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Bucolic botch: Why big farms flopped in Ethiopia

Too few investors knew the land; too many deals were crooked. Yet officials hint that the government wants to promote huge farms once more, this time by expanding wheat production to boost food security.
Participation of legal entities in land turnover, conducting of referendum on time to determine ultimate success of land reform – IFC

The International Finance Corporation welcome Ukraine's newly adopted land law but indicates it doesn't go far enough
Saudi Arabia asks private sector to import 355,000 tonnes of wheat

Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer SAGO is asking Saudi investors with farmland overseas to import 355,000 tonnes of wheat into the kingdom, as major food importers try to increase strategic reserves in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Recipe for disaster: The IMF and World Bank’s role in the financialisation of food and agriculture

World Bank and IMF policies have provided key support for the financialisation of food and agriculture, resulting in landgrabs, price volatility, the concentration of power and the expansion of climate-damaging industrial agriculture
Kenya: Trouble brewing in Yala Swamp as villagers accuse tycoons of grabbing their farm

Villagers say trouble began when a new investor, Lake Agro Limited, entered an agreement with an American investor, Dominion Farms Limited, to take over the swamp for the remaining lease period.
Over $131 billion assets under management in food & ag sector, new GAI Rankings Report finds

The GAI Rankings Report highlights the significance of capital being raised and deployed to pursue farmland investments, confirming more than 50 million acres globally under management and $51.5 billion in assets under management.
Land seizures and COVID-19: the twin threats to Brazil’s indigenous peoples

While the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the health of Indigenous peoples in Brazil’s Amazon, pressure over their traditional lands is increasing as grileiros –individuals who illegally seize land – sense an opportunity to exploit the crisis.
Uganda: Land rights defenders charged with criminal trespass, released on police bond

Soldiers protecting a Kiryandongo Sugar tractor arrested and beat a farmer for attempting to stop the tractor from ploughing up his 4 acre maize farm.
Décryptage des plantations Socfin/Bolloré, grâce à Profundo

Pour aider à partager plus largement le rapport de Profundo, nous en avons tiré deux infographies sur la structure de propriété des plantations et qui bénéficie des revenus qui en découlent
Ukraine passes IMF-backed land reform bill, social cuts as coronavirus spreads

A law to privatise farmland, ultimately for the benefit of global finance and agribusiness, was pushed through Parliament under pressure from the IMF in the context of the coronavirus crisis.

Bucolic botch: Why big farms flopped in Ethiopia

Too few investors knew the land; too many deals were crooked. Yet officials hint that the government wants to promote huge farms once more, this time by expanding wheat production to boost food security.

09 Apr 2020 Economist

« La Chine reste un acteur discret dans l’agriculture africaine malgré les nombreuses polémiques » (Fred Gale)

« Les acquisitions foncières (de la Chine) ne sont pas aussi immenses que l’attention qui leur est consacrée. »

08 Apr 2020 Agence Ecofin

Participation of legal entities in land turnover, conducting of referendum on time to determine ultimate success of land reform – IFC

The International Finance Corporation welcome Ukraine's newly adopted land law but indicates it doesn't go far enough

07 Apr 2020 Interfax

Saudi Arabia asks private sector to import 355,000 tonnes of wheat

Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer SAGO is asking Saudi investors with farmland overseas to import 355,000 tonnes of wheat into the kingdom, as major food importers try to increase strategic reserves in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

07 Apr 2020 Reuters

Opportunities in the new era of fragility

HighQuest Partners has documented an additional 100 ag investors that have made their first investment in food and agriculture in the first quarter of 2020, directly or via allocations to asset managers.

07 Apr 2020 GAI

Recipe for disaster: The IMF and World Bank’s role in the financialisation of food and agriculture

World Bank and IMF policies have provided key support for the financialisation of food and agriculture, resulting in landgrabs, price volatility, the concentration of power and the expansion of climate-damaging industrial agriculture

07 Apr 2020 BWP

Kenya: Trouble brewing in Yala Swamp as villagers accuse tycoons of grabbing their farm

Villagers say trouble began when a new investor, Lake Agro Limited, entered an agreement with an American investor, Dominion Farms Limited, to take over the swamp for the remaining lease period.

07 Apr 2020 Kenya News

Recherche: Etudes de cas sur les terres et les sols Africains

AFSA lance une invitation à s'impliquer dans la documentation des études de cas sur les terres et les sols africains

07 Apr 2020 AFSA

Wanted: African land & soil case studies

AFSA invites people to get involved in documenting African land and soil case studies.

