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15 Apr 2021
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Australia: Unnamed European pension fund backs Warakirri farmland fund IPE | 13 Apr 2021

An unnamed European pension fund has become the cornerstone investor in the just-launched, close-ended Warakirri Farmland Fund, which aims to raise up to €320m in equity.

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New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon Mongabay | 12 Apr 2021

Cultivation of oil palm has surged in Brazil’s northern state of Roraima over the last decade, fueled by an ambitious push towards biofuels. While palm oil companies claim they do not deforest, critics say they are contributing to a surge in demand for cleared land in this region, driving cattle ranchers, soy farmers and land speculators deeper into the forest.

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New Zealand's Fonterra completes sale of two China farms The Cattle Site | 08 Apr 2021

Fonterra has completed the sale of its two wholly owned farming hubs in China where it will now focus on creating value from its New Zealand farmers’ milk

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Agricultural investment firm sees opportunity in Africa’s ‘incomplete value chains’ HowWeMadeItInAfrica | 07 Apr 2021

The Silverlands I portfolio, the continent’s largest agricultural investment fund, includes primary production and beef and poultry assets across South Africa, Namibia, eSwatini, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique.

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State pension money invested in ‘questionable’ Congo palm oil company Sunday Times | 06 Apr 2021

The South African Government Employees Pension Fund and the country's Public Investment Corporation are invested in a Congolese palm oil business linked to past human rights abuses and land expropriation.

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Zimbabwe: Biti continues terrorising foreign dairy investor Zimbabwe Mail | 02 Apr 2021

MDC Alliance VP Tendai Biti refutes rumours that a lucerne grass project, which is evicting people from their lands in Chilonga and is backed by the Scandinavian private equity firm Spear Capital, was stopped.

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Zimbabwe told to “immediately” stop eviction of Chilonga people Pindula | 10 Mar 2021

A group of Civil society groups in Zimbabwe has told the government to immediately withdraw the Statutory Instrument that legalises the eviction of Chilonga people in Chiredzi to grow feed for a dairy company.

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Villages en feu pour l’huile de palme au Nigeria. Stop !
La production d’huile de palme est un commerce destructeur et violent au Nigeria. Les forêts disparaissent à un rythme effréné à cause d’entreprises comme Okomu Oil Palm Company, du groupe Socfin. Avec, en outre, la destruction des moyens de subsistance et la violation des droits fondamentaux de la population. Soutenons la résistance des habitants !

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Saint-Louis : un aménagement de 2.500 ha du PDIDAS bientôt opérationnel (coordonnatrice) APS | 14 avr 2021

Un aménagement hydro-agricole de 2.500 hectares réalisé dans la zone de couverture du Projet de développement inclusif et durable de l’agrobusiness au Sénégal (Banque mondiale) va être bientôt opérationnel

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Lutte contre la spoliation foncière : Les recettes de la Société civile Sud Online | 08 avr 2021

Le cadre de réflexion et d’action sur le foncier au Sénégal (CRAFS) suggère l’institutionnalisation du contrôle citoyen sur le foncier à tous les niveaux, y compris à l’échelle villageoise

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Madagascar : Projet ELITE AGRO LLC dans le Bas-Mangoky Gouvt de Madagascar | 07 avr 2021

Décision du Conseil des Ministres malgache du 7 avril 2021 (avec extrait en français)

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La agroindustria rodea el territorio indígena Xingu en Brasil IPS | 09 abr 2021

Los habitantes de las tierras indígenas de Baú, Menkragnoti y Panará dicen que la pavimentación de la carretera ha creado todo tipo de problemas, impulsando el acaparamiento de tierras, la deforestación y los incendios forestales en la parte norte de la cuenca del Xingu.

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