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Socfin : l'enquête Bloomberg confirme des violations des droits humains
- Humundi
- 24 April 2025
Violences sexuelles, accaparements de terres, répression : une nouvelle enquête éclaire les pratiques du groupe agro-industriel, écrit l'ONG Humundi
Macron à Madagascar : un barrage à 600 millions d’euros pour éclairer 40 % de l’île
- La Tribune
- 23 April 2025
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).
Uzbek farmers say they're being forced to surrender land to Chinese firms
- Radio Free Europe
- 23 April 2025
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.
Australia: Tasmanian farmland is seeing a hedge-fund buying spree—locals fear climate investors not tourists
- DMN
- 23 April 2025
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.
Ruto secures Sh107 billion deals from Chinese investors to propel Kenya's economy, create jobs
- The Star
- 23 April 2025
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.
Brazil's would-be cocoa king aims to revolutionize industry with giant farm
- Reuters
- 22 April 2025
The Schmidt Agricola family business is planning a 10,000-hectare cocoa farm in the Brazilian state of Bahia, where similar super-sized cocoa farms are also under development in partnership with large cocoa companies like Cargill and Barry Callebaut.
DRC’s plans to dramatically increase palm oil production
- One Earth
- 22 April 2025
Plantations et Huileries du Congo, the DRC’s leading palm oil producer, plans to exponentially increase its palm oil production, but this strategy could exacerbate land conflicts.
Il boom dell'olio di palma in Congo: ecco cosa sta succedendo
- Corriere della Sera
- 21 April 2025
La Repubblica Democratica del Congo (RDC) sta aumentando la coltivazione di olio di palma, con l'idea di diventare un Paese esportatore e di affacciarsi alla produzione di biocombustibili, rischiando però di mettere a repentaglio la sopravvivenza di intere comunità e di creare nuovi conflitti, in un Paese già ai primi posti delle classifiche mondiali per fame e insicurezza alimentare.

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