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Carbon Done Right invites expressions of interest in Sierra Leone ARR Project
- Globe Newswire
- 18 Mar 2026
The Company has mapped an initial area of 5,000 ha and the tree planting project could be expanded to at least 25,000 ha in total size.
The limits of the UAE's push for food security
- New Lines Magazine
- 17 Mar 2026
As Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf state's strategic farmland investments across Africa face a reality check
US farmland landlords aren't farmers
- Progressive Farmer
- 16 Mar 2026
The vast majority of over two million landowners who rented out 347.8 million acres of agricultural land in 2024 were non-farming landlords. About 5% of the nearly 900 million US farmland acres, or about 43 million acres, will change hands in the next five years.
Cuba permitirá a cubanos en el exterior tener tierras en usufructo y abrir cuentas bancarias
- Periódico Cubano
- 16 Mar 2026
En cuanto al sector agropecuario, se les permitirá acceder a tierras en usufructo para el desarrollo de proyectos productivos, fomentando la inversión y el intercambio de experiencias.
Nigeria : Presco cible l’État d’Abia pour étendre ses activités dans le palmier à huile
- Agence Ecofin
- 16 Mar 2026
Le projet prévoit le développement d’une plantation de 14 000 hectares de palmiers à huile et la mise en place d’usines de transformation, par le groupe agro-industriel Presco Plc, pour un coût de 200 millions $.
Australia: American investors sell four Qld cropping farms at auction
- Weekly Times
- 16 Mar 2026
A portfolio of four southern Queensland dryland cropping farms have been sold at auction by the US-based private equity firm Proterra Investment Partners for $19m combined.
Abia to boost palm oil Investment with $200m deal
- The Whistler
- 14 Mar 2026
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has announced that the state government is ready to sign an MOU with Presco Plc for a proposed $200 million investment in a 14,000-hectare oil palm plantation.
AcreTrader announces the launch of the Proterra AcreTrader Farmland Fund LP
- AIM
- 12 Mar 2026
AcreTrader, a farmland investment platform, announces the launch of the Proterra AcreTrader Farmland Fund LP, an open-ended investment vehicle focusing on investment-grade farmland assets in key US agricultural regions.
Dans l’ombre des plantations du géant agro-industriel Socfin
- Public Eye
- 11 Mar 2026
La multinationale agroalimentaire suisse Socfin est sous le feu des critiques pour ses plantations de palmiers à huile et de caoutchouc en Afrique de l’Ouest, où des cas d’exploitation, de conflits fonciers et de violences sexuelles sont régulièrement signalés. Podcast enregistré en public à Lausanne.
ICARRD+20 and the emerging global coalition behind the 4Rs
- TNI
- 10 Mar 2026
Amid deepening land inequality and ecological crisis, the 4Rs - land recognition, redistribution, restitution and regulation - are pillars for democratizing land and advancing systemic transformation, writes Jun Borras
Cameroun : La cession d’une palmeraie de la SOCAPALM inquiète les planteurs indépendants
- Mongabay
- 10 Mar 2026
La SOCAPALM admet qu’elle n’avait pas encore informé les planteurs de la cession de ses actifs à OPALM
Gremio agrícola espera reforma de la Ley de Tierras para impulsar inversión en Venezuela
- El Nacional
- 09 Mar 2026
Saúl Elías López, presidente de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ingenieros Agrónomos y Alimentos, destacó que garantizar la propiedad plena de la tierra es necesario para generar confianza entre inversionistas nacionales y extranjeros