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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.
Mauritanie : une université américaine ouvrira des formations dans le domaine agricole
- Agence Ecofin
- 14 February 2023
L’université de l'Etat du Michigan va travailler avec African Agriculture Inc pour former les agriculteurs et les étudiants de Boghé dans le cadre d'un projet qui portera sur 500 000 ha
Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources partner with African Agriculture to bring training and expertise to Mauritania, West Africa
- African Agriculture Inc
- 13 February 2023
Michigan State University has signed a letter of intent with African Agriculture Inc. to explore training, research and technology transfer opportunities with farmers and students in Mauritania, West Africa.
Uganda: The criminal trial of two community land rights defenders and eight farmers kicks off tomorrow
- Witness Radio
- 13 February 2023
The criminal trial of two community land rights defenders and eight farmers of Nyamuntende Village in Kiryandongo district for allegedly threatening violence against land grabbers’ laborers is set to begin tomorrow.
Government to promote Bukidnon as next global food makers hub, says BOI’s Rodolfo
- Business Mirror
- 13 February 2023
Philippines' Board of Investments (BOI) announced it would invite global investors in agriculture and food production sectors to invest in Bukidnon’s 40-hectare Industrial zone.
Le Texas envisage d’interdire la propriété aux Chinois pour des questions de "sécurité nationale"
- AFP
- 13 February 2023
Une proposition de loi vise à interdire dans cet État du sud des Etats-Unis l'achat de terres par tout citoyen chinois, mais aussi russe, iranien ou nord-coréen.
Protests and discontent of communities affected by the JTF-Tozzi Green project in the Ihorombe region of Madagascar
- Collectif TANY
- 13 February 2023
Ten years after the signing of their first lease, we interviewed 30 inhabitants about their experiences and opinions concerning the activities of the Italian JTF-Tozzi Green in Madagascar.
RDC : C'est presque la guerre à Lokutu selon RIAO
- Congo au jour le jour
- 12 February 2023
La situation sécuritaire se dégrade par moment à Basoko, en Rep. Dém. du Congo, après l'incendie provoqué dans le petit marché du port de Lokutu. Selon des témoignages locaux, la société PHC a utilisé un groupe de jeunes de Bandu pour détruire le marché.
Chinese investors are to build a large greenhouse complex on 50 hectares in Uzbekistan
- East Fruit
- 12 February 2023
QI Hang Mubarak is building a large greenhouse complex on 50 hectares and a 100 hectare sunflower farm in the Mubarek district of the Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan.
Developing a reforestation carbon credit program, the first such industry-academia-government collaboration the Philippines
- 10 February 2023
Marubeni is partnering with the Philippines government and a construction company owned by the billionaire Consunji family to develop a 10,000 ha tree plantation project in Negros Occidental that it says will produce up to 100,000 tons of carbon credits every year.
Avec Mathieu Perdriault : s’organiser pour lutter contre l’accaparement des terres
- Radio Nova
- 09 February 2023
Le coordinateur de l’association AGTER était notre invité ce matin. On a discuté de la concentration de l’activité agricole, de ses conséquences, et de moyens de lutter contre ce phénomène.

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Lawmakers consider ban on foreign entities buying farmland

The $20m flip: The story of the largest land grab in the Brazilian Amazon

Mauritanie : une université américaine ouvrira des formations dans le domaine agricole

Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources partner with African Agriculture to bring training and expertise to Mauritania, West Africa

Uganda: The criminal trial of two community land rights defenders and eight farmers kicks off tomorrow

Government to promote Bukidnon as next global food makers hub, says BOI’s Rodolfo

Le Texas envisage d’interdire la propriété aux Chinois pour des questions de "sécurité nationale"

Protests and discontent of communities affected by the JTF-Tozzi Green project in the Ihorombe region of Madagascar

RDC : C'est presque la guerre à Lokutu selon RIAO

Chinese investors are to build a large greenhouse complex on 50 hectares in Uzbekistan

Developing a reforestation carbon credit program, the first such industry-academia-government collaboration the Philippines

Avec Mathieu Perdriault : s’organiser pour lutter contre l’accaparement des terres

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