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US: Critics say big farms are taking advantage of outdated water laws
- Arizona's Family
- 21 February 2023
Some corporate farms in rural Arizona are pumping millions of gallons of water out of the ground, turning a dry desert into green farmland.
ChaCha to sellout agri, food security to foreign firms — farmers
- KMP
- 21 February 2023
It seems that companies are readying their joint ventures in anticipation of the approval of Charter Change under the current administration of the Government of the Philippines.
Accaparement des terres : Les Amis de la Terre France veulent plafonner à 300 hectares la surface agricole qu’une même personne physique peut contrôler
- Réussir
- 21 February 2023
A l’occasion du Salon de l’agriculture, l’association Les Amis de la Terre France dénonce l’accaparement des terres agricoles et appelle à plafonner le nombre d’hectares contrôlables par les multinationales et les « agri-managers ».
Cameroonians give Bunong people a glimpse of hope in their long-lasting lawsuit against Bolloré in France
- Cambodianess
- 20 February 2023
On Dec. 1, 2022, a French court ordered Socfin to share minutes from board meetings held over the last four years with the 145 Cameroonian plaintiffs, pointing out that the Bolloré group may have actual control over the firm
Maroc : l’entreprise fruiticole espagnole Daifressh acquiert deux nouvelles fermes
- Agence Ecofin
- 20 February 2023
Au Maroc, le producteur espagnol de fruits Daifressh vient de réaliser l’achat de deux sites totalisant une superficie de 140 hectares pour la culture de myrtilles (105 ha) et framboises (35 ha)
Los fondos de inversión, a la caza de la tierra
- Las Provincias
- 19 February 2023
El responsable de Economía Agraria de COAG insiste en la necesidad de que se regule la entrada de estos fondos, para que la alimentación no esté sujeta a la especulación, ni en manos de estos fondos, que, al marcharse, pueden terminar con sectores completos de producción.
IDB Invest, Agrovision boost production and employment in the agricultural sector
- IDB
- 17 February 2023
IDB Invest provided Agrovision, a US-based vertically-integrated producer and exporter of superfruits, a revolving credit line of up to $20 million to cover its blueberry production cycle in Latin America and the Caribbean, and support its growth in Peru and Mexico.
Deforestasi akibat pembukaan kebun sawit naik pada 2022 di Papua
- Betahita
- 16 February 2023
Deforestasi akibat aktivitas pembukaan lahan untuk perkebunan kelapa sawit di Papua cenderung meningkat. Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat mencatat terdapat lima perusahaan perkebunan yang melakukan penggundulan hutan pada 2022 yakni: PT Inti Kebun Sawit (IKS); PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera (IKSJ); PT Permata Nusa Mandiri (PNM); PT Subur Karunia Raya (SKR) dan PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera (IJS).
Entretien. De grands groupes industriels rachètent les terres agricoles : « Un phénomène invisible »
- Ouest France
- 16 February 2023
« Ce qui est intéressant, ce n’est pas tant de pointer du doigt des groupes individuellement et de faire du name and shame pour dénoncer telle ou telle entreprise, mais de pointer la configuration dans son ensemble », dit Lucile Leclair
Liberia: The farmer defending his land against a palm plantation
- FrontPageAfrica
- 15 February 2023
For the past 13 years, 47-year-old farmer Saturday Wilson has been embroiled in a battle with a foreign oil palm plantation company over his farmland. It has placed him behind bars three times, but he still owns the land.
Lawmakers consider ban on foreign entities buying farmland
- NPR
- 14 February 2023
Conversations with farmers in the Skagit Valley inspired a Democratic state legislator to propose to bar foreign entities from buying Washington State croplands.
The $20m flip: The story of the largest land grab in the Brazilian Amazon
- Mongabay
- 14 February 2023
The case is emblematic of the spate of land grabs targeting unallocated public lands throughout the Amazon, where speculators clear and burn the vegetation, then sell the empty land for soy farms.