Com objetivo de atrair capital privado para financiar a recuperação de 1 milhão de hectares de terras degradadas, o Programa brasileiro pretende levantar R$ 10 bilhões, inclusie por meio dos novos Fundos para o agronegócio (FIAGROS). Combinando recursos públicos e do BID como catalizador, espera-se destravar os investimentos internacionais no agronegócio e em terras.
A empresa Systemica, quem tem o BGT Pactual como sócio, venceu o primeiro leilão no Brasil para reflorestar 30 mil ha de terras públicas da APA Triunfo do Xingu, com direito de explorar comercialmente os serviços ambientais e gerar créditos de carbono por 40 anos.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa yesterday launched the Building Better Tomorrow (BBT) Programme’s Project I, which focuses on large-scale farming, with a funding boost of 129.71 million US dollars from the African Development Bank.
The women of the Odo-Oro community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State protested over the alleged destruction of their farmlands by an agriculture firm, Agbeyewa Farms. “They are destroying our lands, they are cutting down our cocoa farms, cutting down our palm trees and destroying what is left of what our forefathers gave to us."
Cadastro digital obrigatório no país, o próprio dono do imóvel informa os limites da sua fazenda, se tem nascentes, mata nativa e áreas a serem protegidas, o que vem gerando inúmeras fraudes. São 139,7 milhões de hectares das áreas sobrepostas, o que equivalente a quatro Alemanhas.
Six communities in Maconteh Chiefdom, Port Loko District, including Rogbessh, Faidugu, Rokama, Robat, and Kirima have staged a peaceful protest against agroforestry company Rewinding BKM for failing to pay 2024 land lease fees.
The tech behemoth is betting that planting millions of eucalyptus trees in Brazil will be the path to a greener future. Some ecologists and local residents are far less sure.
Violences sexuelles, accaparements de terres, répression : une nouvelle enquête éclaire les pratiques du groupe agro-industriel, écrit l'ONG Humundi
Côté malgache, la production agricole est un des enjeux majeurs de cette visite d'État d'Emmanuel Macron. Mais on parle de « co-investissement » au lieu de vente des terres agricoles. 10 000 hectares ont déjà été sécurísés pour la production agricole destinée aux pays membres de la Commission de l'Océan Indien (dont la France).
Farmers in Uzbekistan say the government is forcing them to surrender land to Chinese businesses under the guise of state-backed development, taking thousands of hectares of fertile cotton and wheat fields out of the hands of locals.
The bigger question—one Tasmania must answer soon—is how much of its food-bowl can be outsourced to balance sheets before community cohesion snaps.
Agricultural ventures feature prominently, with Shandong Jialejia Agriculture committing Sh3.9 billion to a 500,000-hen egg farm in Kajiado, Zonken Group investing Sh41.6 billion in a 300-acre aloe vera processing plant in Baringo and Sh10.4 billion for a 72-acre grape vineyard.
