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NSW cropping farms sold for $32m-plus to foreign buyer
- Weekly Times
- 14 April 2025
The investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has bought a fourth major Aussie cropping aggregation.
Agbeyewa Farms, NSCDC Ekiti State Command strengthen ties for enhanced security
- Cavista
- 14 April 2025
The Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has pledged to enhance its collaboration with Cavista Holdings and Agbeyewa Farms to fulfill its core mandate of securing critical national assets and infrastructure, including farmland security through the Agro Rangers Squad.
NSDC, Chinese firm sign $1bn sugar production deal in Nigeria
- NAN
- 13 April 2025
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) and Chinese conglomerate, SINOMACH have agreed to jointly develop a large-scale sugarcane cultivation and processing project in Nigeria.
Italy supports sustainable agriculture projects in Ghana
- ANSA
- 13 April 2025
A Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of sustainable and modern agriculture projects in Ghana was signed at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Accra, by the Minister of Food and Agriculture of the Republic of Ghana, Eric Opoku, the Managing Director of BF International Best Fields Best Food Limited, Federico Vecchioni, and the President of BF Ghana Ltd, Georges Mikhael.
Crise sociale à la Socapalm : appelé au banc des accusés, le chef du village Apouh rectifie la copie du préfet
- La Voix du Koat
- 11 April 2025
Droit de réponse à la suite du point presse du Préfet de la Sanaga Maritime
Pakistan: Peasant unions to mobilize on April 13 against corporate farming, land grabs, and for fair crop prices
- LVC
- 11 April 2025
Peasant unions, including the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC), have announced a nationwide protest on April 13 to oppose the so-called Green Pakistan Initiative, which they claim is a front to open up the country’s agriculture sector to corporate farming.
Position officielle de la Socapalm sur le conflit foncier à Apouh : dialogue, responsabilité sociale et engagement durable
- Camer Press Agency
- 10 April 2025
Selon une déclaration officielle transmise à Camer Press Agency, l’entreprise se dit « attachée à un dialogue constructif avec les communautés riveraines et les autorités locales, dans le respect du cadre légal et des droits de chacun »
Cameroun : le chef du village Apouh dénonce l’accaparement des terres par la Socapalm et l’inaction de l’État
- Camer Press Agency
- 09 April 2025
La principale revendication porte sur la restitution d’un espace vital estimé à environ 3000 hectares.
Kyrgyzstan to plant 10 million trees in Issyk-Kul via carbon credit initiative
- Times of Central Asia
- 09 April 2025
The joint initiative with UK-based Valor Carbon aims to plant over 10 million trees across 25,000 hectares in the Issyk-Kul region, with the potential to attract up to $180 million in climate financing.
Concessions granted for large-scale durian farming in Laos
- Vientiane Times
- 09 April 2025
Authorities in Attapeu province have awarded concessions to three Lao companies, enabling them to grow durian on hundreds of hectares of land as part of the government’s broader effort to boost the cultivation of fruit on a commercial basis.
Uganda: Palm oil project investor in land grab
- Witness Radio
- 09 April 2025
Witness Radio has petitioned the Buganda Land Board (BLB) to investigate and address concerns regarding forced land evictions of Kabaka’s subjects and tenants of BLB, whose land is targeted for oil palm expansion in Buvuma district.
Liberia: Gov’t prosecutes Mary Boimah, others, in 2024 SRC protest
- New Dawn
- 07 April 2025
The Liberian government has taken legal action against former union leaders of the Salala Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia following violent protests at the Salala Rubber Corporation in Margibi County on June 27, 2024.