Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt is seeking to launch agricultural land reclamation projects and develop logistics infrastructure in Tanzania, while calling for greater cooperation among Nile Basin countries on shared water resources.
Chinese tuna-fishing firm Pingtai Rong Ocean Fishery Co. has announced plans to invest USD 76.8 million in a fishery industrial park project in the Southern African nation of Angola, which will eventually include aquaculture operations.
- Seafood Source
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20 July 2026
New state laws and a USDA overhaul could reshape farmland ownership, compliance costs, and future land transactions.
Zimbabwe is seeking Chinese investment for the 1,025 hectare Goromonzi Agro-Industrial Park, a high-tech farming and agro-processing special economic zone in Mashonaland East Province
Maple Agro Farms Corporation announces it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Traditional Authorities for the proposed acquisition of a 50-year renewable leasehold interest over 4,690 hectares of agricultural land located near Begoro in the Eastern Region of Ghana to develop oil palm plantations
- Maple Agro Farms
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17 July 2026
Die Firma Socfin ist für Plantagen in Afrika und Asien bekannt - und für juristischen Attacken gegen Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs). In Belgien wehren sich jetzt drei von ihnen auf ungewohnte Weise: Sie verklagen den Kläger.
- Rettet den Regenwald
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16 July 2026
Perhaps the most significant proposed change to the law for domestic agribusiness is the foreign-ownership percentage that triggers reporting requirements, going from over 50% to 10%.
L’acquisition des terres agricoles par des investisseurs de l’extérieur de la région se poursuit dans La Mitis, au Quebec. Actuellement, la MRC estime que près de 12 % de son territoire agricole est concentré dans les mains de grandes organisations de capitaux privés.
- Journal Le Soir
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14 July 2026
Le Parlement égyptien a donné mardi son approbation finale à une loi qui officialise l'expansion rapide de l'Autorité « Future of Egypt », un organisme lié à l'armée, pour en faire l'entité économique la plus puissante du pays, placée sous la tutelle directe de la présidence.
En janvier dernier, c’était le tour de l’ONG Proforest de se voir confier une «évaluation indépendante» sur onze plantations Socfin en Afrique, afin de tester son «plan d’action en matière de durabilité environnementale»
Since 2021, Eni has been pursuing a large-scale vegetable oil-based biofuel production programme in Africa. Spotlight on its 150,000 hectare project in the Republic of the Congo.
Depuis 2021, Eni mène un vaste programme de production de biocarburants à base d’huile végétale en Afrique. Zoom sur un projet de 150 000 ha en République du Congo.
Trois ONG belges viennent de porter plainte pour abus de procédure contre Socfin, lui réclamant 115 000 euros de dommages et intérêts.
Financialised land grabbing is driving Welsh farmland in the direction of a capitalist green transition that renders agrarian populations surplus to the needs of capital, and in the process begins a change in the character of agrarian social relations according to the dictates of finance capital and climate rentiers
Manulife Investment Management has listed nearly 20,000 hectares of prime NSW farmland, 53,227 megalitres of water rights and a mature almond orchard, which it purchased from the Harvard University endowment fund in 2020 in a deal worth more than $120 million
- Weekly Times
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13 July 2026