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The pressure to capitalise on nature
- Real Farming Trust
- 30 May 2023
Carbon credit schemes are not just flawed as climate solutions; they have perpetrated devastating human rights abuses and land grabs.
Arla Foods inaugurates €10m dairy farm in Kaduna, Nigeria
- FoodBev Media
- 30 May 2023
The Danish-designed dairy farm covers 400 hectares of land, with the capacity to house 400 milking cows and 1000 animals in total.
SOCFIN certified irresponsible agriculture international champion for 2023
- Collective
- 30 May 2023
At the Annual General Meeting of shareholders in Luxembourg, civil society denounce SOCFIN's self-regulatory practices, which prevent the resolution of land, social and environmental conflicts.
Military corporate farming case: No minutes recorded of ministerial meeting, LHC told
- Geo News
- 29 May 2023
A High Court in Pakistan resumed hearing a petition against the grant of large swathes of public land in Punjab to the military for “corporate agricultural farming”, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Letter from the women neighbouring Socapalm Edéa to President Paul Biya
- AFRISE
- 26 May 2023
The Association of Women Living Alongside Socapalm Edéa (AFRISE), whose rights have been violated by Socapalm in Edéa, take their demands to the President of Cameroon
LAWD partners with Bricklet to democratize ownership of Australian farmland
- GAI
- 25 May 2023
Leading Australian real estate firm LAWD has partnered with fractionalization platform Bricklet to enable buyers to invest in Australian agriculture without the capital requirements associated with acquiring a property in its entirety.
Cambodian land activists detained for allegedly inciting farmers to despise wealthy individuals
- Track
- 24 May 2023
An official claims that three land activists in Cambodia, detained on suspicion of conspiring to overthrow the government, had intended to incite a peasant uprising by educating farmers on the wealth and poverty divide
Ekiti govt urges peace over acquisition of 55,000 hectares of land
- Guardian
- 24 May 2023
Ekiti State Government has appealed to communities protesting against alleged shoddy acquisition of 55,000 hectares of land designated as agricultural processing zone to eschew violence.
Eni and Sonangol expand cooperation in decarbonization and sustainable energy transition areas
- ENI
- 24 May 2023
Under the terms of the MoU, Eni and Sonangol will jointly identify and assess opportunities in agro-industrial supply chains in Angola for the production of low carbon fuels.
Sudan fighting threatens $50bn Gulf investments
- Middle East Monitor
- 24 May 2023
Fighting between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces threatens Gulf states which have invested tens of billions of dollars in Sudan for the production of crops and animal fodder, in addition to livestock rearing, for their own food security
Development bank mediation between PHC/Feronia and DR Congo communities is off to a bad start, after four years of procrastination
- RIAO-RDC et al.
- 24 May 2023
Groups call on development banks and their governments to ensure that the mediation panel takes steps to rectify the situation.
Spend 80% of your time on HR: How Agroprosperis partnered with employees to create a profitable agribusiness
- AgFunder
- 23 May 2023
When NCH Agriculture, a $1 billion agriculture investment business, founded Agroprosperis in 2006, they didn’t have a plan but they saw an opportunity to invest in cheap Ukrainian farmland.