Some famers from Mbeya Region have lost an appeal case over compensation and damages against a large rice farming company owned by Export Trading Group, which was accused of maliciously damaging their rice.
The TIAA-Divest! campaign demands that TIAA "stop land grabs," as TIAA is one of the two largest foreign buyers in Brazil and many of its landholdings lead to displacement of local communities and deforestation.
- TIAA Divest!
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20 April 2021
Australian farmland is an appealing asset class to Canadian-backed investment group, Warakirri Asset Management, with the firm having launched a new fund which expects to raise $500 million.
Chinese dairy company engaged in alfalfa growing, dairy farming, milk processing, and marketing will use KKR funds to construct more dairy farms and import Australian dairy cows.
- Business Wire
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18 April 2021
An unnamed European pension fund has become the cornerstone investor in the just-launched, close-ended Warakirri Farmland Fund, which aims to raise up to €320m in equity.
Cultivation of oil palm has surged in Brazil’s northern state of Roraima over the last decade, fueled by an ambitious push towards biofuels. While palm oil companies claim they do not deforest, critics say they are contributing to a surge in demand for cleared land in this region, driving cattle ranchers, soy farmers and land speculators deeper into the forest.
Fonterra has completed the sale of its two wholly owned farming hubs in China where it will now focus on creating value from its New Zealand farmers’ milk
- The Cattle Site
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08 April 2021
The French development bank, AFD Group, says it no longer has any connection with PHC - Feronia, since the DRC oil palm plantation company was taken over by the Straight KKM2 fund.
The Silverlands I portfolio, the continent’s largest agricultural investment fund, includes primary production and beef and poultry assets across South Africa, Namibia, eSwatini, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique.
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
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07 April 2021
Report finds the Canadian based pension plan is not living up to its own environmental, social responsibility, and corporate governance principles, resulting in adverse impacts on Maui’s environment and residents.
- Responsible Markets
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06 April 2021
A compilation by World Rainforest Movement on the threats faced by fores-dependent communities in Indonesia and their resistance.
The South African Government Employees Pension Fund and the country's Public Investment Corporation are invested in a Congolese palm oil business linked to past human rights abuses and land expropriation.
- Sunday Times
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06 April 2021