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Entretien : « SENEGINDIA n’est pas un prédateur foncier! »
- Dakaractu
- 17 Mar 2025
SENEGINDIA a transféré son activité agricole à la société SWAMI AGRI.
Microsoft signs 30-year carbon removal afforestation deal in India
- ESG Today
- 06 Mar 2025
The project, spanning 20,000 hectares in Madhya Pradesh State, will see up to 11.6 million mixed native trees planted across farmer and community land.
Private entities to gain access to state-owned degraded forests for afforestation
- Down to Earth
- 04 Mar 2025
Private entities may soon be granted access to 60-year concessions of up to 10,000 ha of degraded forests in Madhya Pradesh for carbon credit tree planting projects
UAE’s Aqua Bridge to build aquaculture farm in India
- AGBI
- 21 February 2025
A UAE aquaculture company linked to the ruling Al-Maktoum family of Dubai has agreed to develop an aquaculture farm and research centre in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh at an initial cost of $461 million.
Private firms may help revive MP’s degraded forests
- Hindustan Times
- 03 February 2025
The Madhya Pradesh government plans to hand over between 10 and 1,000 hectares of forest land to private agencies for 60 years in which time they can plant species of their choice, trade in forest produce, and rate the forest for carbon sequestration to earn carbon credits.
BN Group to invest $1 billion in Africa to expand edible oil business
- Deccan Herald
- 17 December 2024
Indian edible oil manufacturer BN Group announced a $1 billion investment to expand its operations across Africa establish three manufacturing facilities with a combined production capacity of 2,000 tonnes and invest in palm plantations.
Salala Rubber Corporation to resume operations soon
- Liberian Observer
- 10 September 2024
This disclosure by Jeety Rubber comes weeks after its founder, business tycoon Upjit Singh Sachdeva, acquired SRC from its parent company, Socfin, a Belgian-French agricultural conglomerate.
Salala Rubber Corporation sells its plantation to Jeety Rubber LLC
- Liberian Investigator
- 31 August 2024
The Liberian Investigator has confirmed that the Socfin Group has sold the Salala Rubber plantation to Jeety Rubber following weeks of violent protests at the company’s facilities and years of serious criticism from Green Advocates and international rights groups for reportedly causing significant harm to local communities, including land grabbing, environmental degradation, and human rights abuses.
African countries turn to India for investments in agriculture
- HBL
- 23 May 2024
“Some African nations, such as Kenya and Uganda, are ready to fast-track collaboration in agriculture with India and recently offered land on lease to Indian businesses during a delegation visit," said an Indian official
India: Over 10,000 hectares identified for tree plantation across 13 states under ‘green credit’ programme
- Times of India
- 12 April 2024
Over 500 land parcels spanning 4,885 hectares — the size of nearly 6,000 football fields — across 10 states have been approved for tree plantation ever since the Green Credit Programme kicked off in the country.
Delhi court denies bail to businessman Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi in USD 5 Million fraud case
- BNN
- 08 February 2024
The case stems from accusations lodged by the Djiboutian Ambassador in 2018, asserting that Karuturi neglected to meet the terms of agricultural agreements signed in 2011 and 2012 for activities in Ethiopia.
India’s oil palm grand plan: at what cost?
- GRAIN
- 30 November 2023
India’s growing embrace of industrial palm oil threatens the nation’s rich diversity of oilseed crops. What are the risks for farmers, public health and the environment?