07 Apr 2020 AFSA

L’Ukraine perd ses terres, Zelensky perd le pouvoir

Espérant recevoir une autre tranche du FMI, fin mars 2020, les « serviteurs du peuple » de Zelensky, en alliance avec M. Porochenko, ont vendu les terres de l’Ukraine. Mais ils ne les ont pas vendues tout à fait correctement. En tout cas, du point de vue de l’Occident.

06 Apr 2020 Donbass Insider

UAE agriculture tech start-up secures $120 million investment commitment

Wafra International, an investment firm owned by the Kuwait state pension agency, is investing $10 million of the new funding in Pure Harvest Smart Farms, and committing $100 million in equity and project financing.

06 Apr 2020 Reuters

Over $131 billion assets under management in food & ag sector, new GAI Rankings Report finds

The GAI Rankings Report highlights the significance of capital being raised and deployed to pursue farmland investments, confirming more than 50 million acres globally under management and $51.5 billion in assets under management.

06 Apr 2020 HighQuest

Land seizures and COVID-19: the twin threats to Brazil’s indigenous peoples

While the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the health of Indigenous peoples in Brazil’s Amazon, pressure over their traditional lands is increasing as grileiros –individuals who illegally seize land – sense an opportunity to exploit the crisis.

04 Apr 2020 Reuters

Uganda: Land rights defenders charged with criminal trespass, released on police bond

Soldiers protecting a Kiryandongo Sugar tractor arrested and beat a farmer for attempting to stop the tractor from ploughing up his 4 acre maize farm.

03 Apr 2020 witnessradio.org

Lao villagers lose farmland to Chinese banana grower

Villagers in Laos say a Chinese-owned banana plantation has unfairly acquired the land of 46 families in the northern part of the country, many of whom were coerced by authorities into selling for a miniscule compensation package.

03 Apr 2020 Radio Free Asia

Unravelling the Socfin/Bolloré plantations, thanks to Profundo

To help share Profundo's report more widely, we made two infographics from it on the ownership structure of the plantations and who benefits from the revenues they generate.

02 Apr 2020 GRAIN

Décryptage des plantations Socfin/Bolloré, grâce à Profundo

Pour aider à partager plus largement le rapport de Profundo, nous en avons tiré deux infographies sur la structure de propriété des plantations et qui bénéficie des revenus qui en découlent

02 Apr 2020 GRAIN

Cono Sur de América Latina: Mucha tierra en pocas manos

En el Cono Sur se desarrolla una reforma agraria, pero al revés: donde unos pocos tienen mucho y donde muchos no tienen casi nada. Es la situación de la tierra en Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Paraguay y Uruguay.

01 Apr 2020 Agencia de Noticias Biodiversidadla.org

Ukraine passes IMF-backed land reform bill, social cuts as coronavirus spreads

A law to privatise farmland, ultimately for the benefit of global finance and agribusiness, was pushed through Parliament under pressure from the IMF in the context of the coronavirus crisis.

01 Apr 2020 World Socialist

L’Ukraine lève le moratoire sur la vente des terres agricoles contre l’aide du FMI

Dans la nuit du 30 au 31 mars 2020, la Rada a voté la levée du moratoire sur la vente des terres agricoles afin que l’Ukraine puisse potentiellement recevoir une nouvelle tranche d’aide financière du FMI et éviter le défaut de paiement.

31 Mar 2020 Donbass Insider

Australia: Foreigners face extra FIRB hurdles buying farms during virus emergency

Foreign buyers stepping into the rural property or agribusiness sector will have to negotiate new regulatory hurdles aimed at preventing a rush of opportunistic offshore-based takeovers during the coronavirus emergency.

31 Mar 2020 Register

Two MPs block signing of Ukrainian farmland market bill

Two Ukrainian legislators have blocked the signing of the law lifting the long-standing ban on farmland sales, which was voted overnight Tuesday in a bid to unblock IMF funding.

31 Mar 2020 UNIAN

Ukraine opens up land market in bid for $8 billion IMF package

Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to lift a ban on the sale of farmland that has stood for nearly two decades, clearing one of the hurdles needed to unlock an $8 billion loan package from the International Monetary Fund.

31 Mar 2020 Reuters

L'Ukraine adopte une réforme foncière "historique" pour obtenir l'aide du FMI

Le parlement ukrainien a définitivement voté dans la nuit de lundi à mardi une loi autorisant la vente de ses fertiles terres agricoles, notamment à leurs exploitants, une condition clé pour le déblocage d'une aide financière du FMI.

31 Mar 2020 Belga

Interview with Mrs Marie Noelle ETONDE, SYNAPARCAM (Cameroun)

In Cameroon, women are the ones who bring food home, and when there is enough, we sell it. The income allows us to meet other needs. Today, we no longer have this possibility because of the agro-industries, like SOCAPALM

30 Mar 2020 Landcam