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In brief: A pension’s journey from farmland to natural capital
- New Private Markets
- 07 May 2025
How farmland became a pillar of South Yorkshire Pension Authority's net-zero plans.
Africa’s richest man to more than double Ghana’s publicly irrigated farmland with new sugar project
- Forbes
- 06 May 2025
The Dangote Sugar Refinery, located in Kwame-Danso in Ghana’s Bono Region, will reportedly bring 25,000 hectares of farmland under irrigation to support industrial-scale sugarcane cultivation.
Landless peasants rally against evictions, ‘corporate land grabs’
- Dawn
- 06 May 2025
Participants strongly rejected the ongoing evictions of small farmers in the name of the Green Pakistan Initiative, military-backed agribusiness ventures, and the operations of companies such as Fongrow under the facilitation of the Special Investment Facilitation Council.
US giant KKR named preferred bidder at Aware’s $1b-plus chicken grower ProTen
- AFR
- 05 May 2025
Macquarie shopped ProTen as a $1 billion-plus infrastructure investment given its sprawling property portfolio – 62 broiler farms nationally and 720 poultry sheds, supplying to clients like Inghams.
How a deadly flood in Malawi may land a British food giant in court
- The Times
- 05 May 2025
The people of Kanseche believe a sugar plantation owned by Associated British Foods was to blame for floodwaters devastating their village and killing seven
It’s official! Cartagena to host the Second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD+20)
- LVC
- 05 May 2025
The Government of Colombia has officially launched ICARRD+20, which will be attended by representatives from more than 100 countries and will take place in the city of Cartagena de Indias, beginning on February 24, 2026.
Ondo farmers protest alleged destruction, forceful takeover of farmland by private firm
- Vanguard
- 04 May 2025
Aggrieved farmers in Ondo State protested over the alleged forceful takeover and destruction of their farmlands by SAO Agro-Allied Services Limited, a company owned by the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, in collaboration with the state government.
Nigeria: Tension as Tiv farmers protest alleged land grabbing
- Vanguard
- 02 May 2025
Tension is brewing in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State as Tiv farmers have issued a stern warning to Governor Abdullahi Sule over alleged forceful seizure of their ancestral farmlands by the state government for a large-scale rice farm.
Under guise of climate action, the World Bank launches fresh offensive on land rights
- Oakland Institute
- 01 May 2025
Ahead of the World Bank’s 2025 Land Conference starting on May 5th in Washington D.C., a new Oakland Institute report exposes how the financial institution is using the pretext of climate crisis to push a global land “reform” agenda that favors corporate interests at the expense of people and the planet.
Tether acquires 70% stake in Adecoagro, signaling strategic expansion into sustainable infrastructure
- Tether
- 30 April 2025
Cryptocurrency company Tether announces the acquisition of a 70% controlling stake in Adecoagro S.A. , a farming company that owns over 210,000 hectares in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
Nigeria: Abia govt partner Israeli agric investors to boost fish production, poultry, others
- Hallmark News
- 30 April 2025
Governor Alex Otti assures a delegation of an Israeli based agricultural investor that his government can provide land, adding that the provision of land could be the government’s own equity to the investment.
Dominant players in Australia’s rural property market revealed
- Weekly Times
- 30 April 2025
Corporate-backed farming groups from North America and the UK have emerged as key players in the nation’s farmland market in the past year.