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Vulture funds renew efforts to take possession of indebted farms
- Independent
- 17 November 2020
In Ireland, vulture funds and lenders are following a more aggressive strategy since the end of Covid-19 moratorium on forced sales
The enduring legacy of a little-known World Bank project to secure African plantations for European billionaires
- WRM/GRAIN
- 15 November 2020
A search through the World Bank's archives shines a light on why Africa's post-colonial governments failed to dismantle the plantation model and return lands to their people.
Karuturi stadium swallowed by the lake
- Kenya Citizen TV
- 15 November 2020
"On the other side is Karuturi flower farms - it has also been taken away"
European development bank involvement into Congolese palm oil company perpetuates racism of colonial-era land grab
- WRM
- 15 November 2020
Communities living within the concessions claimed by PHC have long sought to regain control over their lands and have called for negotiations to determine the conditions under which the company may be allowed to continue to operate.
Diversification critical for pension funds, as NSSA considers agric value chains
- Zimbabwe Daily
- 14 November 2020
Zimbabwe's National Social Security Authority says it will begin to shift some of its investments to agriculture value chains such as maize, wheat, soya and export crops such as macadamia and blue berries.
Sierra Leone: MALOA calls for credible, impartial audit of SOCFIN
- Concord Times
- 13 November 2020
Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA) say they are dissatisfied with the process of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to certify Socfin Agricultural Company's operation in Malen Chiefdom.
Uganda: The criminal trial of the eight land rights defenders failed to take off
- Witness Radio
- 13 November 2020
The defenders believe that the charges brought against them are linked to their human rights work of mobilizing and empowering communities in Kiryandongo to resist violent evictions by foreign agribusiness companies.
The burning scar: Inside the destruction of Asia’s last rainforests
- BBC
- 12 November 2020
Indonesia is the world's largest exporter of palm oil, and Papua is its newest frontier. A visual investigation suggests fires have been deliberately set on the land by Korean palm oil giant that has been buying up swathes of Asia's largest remaining rainforests for their plantations.
They should not be called public development banks
- Collective statement
- 12 November 2020
As development banks gather for a global summit, organisations condemn the financing of corporate agribusiness and plantations, and call for public investment in agroecology and local food systems to tackle the climate crisis.
$300 million farm bid to bring Macquarie and Costa Group closer
- SMH
- 10 November 2020
Macquarie Group's $300 million takeover bid for a real estate investment trust, which owns vast farms across Australia, could pave the way for more farming deals involving the investment banking powerhouse and the fresh food giant Costa Group.
Public Development Banks need to change to really contribute to inclusive and sustainable development
- European MPs
- 10 November 2020
European MPs issue an interparliamentary statement on the “Finance in common summit”, calling on public development banks to stop "harmful investments", such as those in the oil palm plantation company Feronia in the DR Congo.
Edo community tackles multinational rice farmer over land acquisition
- Sahara Reporters
- 09 November 2020
Villagers of Illushi community want Skaff International Agro Farms Limited to vacate its operations for the interest of peace, alleging that it illegally acquired the community's lands.