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Not a grain of truth in Ukrainian farmland claim
- AAP
- 22 August 2022
A claim circulating on social media that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sold off 17 million hectares of farmland to US corporations is baseless.
Macquarie gathers Queensland croplands in $120m deal
- AFR
- 21 August 2022
Macquarie Asset Management is stepping up its investment in farmland, taking control of Cowal Agriculture, a cropping enterprise affiliated with US-based Global Endowment Management.
Los grandes fondos cambian el ladrillo por el campo y se lanzan a comprar fincas rústicas como producto de inversión
- El Diario
- 20 August 2022
La compraventa de fincas alcanza máximos de 15 años y los grandes inversores se fijan en España y Portugal porque los precios son mucho más asequibles que en zonas como California o Australia
55 communities protest Edo Govt illegal acquisition of their farmland
- This Day
- 20 August 2022
Communities protest grabbing, bulldozing and replacing of their biodiversity with monocrop oil palms by Fayus Nigeria Ltd and several other of the Edo State governor's business friends and multinational companies.
Suriname offers land for food production
- Trinidad Express
- 20 August 2022
President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi announced that his country will make land available for agricultural production, fostering partnerships between Surinamese and other Caribbean producers and processors.
Paraguay: Extranjerización profundiza conflictos por la tierra
- BASE-IS
- 18 August 2022
La extranjerización de la tierra es una problemática latente en el campo paraguayo, la Cámara de Senadores tiene previsto analizar una Ley de Protección Nacional a las Tierras Rurales el próximo 1 de setiembre.
Revealed: The developers behind Scotland’s carbon credit ‘green rush’
- The Ferrett
- 18 August 2022
Scotland’s richest man, an oil giant, an earl, and private equity and property firms are among those developing carbon credit projects that critics say are pushing up land prices and allowing companies to “greenwash” their image.
Frank Timis citado en una nebulosa de 20.000 ha en el norte de Senegal, una denuncia presentada
- News ES Euro
- 17 August 2022
La Red del Valle contra el Acaparamiento de Tierras y la Degradación Ambiental interpuso denuncia por fraude, corrupción y nebulosa transferencia de un área de 20.000 hectáreas contra Frank Timis, las sociedades Senhuile et Les Fermes de la Téranga y Gora Seck
Frank Timis cité dans une nébuleuse de 20 000 ha au Nord du Sénégal, une plainte déposée
- NDAR Info
- 17 August 2022
La REVATED a porté plainte contre Frank Timis, les sociétés Senhuile et Les Fermes de la Téranga et Gora Seck pour fraude, corruption et cession nébuleuse de 20 0000 ha
Sarah Vogel investigates Bill Gates’ North Dakota land purchase
- HPR
- 17 August 2022
The Anti-Corporate Farming Law was created in 1932 to keep corporations out of North Dakota by preventing them from owning North Dakota farmland. This was to protect local, family farms.
Combat pour la terre
- Synaparcam
- 13 August 2022
Vidéo produite par la Synaparcam sur les injustices de la Socapalm, filiale du groupe Socfin/Bolloré
Agricultiva, Mitrelli Group’s agriculture subsidiary, to launch Ground-breaking AGROPOLE WEST Project in Senegal
- Panafrican Visions
- 10 August 2022
The project aims to develop local agriculture and agroindustry in the area and provide greater agricultural employment utilizing Israeli agricultural models which can be replicated in other regions and countries.