Over 250 indigenous peoples, local communities and various civil society organizations from all over Indonesia announced the Merauke Declaration on March 11-14, 2025 in Merauke, South Papua, rejecting various National Strategic Projects (PSN) throughout Indonesia.

Mitsui & Co announces the sale of all of the farmland owned by its Brazilian subsidiary Agricola Xingu to the Brazil farming giant SLC Agrícola S.A.

Operando em 26 unidades, espalhados por sete estados brasileiros, a SLC Agrícola ampliou sua área com novas aquisições e ultrapassou os 800.000 hectares de área plantada; Em apenas uma semana, a companhia assinou praticamente R$ 1,7 bilhão em M&As.

According to Cambodian media, the Ratanakiri Provincial Information Bureau recently issued a notice announcing the approval of 17 foreign-funded enterprises to obtain economic land concessions (ELC) in the province, covering agricultural planting, agro-industrial integration and beef cattle breeding. Among foreign companies that have obtained economic land concessions, Vietnamese companies dominate, followed by Chinese and Indian companies. In addition, 10 local companies have also obtained land investment with a total area of ​​146,366 hectares.

A global commodities trader and carbon player, part-owned by funds giant Brookfield, is quitting a 450,000-hectare Northern Territory cattle station where it hoped to set up an offset scheme, amid confusion and delays over new carbon rules.

Members of the Louis-Dreyfus family behind the eponymous global grain firm have sold their share of Russian agricultural firm RZ Agro, which farms on an area of over 100,000 ha in southern Russia, to co-owner Steppe Agroholding

Companhia dos Logemann comprou duas fazendas da Mitsui, assumindo o “filé mignon” em Minas Gerais a um preço extremamente atrativo

Suara penolakan dan perlawanan atas berbagai Proyek Strategis Nasional (PSN) bermasalah bergema dari Merauke, Papua Selatan, provinsi paling timur Indonesia yang tengah disasar proyek cetak sawah dan kebun tebu warisan pemerintahan Presiden Joko Widodo, dan kini dilanjutkan Presiden Prabowo Subianto.

The latest report on Chinese investors buying protected forest land to expand their durian plantations is worrying. This is more than just an illegal land grab, however. Soon, the whole durian supply chain will feel the impact. These blatant land grabs must be stopped with a sense of urgency.

In order to apply for a licence from the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, private equity owned SanLei Premium Trout had to show how local communities would benefit. But the Catchment Resilience Fund initiative seems to have crumbled after less than a year.

For four days on 11-14 March 2025, more than 250 indigenous peoples and local communities affected by Indonesia National Strategic Projects, as well as various civil society organisations, gathered in Merauke, South Papua to challenge the mega projects for rice, sugarcane, oil palm as well as others that will grab million of hectares of community and indigenous territories across the country.

In a bid to enhance investment opportunities for Egyptians abroad, the New Egyptian Countryside Development Company has launched a new initiative titled “Your Farm in Egypt,” in collaboration with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Migration and Egyptians Abroad Affairs.