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Eight years on, collapse of Karuturi flower farm haunts Naivasha town
- Daily Nation
- 05 April 2022
In the yesteryears, international investors trooped to the Kenyan lakeside town in search of land to grow flowers but it is no longer the case.
Australia: Warakirri makes two foundational investments for Warakirri Farmland Fund
- GAI
- 05 April 2022
Created specifically for domestic and offshore institutional investors, the fund has already secured significant cornerstone funding from one of the largest pension funds in Europe
Indigenous protest camp erected in Brazilian capital to press land rights
- Reuters
- 05 April 2022
Hundreds of indigenous people began gathering in the Brazilian capital for a 10-day protest camp to oppose a government bill in Congress that would open their protected lands to commercial agriculture.
Agriculture : le Cameroun envisage de constituer une réserve foncière de 400 000 ha au bord de l’axe Ntui-Yoko-Tibati
- Investir au Cameroun
- 05 April 2022
Le Cameroun veut offrir des facilités aux opérateurs économiques privés pour l’accès à la terre en vue d’une agriculture intensive
Menyoal ‘Food Estate’ dan pemenuhan hak atas pangan
- Mongabay
- 03 April 2022
Food estate atau komplek pangan skala-luas, yang punya rekam jejak kegagalan di masa sebelumnya, muncul di tengah konteks lebih genting. Ia rilis ketika pandemi menunjukkan bahwa sistem pangan global dominan hari ini ternyata rentan menghadapi krisis.
Niger State secures letter of intent by Al-Dahra Forage to supply Rhodes Grass
- TVC News
- 01 April 2022
Governor Sani Bello told the UAE investors that Niger State has the highest landmass in Nigeria and has 21 grazing reserves, part of which could be used for massive production of Rhode Grass for export.
Investors show interest in Fiji
- Fiji Times
- 01 April 2022
For Elite Agro LLC, a UAE-based agriculture company with large-scale farming operations in Africa, Europe and Asia, Fiji offers a "strategic position" to allow the company to "grow its position in the Southern Hemisphere”
Nouvelle histoire d’accaparement des terres à Boghé
- Le Calame
- 31 Mar 2022
Suivant une fâcheuse pratique administrative et les abus ouverts par l’ordonnance sur le foncier de 1984, uniquement appliquée aux terres de la vallée fleuve, une assiette foncièrement à usage agricole serait actuellement « la propriété d’un investisseur » du nom de Moulaye Ahmed Bomba.
ADQ to acquire majority stake in fresh fruit company Unifrutti
- The National
- 31 Mar 2022
Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company ADQ acquires fruit company that operates more than 14,000 hectares of farms across Chile, the Philippines, South Africa, Italy, Spain and Argentina
Camponeses “sem terra” queixam se de fome em Namariessa
- JA!
- 31 Mar 2022
Os camponeses da zona de Namariessa, comunidade de Namale, distrito de Ribaué, na província de Nampula, a Moçambique, queixam-se de estar a viver momentos muito difíceis por terem supostamente cedido as suas terras à empresa Promo Comercial.
In Vietnam, the call for factory farm divestment grows louder
- Sentient Media
- 29 Mar 2022
A massive pig breeding and farming operation in Vietnam is set to expand, aided by $26 million in funding recently granted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
El viaje como reivindicación agraria en África del oeste
- El País
- 29 Mar 2022
Miembros de varias organizaciones de la sociedad civil africana han recorrido más de 3.700 kilómetros por siete países para reclamar a sus dirigentes la protección de las semillas locales y el derecho al agua y a la tierra