the farm was placed under receivership due to debts owed to Kenya Revenue Authority and a local bank, the final nail has been hammered on its coffin. Workers now worry for the Sh300 million they are owed in salary arrears, union dues and savings.

22 Jul 2021 The Standard

Gabon : L’Etat ne vend pas des terres aux étrangers

Alors que l’accaparement des terres au Gabon fait jaser, le ministre de l’Habitat assure que l’Etat ne vend pas des terres aux non gabonais. Et «tout ce qui est droit coutumier de propriété n’existe pas» précise-t-il.

22 Jul 2021 Gabon Review

Landowners protest over delayed report in southern Sierra Leone

Executive members of an organisation representing landowners engaged in a long drawn out dispute with Socfin Agriculture Company in Malen Chiefdom in the Pujehun district have appealed to President Julius Maada to intervene.

21 Jul 2021 Politico

Spéculation foncière et accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso, le CES tire la sonnette d’alarme

« La conviction est que si nous continuons dans cette dynamique, les générations futures seront sacrifiées et nous serons tous responsables de cette situation », déclare la VP du Conseil économique et social, Fatoumata Legma.

21 Jul 2021 Commodafrica

This Is Our Land: Why reject the privatisation of customary land

New factsheet from ActNowPNG breaks down 6 myths used to justify the privatisation of customary land, showing how it's not about development but about profits for corporations

20 Jul 2021 ActNow PNG

China is buying up American farms. Washington wants to crack down.

Bipartisan pressure is building to stop foreign nationals from purchasing American farm operations and receiving taxpayer subsidies.

20 Jul 2021 Politico

New booklet: Nine reasons to say NO to contract farming with palm oil companies

Why do peasant farmers lose out when they produce for the palm oil industry? A publication based on experiences from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.

19 Jul 2021 WRM

Dole plans Philippine expansion

Dole Sunshine Co, which grows pineapples and other produce across more than 30,000 hectares of farmland in the Philippines, says it plans to increase its farm production area in the country

19 Jul 2021 BusinessWorld

Danish investor in farming land continues divestment of Romanian properties

The Danish farming company FirstFarms announced that it reached an agreement to sell its assets in northwestern Romania, some 2,400 ha of land, for nearly EUR 14 mln, Profit.ro reported.

19 Jul 2021 Romania Insider

Fonterra completes sale of China JV farms

Dairy giant Fonterra has sold two joint venture farms in China to Singapore-based AustAsia Investment Holdings for US$115.5m.

19 Jul 2021 COOP News

Stanbic to auction Karuturi assets over Sh1.8bn loan

Stanbic Bank, in Kenya, is now free to auction assets of Karuturi Ltd over a debt of USD 16.6 million after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by its shareholders and guarantors.

19 Jul 2021 Business Daily

Peut-on contraindre les multinationales à respecter les droits humains ?

De l’accaparement des terres au travail forcé, de plus en plus de multinationales se retrouvent sous le feu des projecteurs pour violation des droits humains. Faut-il instaurer une réglementation internationale ?

19 Jul 2021 France Culture

Accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso : « Le gouvernement reste responsable » (Issoufou Porgo)

La Confédération Paysanne du Faso (CPF) tire la sonnette d’alarme sur l'accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso et pointe de doigt le gouvernement

16 Jul 2021 Burkina 24

Neuf raisons de dire NON à l’agriculture contractuelle des entreprises d’huile de palme

L’objectif principal des entreprises industrielles d’huile de palme est de maximiser leurs profits. Plus elles peuvent contrôler de terres, plus elles peuvent vendre d’huile de palme. Nouvelle brochure de WRM.

16 Jul 2021 WRM

How farmland fits in the investment portfolio of the future

Global AgInvesting held its 13th annual gathering in the US with a special optional golf tournament at the exclusive Sleepy Hollow Country Club, bringing together ag investors, asset managers and agribusiness executives.

16 Jul 2021 GAI

Bunong, Bollore land dispute overruled by French tribunal

A joint statement issued by 97 Bunong indigenous families in Mondulkiri province expressed disappointment in the Tribunal of Nanterre in France which overruled their complaints concerning 2,386ha of disputed land with French company Bollore. The families from Pech Chreada district’s Bou Sra commune said they would grant lawyers the right to file an appeal in France.

15 Jul 2021 Phnom Penh Post

Korindo: Korean palm oil giant stripped of sustainability status

Korean palm oil giant, Korindo has been rejected from the world's green certification body in the wake of a BBC investigation. Korindo controls more land in Papua than any other conglomerate. The company has cleared nearly 60,000 hectares of forests inside its concessions - an area the size of Chicago or Seoul.

15 Jul 2021 BBC