Indonesia's Astra Agro criticised by green groups over report on grievances
- Reuters
- 30 Nov 2023
One of the subsidiaries, PT Agro Nusa Abadi (ANA), was accused of seizing farmers' land in several villages covering approximately 5,000 hectares
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Canadian investment firm buys nearly 3 million hectares of Kimberley cattle country in $300m deal
- ABC
- 30 Nov 2023
Some of Western Australia's most sought-after cattle country is set to move from Chinese to Canadian ownership in a newly struck deal.
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When Emirati alfalfa farms moved in, Arizona wells dried up. Why?
- AP
- 29 Nov 2023
Tensions are bubbling up at Arizona alfalfa farms as water becomes a top commodity. Local farmers say that their wells have dried up since since an Emirati alfalfa farm moved in.
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Keep investment companies from buying farmland, NFU urges
- National Newswatch
- 27 Nov 2023
Canada's federal government needs to convince the provinces to ban investors from buying the country’s agricultural land so farmers can use it to produce food, the National Farmers Union has urged.
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MP Evans completes US$59m East Kalimantan acquisition
- Proactive Investors
- 27 Nov 2023
MPE is buying 8,350 hectares from P.T. Agro Bumi Kaltim and P.T. Nusantara Agro Sentosa, of which 1,686 hectares are managed on behalf of associated smallholder co-operatives.
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Egyptian Minister of Agriculture meets with Saudi investors to discuss ways to enhance agricultural investment in Egypt
- Daily News
- 23 Nov 2023
The Minister of Agriculture stressed that investment in the agricultural sector is promising, and that the state is keen on creating a climate for local, Arab and foreign investors.
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National land policy study reports on Senegal, Mali, Togo, Ghana & Cameroon
- AFSA
- 22 Nov 2023
AFSA is delighted to launch a series of five national reports, within AFSA’s Our Land is Our Life land rights initiative in these countries.
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NFU calls for ban on on investor ownership of farmland in Canada
- Cochrane Eagle
- 22 Nov 2023
Farmers, farm workers, and supporters will be gathering on Parliament Hill to demand that the federal government protect Canada’s food sovereignty and impose a ban on investor ownership of farmland.
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Inside the two companies that dominate the US carrot crop
- Forbes
- 21 Nov 2023
Grimmway’s owner is backed by pension funds including the public employees of the states of Maine and Oregon, Texas teachers, the New York state Teamsters union and the Producer-Writers Guild of America.
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Swiss Re alleged to have insured illegally deforested farmland in Brazil
- Insurance Business
- 21 Nov 2023
Repórter Brazil also documented cases where Swiss Re had concluded insurance contracts with farms that illegally cultivated indigenous protected areas and used armed violence
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Mata Reports looks at the Māori Carbon Collective
- Mata Reports
- 21 Nov 2023
Mata Reports investigates growing concerns around the group and its elusive managing director, as well as carbon farming’s impact on Māori communities.
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PHC Congo: European development banks must be held accountable for broken mediation process
- RIAO et al.
- 20 Nov 2023
The mediation process is set to collapse, unless strong measures are taken to ensure adequate, safe, independent and truly inclusive participation of the local communities and their representatives.
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