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The 636-hectare portfolio, to be named Bunya Orchards, includes 341 hectares of established, high density macadamia orchards and 50 hectares of grazing land earmarked for greenfield macadamia development.

En la actualidad hay 214 colonias menonitas en nueve países de América Latina, entre ellos Argentina, Belice, Bolivia, Colombia, México, Perú y Paraguay. Se dedican a los monocultivos de soya, maíz, arroz y frijol con alta tecnología y el uso de pesticidas que contaminan los ríos

AGF says the $1 million equity investment from FrugalFP B.V. of the Netherlands will accelerate its development of Africa’s first Smart Circular Agro-Food & Carbon Innovation Vehicle, a 10,000-hectare integrated agroforestry and cassava–sweet potato processing initiative based in Ghana’s Kwahu Afram Plains.

German human rights activists accuse Berlin-based agricultural company Amatheon Agri of violently forcing Zambian farmers off their land and seizing their livestock.

Germany's largest fertiliser company invests in German fund pursuing large-scale agriculture and forestry projects for carbon credits in Africa.

Study finds that two large-scale carbon projects on the grazing lands of the Maasai in Tanzania have committed serious abuses and make traditional grazing practices impossible.

The British company SEFE Marketing & Trading Ltd. and Kazakhstan’s SAFC LLP signed an agreement to plant 3.3 million trees across 1,500 hectares in the Almaty region to produce carbon credits

A group of non-profits say the German companies may be in breach of national due diligence law, due to a failure to ‘interrogate and act on’ risks in their soya supply chain.

MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re Group, acquired its first apple orchard in New Zealand on behalf of a client pursuing a New Zealand growth strategy in agriculture.

Les communautés riveraines des plantations de la société Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) au nord-est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) revendiquent un peu plus de 58 000 hectares de terres et veulent accéder aux titres fonciers de la société pour connaître les limites de ses concessions.

La organización Iniciativa Cristiana Romero evaluó el comportamiento de dos empresas de palma aceitera en Guatemala y una en Honduras que exportan hacia Alemania. Los resultados indican contaminación del agua en los ríos, degradación ambiental, adquisición irregular de tierras y violación de derechos laborales.

NGOs say a development bank mediation process is coercing communities into foregoing their rights to their territories and accepting a palm oil company's occupation of their lands without the time, resources, security and legal support required to adequately defend their interests.