In 2019, 22 communities in Liberia filed a complaint with the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, accusing the International Finance Corporation of fueling abuse and environmental destruction through a loan to the Salala Rubber Corporation to expand its rubber plantations—with devastating consequences.
- Daily Observer
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19 June 2025
Researcher argues that Chinese investors have preferred different investment models according to the specific rules of land access, transfer and control of three land tenure systems in Zambia.
- The Conversation
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19 June 2025
The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) has raised an alarm over the alleged illegal occupation of 6,000 hectares of farmland in Ipao-Ekiti by the Agbeyewa Group of Companies, accusing the Ekiti State Government of fraudulently reallocating land that the association legally acquired.
A civil society group closely monitoring developments at the 6,000-hectare palm oil plantation welcomed the call for a temporary suspension of its activities.
Swiss-based Harvest Group SA, through its subsidiary Harvest Agro Holding, has announced an investment of half a billion dollars to develop as much as 300,000 hectares of pastureland across rural Kazakhstan into productive agricultural land
Officials of UK-based Rainforest Builder say they will restore 2,000 hectares of degraded forest—double what they planted last year.
A new report shows that sales of beef and sheep farms, particularly for carbon farming, are continuing “at an alarming rate”.
Groups say the agropole project is not in line with food sovereignty and call for it to be halted, for the memorandum of understanding with Israeli LR Group to be cancelled and for the law on agricultural aggregation to be repealed.
African Food Security, a New York-based agribusiness firm, has launched a large-scale farming initiative in Somaliland and says it has commenced feasibility studies and soil assessments.
The Cerrado, a wooded savannah in Brazil, remains a hotspot for deforestation as companies make the most of laws allowing more deforestation than in the Amazon
- Sustainable Views
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09 June 2025
Cambodian Banana Agricultural General Co Ltd (CBA), a Chinese enterprise, harvests Cavendish bananas from 500 hectares of plantations in Cambodia, and aims to expand on another 200 hectares by 2026.
- Borneo Bulletin
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09 June 2025
Venezuela’s Vice President told a delegation from Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture that his government has prepared 100,000ha of agricultural land for Vietnamese investors