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25 Aug 2022
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Town Chief remanded over theft at SOCFIN Politico Sierra Leone | 24 Aug 2022

The Town Chief of Henai Village in Malen Chiefdom was remanded at the Pujehun Correctional Centre in Southern Sierra Leone after he was accused of stealing palm kernel from the plantation of SOCFIN Agricultural Company.

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US Senator introduces bill to prohibit Chinese investment in agribusiness Krishi Jagran | 22 Aug 2022

Senator Rounds noted on his website that this new legislation will also bar investment in US agribusiness from Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

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Not a grain of truth in Ukrainian farmland claim AAP | 22 Aug 2022

A claim circulating on social media that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sold off 17 million hectares of farmland to US corporations is baseless.

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Macquarie gathers Queensland croplands in $120m deal AFR | 21 Aug 2022

Macquarie Asset Management is stepping up its investment in farmland, taking control of Cowal Agriculture, a cropping enterprise affiliated with US-based Global Endowment Management.

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55 communities protest Edo Govt illegal acquisition of their farmland This Day | 20 Aug 2022

Communities protest grabbing, bulldozing and replacing of their biodiversity with monocrop oil palms by Fayus Nigeria Ltd and several other of the Edo State governor's business friends and multinational companies.

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Suriname offers land for food production Trinidad Express | 20 Aug 2022

President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi announced that his country will make land available for agricultural production, fostering partnerships between Surinamese and other Caribbean producers and processors.

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Sarah Vogel investigates Bill Gates’ North Dakota land purchase HPR | 17 Aug 2022

The Anti-Corporate Farming Law was created in 1932 to keep corporations out of North Dakota by preventing them from owning North Dakota farmland. This was to protect local, family farms.

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Agricultiva, Mitrelli Group’s agriculture subsidiary, to launch Ground-breaking AGROPOLE WEST Project in Senegal Panafrican Visions | 10 Aug 2022

The project aims to develop local agriculture and agroindustry in the area and provide greater agricultural employment utilizing Israeli agricultural models which can be replicated in other regions and countries.

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Aware Super sells Lake Boga farming portfolio to goFARM for approximately AU$30M GAI | 02 Aug 2022

Comprising 38 organic, traditional, horticultural, and broadacre cropping farms, the Lake Boga assets are situated between Lake Boga and Kerang in northern Victoria.

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Should Maui County take over water long controlled by private companies? Civil Beat | 01 Aug 2022

Voters will decide whether to create a new government entity to take back control of water held by one of Hawaii’s most powerful agribusiness corporations and a Canadian pension fund.

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Des fonds d'investissement achètent des propriétés agricoles en Espagne et au Portugal Fresh Plaza | 24 aout 2022

Les investisseurs institutionnels commencent à considérer l'agriculture en Espagne et au Portugal comme une alternative à moyen et long terme

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Frank Timis cité dans une nébuleuse de 20 000 ha au Nord du Sénégal, une plainte déposée NDAR Info | 17 aout 2022

La REVATED a porté plainte contre Frank Timis, les sociétés Senhuile et Les Fermes de la Téranga et Gora Seck pour fraude, corruption et cession nébuleuse de 20 0000 ha

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Combat pour la terre Synaparcam | 13 aout 2022

Vidéo produite par la Synaparcam sur les injustices de la Socapalm, filiale du groupe Socfin/Bolloré

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La Socapalm toujours sur le gril des défenseurs des droits humains et de l’environnement EcoMatin | 16 juil 2022

La Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm) fait régulièrement l’objet d’accusations dans le cadre de ses activités, notamment le non-respect des normes environnementales, une mise à l’étroit des communautés, et une politique jugée esclavagiste à l’égard de ses employés, écrit EcoMatin

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Los grandes fondos cambian el ladrillo por el campo y se lanzan a comprar fincas rústicas como producto de inversión El Diario | 20 ago 2022

La compraventa de fincas alcanza máximos de 15 años y los grandes inversores se fijan en España y Portugal porque los precios son mucho más asequibles que en zonas como California o Australia

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Paraguay: Extranjerización profundiza conflictos por la tierra BASE-IS | 18 ago 2022

La extranjerización de la tierra es una problemática latente en el campo paraguayo, la Cámara de Senadores tiene previsto analizar una Ley de Protección Nacional a las Tierras Rurales el próximo 1 de setiembre.

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Frank Timis citado en una nebulosa de 20.000 ha en el norte de Senegal, una denuncia presentada News ES Euro | 17 ago 2022

La Red del Valle contra el Acaparamiento de Tierras y la Degradación Ambiental interpuso denuncia por fraude, corrupción y nebulosa transferencia de un área de 20.000 hectáreas contra Frank Timis, las sociedades Senhuile et Les Fermes de la Téranga y Gora Seck

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