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JD Vance funded AcreTrader. Here’s why that matters.
- Civil Eats
- 18 September 2024
The real estate platform streamlines investing in US farmland. Now farms are fast becoming a portfolio staple for investors worldwide.
MHP SE - Disclosure notification
- MHP
- 17 September 2024
MHP, a Ukrainian agribusiness company with massive poultry and grain farms, says the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) has acquired a 12.6% stake in the company.
Nigeria: Taraba communities accuse Emir, Borno Ex-Senator of land grabbing
- Leadership
- 16 September 2024
“This land belongs to the peasant farmers of Kwatan-Taru, Natirde, Dinyawo, Wurbo, Kyari and Sindride, whose forefathers have been farming for hundreds of years."
Niger Governor signs $684m agric contract with 2 Chinese companies
- People's Daily
- 14 September 2024
Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger state, Nigeria signed a $684 million contract agreement with China Overseas Engineering Group Company Limited and China Railway Engineering Corporation that includes 50,000 hectares of land for a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone.
Norwegian bank withdraws investment in company for violating Indigenous rights in Brazil
- Brasil de Fato
- 13 September 2024
Prosegur company, linked to community violence cases at Agropalma's oil palm plantations, lost over US$ 6 million from the Norwegian Global Fund
Abu Dhabi-based Offset8 and iRise to restore 10 million trees, benefiting 150,000 Malawians
- PR Newswire
- 12 September 2024
Offset8 and iRise’s Climate and Community Transformation Program intends to restore 6,000 hectares of degraded land in Malawi by planting 6 million trees.
Microsoft buys 234,000 rainforest restoration carbon removal credits from Toroto
- ESG Today
- 11 September 2024
The agreement will cover ecosystem restoration of up to 47,000 hectares of tropical rainforest in the state of Campeche, in the Calakmul region of southeastern Mexico
Indonesian Minister welcomes Qatari investment to support milk self-sufficiency
- Bernama
- 11 September 2024
"Baladna (a Qatari company) is willing to help us in the free nutritious meal programme by investing in dairy farming in Indonesia to meet our milk needs," says Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman.
Why commercial agribusinesses resort to backward integration – Gov. Sule
- Business Day
- 11 September 2024
The Governor of Nigeria's Nasarawa State says the implementation of the Framework for Responsible Investment in Land-Intensive Agriculture (FRILIA), part of a World Bank economic transformation agenda programme, will attract large-scale private agricultural investments.
Farmland LP announces investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund to support regenerative agriculture
- Business Wire
- 11 September 2024
Farmland LP announces an investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund in Farmland LP’s Vital Farmland III LLC, which will develop Soil Carbon Credits on its 18,500-acre farm portfolio in the US.
Salala Rubber Corporation to resume operations soon
- Liberian Observer
- 10 September 2024
This disclosure by Jeety Rubber comes weeks after its founder, business tycoon Upjit Singh Sachdeva, acquired SRC from its parent company, Socfin, a Belgian-French agricultural conglomerate.
Sénégal : Les travailleurs des Fermes de la Téranga interpellent Sonko et demande le limogeage du PCA
- Sénégal Direct
- 09 September 2024
Les travailleurs des Fermes de la Teranga, anciennement Senhuile-Senethanol au Sénégal, demande le limogeage du président du conseil d'administration Gora Seck pour non paiement des salaires
En Côte d’Ivoire, des communautés en lutte contre l’accaparement de leur terre par la multinationale SIAT
- Le Monde
- 09 September 2024
Des communautés ivoiriennes demandent à être indemnisées pour les préjudices causés par les activités de SIAT, une société blege spécialisée dans la production de caoutchouc et d’huile de palme.
Des communautés ivoiriennes engagent des avocats belges pour faire valoir leurs droits face à SIAT
- FIAN Belgium
- 09 September 2024
"Les conflits fonciers et sociaux dans les plantations de palmiers à huile et d’hévéas de SIAT perdurent depuis trop longtemps et doivent être résolus."
Multinational SIAT still operating illegally: Ivorian communities hire Belgian lawyers to assert their rights
- FIAN Belgium et al.
- 09 September 2024
Communities in Côte d'Ivoire are demanding compensation for the damage caused by the activities of the Belgian company SIAT, which specialises in the production of rubber and palm oil.