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Romania's DN Agrar to double milk production capacity by 2030
- SeeNews
- 26 May 2025
The Dutch-owned company that already holds 16,000 cows and more than 7,000 ha of cultivated land is planning the construction of a new 5,000-head cattle facility.
BPL Pensioen invests further €90m in Dutch farmland fund
- Impact Investor
- 07 January 2025
BPL Pensioen, a Dutch pension fund for agricultural and horticultural workers, has made a fresh investment of €90m in ASR Real Estate’s Dutch Farmland Fund, which owns 39,000 hectares in the Netherlands worth some €2.1bn.
China and the UK lead in Australian ag land foreign ownership
- Sheep Central
- 25 November 2024
Findings from the Federal Government’s latest annual Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Register released last week show the total area of ag land with a level of offshore ownership has fallen just 0.3 percent from 47.7 million hectares to 47.56m ha last year.
Mobilisation contre le projet de la plus grande usine à tomates d'Europe
- Basta
- 12 November 2024
Le collectif « Stop aux tomates industrielles » organise le 16 novembre une marche en France contre un projet de 32 ha de serres chauffées de tomates, représentant l'équivalent de 46 terrains de football. AgroCare (Pays-Bas) est l'un des plus grands producteurs de tomates sous serres d'Europe, également implanté au Maroc et en Tunisie.
The UK Government and Dutch development bank FMO commit $55 million to BTG Pactual TIG’s Latin American reforestation strategy
- Business Wire
- 24 September 2024
The investment with the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG) - one of the world's largest timberland investment management organizations - focuses on the conservation, restoration, and planting of deforested and degraded properties.
New Zealand: Hawke’s Bay apple industry: Dutch firm buys 60ha orchard; two more orchards hit market
- NZ Herald
- 17 August 2024
Hawke’s Bay apple orchards have been changing hands amid a shake-up to the industry, with the latest significant sale featuring a Dutch newcomer buying a 62-hectare Ongaonga block.
Over 30 CSOs petition US over firm accused of evicting Kiryandongo locals
- The Monitor
- 01 July 2024
Groups petition the World Bank, US and Netherlands to support an independent investigation into human rights abuses committed against dozens of vulnerable people in Kiryandongo District, western Uganda, by agribusiness company, Agilis Partners.
En RDC, les communautés tentent de récupérer leurs terres spoliées par le géant de l’huile de palme PHC
- Mongabay
- 30 May 2024
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.
Russia seizes assets of agricultural firm AgroTerra
- Reuters
- 09 April 2024
Russia has seized companies belonging to agricultural firm AgroTerra and placed them under temporary management, including some backed by Dutch investment firms, a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin showed late on Monday.
New revelations in a palm oil scandal in the DRC: Urgent actions need to be taken in the mediation process
- RIAO-RDC et al.
- 04 April 2024
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.
Nouvelles révélations dans le scandale de l'huile de palme en RDC: des mesures urgentes doivent être prises dans le cadre de la médiation
- RIAO-RDC et al.
- 04 April 2024
Des ONG affirment qu'un processus de médiation des banques de développement allemande et néerlandaise contraint des communautés à renoncer à leurs droits fonciers et à accepter l'occupation continue de leurs terres par une société de huile de palme, sans avoir eu le temps, les ressources, la sécurité et le soutien juridique nécessaires pour défendre leurs intérêts.
Who’s behind the destruction of Brazil’s Cerrado?
- Grist
- 28 February 2024
Some of the world's largest pension funds bet big on Brazilian farmland. Communities, and the climate, are paying the price