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farmlandgrab.org weekly archives

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21 Oct 2021
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Cultivating fiscal inequality: The Socfin report Bread for All | 20 Oct 2021

A new report on the tax strategy of agribusiness corporation Socfin reveals how multinational companies can shift profits from countries where they produce commodities in Africa and Asia to tax havens like Switzerland.

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Guyana woos foreign investors in agriculture, services sectors Demerara Waves | 19 Oct 2021

President Irfaan Ali and his delegation wooed investors in the UAE to take advantage of opportunities in large-scale agriculture, including mega-farms, to support the UAE's food security agenda

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Development banks have no business financing agribusiness Various | 18 Oct 2021

On the eve of an annual gathering of public development banks, 280 groups from 70 countries sign letter slamming them for bankrolling the expansion of industrial agriculture.

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Karuturi fights receivers over property auction The Standard | 15 Oct 2021

Cash-strapped Karuturi Flowers in Naivasha is back in court in a bid to stop receiver managers from auctioning its property over Sh1.8 billion debt

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Podcast: Who benefits from resource extraction in DRC? Mongabay | 14 Oct 2021

Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute, talks about the Western investors profiting off of oil palm plantations accused of human rights violations and environmental abuses.

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Hungary backs down from Slovak land acquisition plan after fiery criticism Hungary Today | 14 Oct 2021

The Hungarian government has officially canceled its plan to set up a EUR 400 million private equity fund to purchase farmland in the Central European region, including Slovakia, due to serious political tensions.

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Uganda: A decade of land grabs with impunity Ugandan Land Defenders | 14 Oct 2021

A Chinese company is now grabbing land in Mubende district that is owned by imprisoned defenders and that is used by the elderly.

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People in Laos oppose leasing lands to Chinese farmers ANI | 14 Oct 2021

Local farmers want the NAMPheung company to stop leasing at least 180 hectares of land in Ngeun district to Chinese farmers to grow watermelons.

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The soya curse: Is Ukraine facing the same fate as the Amazon? Open Democracy | 14 Oct 2021

The EU is trying to move soya production from Brazil to eastern Europe where big conglomerates are buying up fertile land in the country, depleting soils, planting illegal GMOs and polluting fresh water sources.

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Politically connected firm seeks to profit as Indonesian government cuts down orangutan habitat The Gecko Project | 14 Oct 2021

The Indonesian government has stripped back rules protecting the environment to expedite a plan to ramp up food production through a “food estate” programme. A firm run by allies of the Minister of Defence has positioned itself to profit from the programme and is seeking $2 billion in investment.

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Audio: Dr Sophie Chao - Papua, food and racism Talking Indonesia | 30 Sep 2021

Despite the fact that Indonesia’s deforestation rate reached a historic low in 2020, the social, cultural, and ecological wellbeing of people whose livelihoods depend on forests has continued to suffer greatly. The indigenous Marind people in Papua, for example, have seen 1.2 million hectares of their lands and forests targeted for oil palm and timber plantations as part of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate. This has led not only to food and water insecurity but also fundamental shifts in the food and eating habits of the Marind people. Why is this happening?

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La culture de l’iniquité fiscale: Le rapport Socfin Pain pour le prochain | 20 oct 2021

Un nouveau rapport sur la stratégie fiscale du groupe agroalimentaire Socfin révèle comment les multinationales peuvent transférer leurs bénéfices des pays d’Afrique et d’Asie où sont produites les matières premières vers des paradis fiscaux tels que la Suisse.

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La culture de l’iniquité fiscale Pain pour le prochain | 20 oct 2021

Le groupe Socfin (détenu à 40% par le groupe Bolloré) transfère des bénéfices issus de la production de matières premières vers Fribourg, un canton suisse à faible fiscalité, selon un nouveau rapport de Pain pour le prochain, Alliance Sud et le Réseau allemand pour la justice fiscale

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La loi malagasy sur les investissements 2007-036 de nouveau dans l’objectif des dirigeants ? CRAAD-OI et al | 19 oct 2021

A Madagascar, alors que beaucoup de citoyens vivent dans l’angoisse, une nouvelle version de la loi sur les investissements, autorisant les sociétés à capitaux majoritairement étrangers à acheter des terrains à Madagascar, serait en cours de finalisation.

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Lettre ouverte - Les banques de développement n’ont pas vocation à financer l’agrobusiness GRAIN | 18 oct 2021

À la veille de la réunion annuelle des banques publiques de développement à Rome, 280 groupes de 70 pays ont signé une lettre dénonçant leur financement de l'expansion de l'agriculture industrielle, de la destruction de l'environnement et du contrôle du système alimentaire par les entreprises.

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Adenia Partners acquiert une part majoritaire dans une entreprise floricole au Kenya Agence Ecofin | 13 oct 2021

La firme de private equity a acquis une part majoritaire au capital d’Altilands SA, la société qui contrôle le producteur kényan de roses haut de gamme, Red Lands Roses, pour accélérer son expansion à travers l’acquisition de 20 hectares

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Les investissements agricoles des entreprises françaises à l’étranger AVSF | 31 jan 2021

Recensement des entreprises françaises impliquées dans l’agriculture de différents pays tiers en 2020

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Panamá: Investigan a funcionarios por titulación irregular de tierras La Prensa | 17 oct 2021

La investigación inició a raíz de información sobre el acaparamiento y devastación de más de 200 hectáreas de tierra en Pihuila y Amarradero, ubicados en el corregimiento de Camoganti, que fueron usados para la ganadería extensiva.

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Grandes Transacciones de Tierras del noreste Brasileño Land Matrix | 14 oct 2021

Se resalta el control de territorios en el Noreste de Brasil con un enfoque especial en la multidimensionalidad del proceso en esta región. Si bien el agronegocio es el foco principal, se instalan y renuevan otras formas de explotación predatoria, siempre con la aprobación y apoyo del Estado.

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