Turkey is exploring opportunities to lease farmlands in 10 counties in Africa and Latin America to grow crops to boost agricultural production amid growing global concerns over food security.
Authorities have been exploring such opportunities in 10 nations, besides Venezuela and Sudan.
- Hurriyet Daily
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16 June 2022
Turkey has been planning since 2014 to meet a significant portion of its food needs by cultivating farmland leased in Sudan but lands have yet to be allocated and there are no staff working at the project's agricultural company.
- Nordic Monitor
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17 April 2022
In Uganda, land grabbed by local land brokers are immediately handed over to foreign companies, which then often grow the same crops as the villagers were growing before they were evicted.
- Ugandan land defenders
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20 September 2021
La Turquie a le droit d’exploiter 100 mille hectares de terres agricoles soudanaises, selon un accord entre Ankara et Khartoum.
At a bilateral meeting, Sudan and Turkey reiterate the agreement giving Turkish companies an initial 100,000 hectares of lands in Sudan for agricultural projects, with the promise of a further 700,000 hectares.
- Daily Sabah
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13 August 2021
The stolen land belonged to families that are part of the 35000 people being forcefully displaced by three multinational companies including Great Seasons SMC Limited, Agilis Partners Limited, and Kiryandongo Sugar Limited.
- Witness Radio
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17 June 2021
The abduction of villagers is part of the wider use of violence orchestrated by the police who are working for investors including Great Seasons SMC Limited and it is linked to the community’s resistance to a land grab.
- Witness Radio
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24 Mar 2021
Great Seasons SMC limited, owned by a Sudan investor based in Dubai, is one of three multinational companies evicting communities off their land for agribusiness investments without any legal process.
- Witness Radio
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19 Mar 2021
DAL’s $225m greenfield project in Abu Hamad — a joint venture with the Royal Group of Abu Dhabi and about 10km from the banks of the Nile — is watered by 18km of canals drawing water from the world’s longest river.
IHC Food Holding, a subsidiary of Abu-Dhabi-based International Holding Company, announces plans to develop and cultivate over 100,000 acres of farmland in Sudan in a $225 million deal.
- Arabian Business
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06 October 2020
Cet investissement de la société émiratie International Holding Co sera échelonné sur une période de 5 ans et concernera une superficie de plus de 40 000 hectares dans la ville d’Abu Hamad située dans l’Etat du Nil
- Agence Ecofin
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05 October 2020
Egypt has agreed with Sudan to study a plan to grow crops together on Sudanese land within the framework of economic cooperation between the two countries.
- Al-Monitor
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16 September 2020