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Schweppes Zimbabwe to invest US$28 million in citrus farming expansion
- Zimbabwe Mail
- 20 August 2024
The Zimbabwean government has allocated 4,000 hectares of land to Schweppes, where the company plans to cultivate its own citrus.
Canadian purchase of Kimberley Meat Co assets gets green light, in $55m deal
- Beef Central
- 19 August 2024
Canadian super fund manager Alberta Investment Management Corp has completed contracts for its purchase of the Kimberley Meat Co beef processing facility in Western Australia’s Kimberley region that includes pastoral leases covering 475,000 ha.
UAE investors eye Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector
- Sunday Mail
- 18 August 2024
Buyers from the UAE have expressed interest in investing in the local agriculture sector, taking advantage of favourable climate, vast tracts of fertile land and the availability of numerous water bodies.
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.
Zimbabwe explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia
- The Standard
- 17 August 2024
A delegation from the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) expressed interest in Zimbabwe’s agricultural potential and acknowledged the country’s strategic importance in the region.
Judgement on Russian’s farm deal postponed
- The Namibian
- 15 August 2024
Namibia's Popular Democratic Movement is trying to reverse a decision to grant Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov a 99-year lease of four farms with a combined size of more than 17 000 hectares.
Over landgrab, GVL defies watchdog with impunity
- Liberian Observer
- 15 August 2024
Golden Veroleum Liberia is not being held accountable for defying a ruling issued six years ago by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil against the company for land grabbing.
Tapping Brazil soybean variety: A new opportunity for Dodoma’s land
- Kilimo Kwanza
- 14 August 2024
In Tanzania, Chinese seed company Longping is setting its sights on expanding its soybean operations to the Ndogowe area of Dodoma, as well as developing a massive 10,000-hectare farm in Mkulazi, Morogoro.
Stop SOCAPALM’s replanting operations!
- WRM
- 13 August 2024
The Informal Alliance against Industrial Oil Palm Plantations calls on Socapalm to immediately stop replanting oil palm plantations in the vicinity of the houses and graves of the communities living in Apouh à Ngog, Cameroon
Rio Tinto, BHP, Qantas invest $53 million in new nature-based carbon credit fund
- ESG Today
- 12 August 2024
Silva Capital invests in agricultural land to develop large-scale carbon sequestration projects by reforesting cleared areas, while ensuring the land remains productive for farming.
DRC communities turn up heat on EU lenders funding palm oil giant PHC
- Mongabay
- 12 August 2024
Communities living close to oil palm plantations run by PHC in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo are laying claim to just over 58,000 ha of land, and are demanding access to the company’s land titles to determine the boundaries of its concessions.
Stafford Capital makes first investment in carbon-offset fund
- IPE
- 12 August 2024
UK local government pension schemes-backed Stafford Carbon Offsets Opportunities Fund has invested $60m to acquire degraded pastureland in south-western Brazil and made a $12m investment in three properties totalling 1,914ha in New Zealand.