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05 Aug 2021
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Bolsonaro's 'land grab' bill passes Brazil's lower house Reuters | 04 Aug 2021
Brazil's lower house of Congress passed a land bill on Tuesday that is backed by the country's powerful farm sector but that environmentalists say will contribute to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
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Australia: Supercharged ag investors see value in more than farmland QCL | 04 Aug 2021
Agriculture, long overlooked as a handy defensive investment space by fund managers more interested in infrastructure, commercial real estate and shopping centres, has become the focus of big spending activity of late.
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Proterra Investment Partners is selling its Corinella Group farm portfolio GAI | 03 Aug 2021
Global investment company Proterra Investment Partners is divesting its Australian farm portfolio – the Corinella Group Pty Ltd consisting of 49 farms across southeastern Australia with expectations of fetching A$350 million.
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Why UN Food systems summit is irrelevant to Uganda’s smallholder farmers: A case of capitalism pushing the poor away from family land Witness Radio | 03 Aug 2021
Uganda still grapples with mass forced evictions being aided by international development financiers that are hosted and protected by big nations.
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UAE keen to invest in Indonesia's sugar industry: ministry Antara | 02 Aug 2021
The United Arab Emirates has expressed interest in investing in Indonesia's farming sector, specifically sugarcane plantations, says the secretary general of the Agriculture Ministry.
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La Corée du sud tente de revenir à Madagascar Madagascar Matin | 02 Aug 2021
Le projet de transformer Madagascar en futur grenier de l’océan Indien risque de ressusciter le scandale relatif à la location de terre érable pour des investisseurs sud coréens, selon la presse malgache
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Currabubula Station at centre of Chinese ponzi scheme, corruption scandal The Land | 29 Jul 2021
An Australian cattle farm was used by Chinese-owned company United World Enterprises to lure retirees into investing up to $46 million for fake agritourism and aged-care village schemes.
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US, Argentine investors tied to illegal land deals, deforestation in Brazil Mongabay | 29 Jul 2021
Reporting by Agência Pública has revealed how investors including U.S. pension funds and an Argentine agribusiness giant may be linked to illegal land deals and deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region.
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AgDevco expands in Mozambique, invests $3 million to develop banana industry GAI | 29 Jul 2021
UK-based social impact and sub-Saharan-focused investor AgDevCo announced its latest investment of $3 million in Quinta da Bela Vista Limitada – an irrigated banana estate in Mozambique’s Boane area.
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4 foreign funds invested in Adani firms have history of wrong bets: Report The Week | 28 Jul 2021
Elara India Opportunities Fund, which Indian lawmakers suspect may be linked to Gautami Adani, was the largest foreign shareholder in Karuturi Global Ltd, owning 3.25% of the company in 2018.
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Karuturi for sale Citizen News | 26 Jul 2021
Banks receive nod to auction Karuturi assets in Kenya
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End of an era for Karuturi farm as court okays auction of assets The Standard | 22 Jul 2021
Seven years after the farm was placed under receivership due to debts owed to Kenya Revenue Authority and a local bank, the final nail has been hammered on its coffin. Workers now worry for the Sh300 million they are owed in salary arrears, union dues and savings.
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Lao farmers driven from their land by foreign concessions, rising costs RFA | 07 Jul 2021
Flooded farms, land grabs, and production costs are driving Lao villagers from their land to seek work in the cities.
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Gabon : L’Etat ne vend pas des terres aux étrangers Gabon Review | 22 juil 2021
Alors que l’accaparement des terres au Gabon fait jaser, le ministre de l’Habitat assure que l’Etat ne vend pas des terres aux non gabonais. Et «tout ce qui est droit coutumier de propriété n’existe pas» précise-t-il.
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Events
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Launch event: new tools to support environmental, land and indigenous defenders
ZTI | Virtual | 29 Jul 2021
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