« La Soguipah a tout pris, il n’y a plus où cultiver, donc nous sommes obligés de travailler pour la Soguipah. »
- Amnesty International
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23 October 2025
Around 3.7 million hectares of oil palm plantations have been seized by Indonesian military, with nearly half transferred to nascent state firm Agrinas Palma Nusantara, catapulting it into the world's largest palm oil company by land size. A sweeping military-backed takeover that has sent a chill through the world's biggest palm oil producer and its 16-million-strong workforce.
According to a new 2025 Land Matrix Initiative report, millions of hectares are being acquired for carbon offset projects. In Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo are epicenters, with over a million hectares each already under contract.
- Reconcile
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23 October 2025
Programa Camino Verde Brasil para conversión de 40 millones de ha de pasturas degradadas en monocultivos de granos, cómo soya y maiz, intenta atraer inversión extranjera, especialmente de China, al ofrecer participación accionaria en propiedades brasileñas, lo que pone en riesgo a la soberanía de la tierra, y la concentración de la propiedad.
- Revista Chacra
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21 October 2025
Une enquête menée par une organisation de la société civile révèle des irrégularités dans l’attribution de certaines concessions foncières à la Socapalm mais celle-ci soutient que les reproches reposent sur des interprétations erronées.
- News du Cameroun
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20 October 2025
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has signed an MoU with agribusiness firm Arzikim Noma for the management and financing of the 5,000 hectare Renewed Hope Mega Farm Estate in Ora, Kwara State.
The investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns farms and orchards in 29 of 50 US states and 10 countries across the Americas, Europe and most recently Australasia.
Ghana's finance minister says large-scale agricultural transformation requires patient capital, and that is why his government is working closely with the World Bank, IFC, and other development partners to mobilise financing and catalyse private sector participation.
The Mayuge hub — which also covers Bugiri and Namayingo districts — marks the first phase of an oil palm cultivation project in Busoga, following years of preparation and feasibility studies.
- SoftPower
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19 October 2025
Guyana's Minister of Agriculture told a private sector delegation from the Brazilian state of Roraima that Region Nine was an ideal area for expanding agricultural investments, with availability of land suitable for mega-farms.
- Stabroek News
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19 October 2025
Une enquête accablante révèle les zones d’ombre autour de près de 1 000 hectares de concessions foncières, plongeant les communautés locales dans un bras de fer avec la puissante filiale de Socfin.
- La Voix du Centre
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18 October 2025
La Socapalm, filiale de groupe Socfin, a publié un communiqué officiel contestant un rapport de Green Development Advocate
- Investir au Cameroun
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16 October 2025
Liberian civil society and international allies are urgently demanding the RSPO maintain its stop-work order on GVL’s expansion to prevent further deforestation, protect communities’ rights, and ensure accountability for the company’s environmental and human rights violations.
Face aux événements survenus dans le pays, la paysannerie malgache unie s'oppose aux baux de location de terre accordés aux étrangers et demande leur arrêt. Elle revendique la priorisation de l’attribution de terre aux paysans malgaches.
Taking over Olam Agri would fit into Saudi Arabia’s food security strategy, which calls for investing in global companies to lock in supply and encourage them to bring production to the kingdom.
- Bloomberg
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14 October 2025