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Corporations plunder US West’s water amid worst drought in 1,200 years
- Truthout
- 22 September 2024
Profiteering companies are lining up to buy water rights in the western US as the water supply dwindles.
Hi-tech banana farming bears fruit in rural district of Binh Duong
- VOV
- 22 September 2024
Vietnam Rubber Group plans to invest in large-scale and high-value agriculture until the end of 2030, covering an area of 36,227ha, including 5,000ha dedicated to banana cultivation.
21 septembre : Les riveraines brisent le silence !
- RADD
- 21 September 2024
Le 21 septembre, tous les défenseurs des droits des communautés vivant autour des grandes plantations de monoculture, et en particulier les riveraines victimes, marquent systématiquement un temps d’arrêt.
El Meniaa : Un projet qatari dans l’agriculture stratégique à Hassi El F’hel
- La Patrie
- 21 September 2024
El Rayane, une société de promotion immobilière du Qatar en Algérie, a bénéficié d'une concession agricole dans la wilaya d’El Meniaa
World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane
- Mongabay
- 19 September 2024
A total of 2 million hectares of forests, wetlands and grasslands in Merauke, Papua province will be razed to make way for a cluster of giant sugarcane plantations. Five consortiums, consisting of Indonesian and foreign companies, are confirmed to be participating in the 130 trillion rupiah ($8.4 billion) project.
Google buys carbon removal credits from Brazil startup, joining Microsoft
- Reuters
- 19 September 2024
Google will buy 50,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits by 2030 from Mombak, which purchases degraded land from farmers and ranchers or partners with them to replant native species in the Amazon rainforest
En RDC, le gouvernement annule la concession de 42 000 hectares de terres attribuée à la société agropastorale libanaise CAP Congo
- Mongabay
- 19 September 2024
L’autorité administrative dénonce des faits de violation de la loi foncière congolaise, lors de cette transaction foncière pour l’occupation de 42 000 hectares de terres dans le village Mushie-Pentane, sur une durée de 25 ans renouvelable.
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.