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GO.FARM to invest $600m in new agriculture fund
- BNA
- 20 May 2024
Australia's Costa family, which already has 88,000 hectares of farms under management, has announced plans to invest $600 million in a new agriculture fund.
Open letter to Tozzi Green, BIO, Finnfund and the governement of Italy
- Collective
- 16 May 2024
Villagers in Madagascar are suffering intimidation and heavy pressure from the Italian company Tozzi Green, which now wants to produce carbon credits on 11,000 hectares of farmland in the Ihorombe region, say farmers organisations and NGOs
French court confiscates 9 chateaux from Chinese magnate
- AFP
- 15 May 2024
A French court ruled to confiscate nine Bordeaux wine country chateaux acquired by a Chinese magnate convicted of laundering Chinese government funds.
Japan's Oji sets up forest plantation company in Uruguay
- Jiji Press
- 15 May 2024
Japanese paper maker buys a 41,000 tree plantation in Uruguay for US$288mn from US asset manager The Rohatyn Group, as part of a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Agricultural revolution in the making
- Ahram Online
- 14 May 2024
During a visit to the 630,000 ha Mostaqbal Misr project, Egypt's President says he will be opening the door wide for the private sector to tap land-reclamation projects on a grand scale by offering a lot of incentives, like roads and water for agricultural purposes.
Carbon credits: A threat or opportunity for farmers?
- Farmers Guide
- 14 May 2024
A study shows non-farmers bought more than half the farms and estates sold on the open market in England in 2023, with private investors involved in 28% of transactions and institutional investors in 13% – a rise of 10% on 2022 levels.
Land squeeze: Soaring land prices, grabs and carbon schemes threaten food production, experts warn
- IPES
- 14 May 2024
New study exposes how land grabs in various forms have led to doubling land prices globally since 2008, and tripling in Central Europe, placing unprecedented strain on farmers and rural communities.
Enugu govt, Pragmatic Palms, seal N100bn deal to revive United Palm products
- Vanguard
- 12 May 2024
Nigeria's Enugu State has signed a deal for a joint venture with Pragmatic Palms Limited that will give the newly formed company with no previous agricultural experience control over a 6,700 ha oil palm plantation concession.
World Bank out of land!
- International statement
- 12 May 2024
On the opening day of the World Bank's 2024 Land Conference, small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, workers, grassroots communities, and civil society issue statement denouncing the World Bank for land grabbing and ecosystem destruction.
Edea I Subdivision: How SOCAPALM’s replanting project threatening communities’ survival
- Guardian Post Cameroon
- 10 May 2024
“The problem we have here is the replanting by SOCAPALM and we are asking for vital space for our survival, but SOCAPALM does not want to cooperate,” Yomba Bernard, a notable of Apouh told The Guardian Post.
Ekiti signs multi-billion naira agricultural MOU with Cavista Holdings
- Nigeria Current
- 10 May 2024
Nigeria's Ekiti State Government has signed an MOU with Nigerian investment company – Cavista Holdings (owners of Agbeyewa Farms Limited) to establish a state-of-the-art cassava farm spanning 100,000 hectares within the State.
Indonesia to grow 2 million hectares of sugarcane for bio-ethanol fuel development
- VNA
- 06 May 2024
The Government approved Decree 15 of 2024 signed by President Joko Widodo on April 19 to form a task force for the acceleration of sugar and bioethanol self-sufficiency stationed in Merauke district, South Papua province.