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Major rice farm hit by flood in Nasarawa
- Channels Television
- 08 October 2022
Olam says 4,000 ha of its large rice farm in Nigeria were submerged and that damages could be worth as much as $15 million.
Restructuration opérationnelle d'AgroGeneration: Lancement d'une procédure de liquidation partielle de certains actifs
- AgroGeneration
- 07 October 2022
Environ 25 000 hectares de terres agricoles du groupe français en Ukraine sont déclarées "toxiques"
Evento denuncia grilagem de terra no Matopiba
- A Nova Democracia
- 06 October 2022
Um evento na Universidade do Estado da Bahia denunciava a grilagem de terras e avanço do latifúndio sobre o Matopiba, região formada por áreas majoritariamente de cerrado nos estados do Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí e Bahia.
Carbon emissions from land acquisitions in Laos
- Ecology and Society
- 05 October 2022
Large-scale land acquisitions repeatedly fall short of their acclaimed socioeconomic benefits. In Laos, the government has started to question its own “Turning Land into Capital” policy, and reviews land acquisitions or concessions with regard to their socioeconomic impacts.
Bousra villagers agree to accept Socfin-KCD compensation
- Khmer Times
- 04 October 2022
About 100 families from five villages in Bousra commune, Mondulkiri province, Cambodia have agreed to end a long-running land dispute with the Socfin-KCD company that is active in the rubber plantation industry.
Kisumu inks Sh30bn agriculture investment deal with UK firm
- The Star
- 04 October 2022
The partnership is between UK investment group United Green and Kisumu County 42 Lake Ventures Company will include primary farms that will integrate with 100,000 hectares of surrounding farming communities via a unique smallholder farmer scheme.
Investor keen on rice farming
- Post Courrier
- 03 October 2022
A potential large-scale rice farming company in the Philippines will be sending a delegation to Papua New Guinea in November this year to evaluate the country’s potential for large-scale rice farming in Central Province.
Australia: Expanding farming families spend big on livestock stations
- AFR
- 02 October 2022
Rising interest rates and higher production costs have failed to dent the appetite for prime livestock stations as demand from cashed-up farming families looking to expand outweighs a limited supply of properties for sale.
Special Economic Zones and land tenure : Global trends and local impacts in Senegal and Madagascar
- Foncier-Développement
- 30 September 2022
Many studies on SEZs focus on their economic performance. Less attention has been paid to how they affect land rights, or broader questions they raise about territorial governance, legislation and economic development models.
Commissions foncières villageoises: un grand pas vers la sécurisation des terres
- Bamada.net
- 29 September 2022
Au Mali, on estime que la création des commissions foncières villageoises est une bonne initiative, vu les injustices liées à l’accaparement des terres.
Cypriot court allegedly freezes $79 million of tycoon Bakhmatyuk's assets
- Kyiv Independent
- 29 September 2022
The District Court of Nicosia in Cyprus has granted a worldwide freezing order against Ukrainian agricultural tycoon Oleh Bakhmatyuk for $79.4 million.
Agua, tierra y despojo
- Prensa Rural
- 28 September 2022
La tierra y el agua están interrelacionadas y son inseparables, y el agua, en este sentido, es un aspecto esencial de la tierra y la vida