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Foreign investors set sights on Việt Nam's food processing sector
- Viet Nam News
- 03 December 2024
Japan's Sojitz is collaborating with Vinamilk and Vilico to invest in a 10,000 cattle farm and beef processing and distribution facilities.
Macquarie Asset Management takes majority share in Australia's Fresh Produce Group
- Fruitnet
- 03 December 2024
FPG owns and operates approximately 1,200ha of premium farmland across Australia where it grows table grapes, citrus, and berries.
Pakistan: Landless peasants resisting land grabbing for corporate farming projects under the Green Pakistan Initiative
- La Via Campesina
- 03 December 2024
The government’s corporate farming policies have led to the allocation of lands to private companies and investors, which has led to more transnational agribusiness corporations entering into different agricultural ventures.
EBRD makes €50 million equity investment in Croatia’s Podravka Agri
- The Sting
- 03 December 2024
EBRD makes a €50 million equity investment in Croatia’s Podravka Group to support the acquisition of Fortenova Group’s agricultural division, which owns 32,000 ha of farmland and pig and cattle breeding farms
Pakistán: Lxs agricultores denuncian el acaparamiento masivo de tierras como parte de la iniciativa Pakistán Verde
- La Vía Campesina
- 02 December 2024
Las políticas del gobierno, como la Iniciativa Pakistán Verde y la Agricultura Corporativa, han llevado a la asignación de tierras a empresas privadas e inversores, mientras que más corporaciones agroindustriales transnacionales ingresan a diferentes proyectos.
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund buys shares of Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Co.
- MarketBeat
- 30 November 2024
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition is a Nasdaq-listed SPAQ that recently acquired 200,000 ha of farmland in Australia through a business combination with Australian Food & Agriculture Company Limited.
Por la tierra: una serie documental sobre el impacto del agronegocio en los derechos humanos
- CELS
- 29 November 2024
Cuatro capítulos, cuatro países, cuatro historias que muestran cómo el uso de pesticidas afecta la salud, el acceso a la tierra y el medio ambiente de distintas comunidades de Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay y Brasil.
Indonesia a step closer to partner with UAE on Papua food estate
- Jakarta Globe
- 29 November 2024
A possible cooperation between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Indonesia on the so-called food estate program in Papua, which spans around 2 million hectares, is beginning to take shape as talks continue. Elite Agro -- an Emirati agriculture giant -- was among the companies that the Indonesian government had been negotiating with.
Down on the farm, Saudi Arabia has a $9.8bn hole to fill
- AGBI
- 28 November 2024
After years investing in farms overseas, the Saudi government is now stepping up efforts to attract foreign investors to its domestic agriculture sector
Eni signs agreement in Côte d'Ivoire to protect and restore 14 forests in a total area of 155,000 hectares
- ENI
- 28 November 2024
Project includes the planting of 12 million trees on 130,000 hectares of "abandoned and degraded areas" to offset emissions by the Italian energy company.
Experts stress urgent need to unlock value in Africa’s vast arable land
- The Nation
- 27 November 2024
Critical issues around the food and energy security plaguing Africa dominated discourse at the Food and Energy Security Conference in Lagos hosted by White & Case LLP in collaboration with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, AFREXIM, and African Finance Corporation.
La 'uberización' alcanza el olivar: los fondos buitre, a la compra de grandes fincas
- Público
- 27 November 2024
COAG expone en un informe que el proceso por el que los agricultores pasan de trabajar sus tierras a ser empleados de grandes empresas contribuye a un descenso en el 59% de las explotaciones.