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23 Nov 2023
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National land policy study reports on Senegal, Mali, Togo, Ghana & Cameroon AFSA | 22 Nov 2023
AFSA is delighted to launch a series of five national reports, within AFSA’s Our Land is Our Life land rights initiative in these countries.
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NFU calls for ban on on investor ownership of farmland in Canada Cochrane Eagle | 22 Nov 2023
Farmers, farm workers, and supporters will be gathering on Parliament Hill to demand that the federal government protect Canada’s food sovereignty and impose a ban on investor ownership of farmland.
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Inside the two companies that dominate the US carrot crop Forbes | 21 Nov 2023
Grimmway’s owner is backed by pension funds including the public employees of the states of Maine and Oregon, Texas teachers, the New York state Teamsters union and the Producer-Writers Guild of America.
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Swiss Re alleged to have insured illegally deforested farmland in Brazil Insurance Business | 21 Nov 2023
Repórter Brazil also documented cases where Swiss Re had concluded insurance contracts with farms that illegally cultivated indigenous protected areas and used armed violence
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Mata Reports looks at the Māori Carbon Collective Mata Reports | 21 Nov 2023
Mata Reports investigates growing concerns around the group and its elusive managing director, as well as carbon farming’s impact on Māori communities.
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PHC Congo: European development banks must be held accountable for broken mediation process RIAO et al. | 20 Nov 2023
The mediation process is set to collapse, unless strong measures are taken to ensure adequate, safe, independent and truly inclusive participation of the local communities and their representatives.
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A global hunt for water profit risks draining cities dry Bloomberg | 14 Nov 2023
Bloomberg exposé on Frank Timis' plan to turn Les Fermes de la Teranga (ex-Senhuile) into a major source of animal feed for the Gulf States and the implications for Dakar's water supply
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Russia could provide farmland to North Koreans in Far East, governor says NK News | 13 Nov 2023
Russia could provide North Korean farmers with agricultural land in the Far East, a scheme that one expert said could be a DPRK attempt to improve its food situation and earn cash for the regime.
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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio engages Saudi Public Investment Fund, meets Minister of Education as part of a series of bilateral talks at the Saudi-Africa Summit APO | 13 Nov 2023
The President talked about his country’s over 5 million hectares of arable land and said he was seeking credible partnerships for investment in large-scale food production
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Brazil's Lula to present pastureland recovery policy at COP-28 Reuters | 13 Nov 2023
As part of the initiative, development bank BNDES could set up a fund to attract foreign capital, and Japan, South Korea, China and Saudi Arabia have shown interest backing investments of this type.
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Chasing shadows The Gecko Project | 13 Nov 2023
One of the world’s largest palm oil producers, First Resources, appears to have secretly controlled a network of companies that have been clearing rainforests in Indonesia for more than a decade, an investigation by The Gecko Project has found.
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Riverstone and Impact Ag Partners-backed SPAC lists on NASDAQ at $300M valuation GAI | 13 Nov 2023
Impact Ag Partners recently joined SLM Partners to launch the SLM Agri Carbon Fund – a new investment vehicle to back regenerative agriculture and carbon storage in Australia.
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Zim, Saudi Arabia enter new economic era The Herald | 11 Nov 2023
Zimbabwe's President says he brought his Minister of Agriculture to Riyadh to follow-up on discussions held recently in Harare about signing an MOU for the production of grain for export to Saudi Arabia.
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Nigeria: FG urges states to provide land for irrigation projects Vanguard | 10 Nov 2023
The Minister of Water Resources has appealed to state governments and communities to provide land for a Presidential directive to cultivate 500,000 ha of irrigable agriculture across Nigeria's twelve River Basins.
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DR Congo-based PHC eyes partnerships with Malaysian palm oil players The Sun | 10 Nov 2023
“We have aggressive ambition, not only to grow the business but also to expand it. The key partner we want to bring in is Malaysia," says the CEO of PHC Monique Gieskes.
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Stop Harvard land grabs coalition demands reparations for former Harvard farmland purchases in Brazil The Crimson | 09 Nov 2023
The Stop Harvard Land Grabs Coalition reiterated calls for the University to provide reparations to residents impacted by former holdings in Brazilian farmlands at an annual hybrid panel on Wednesday.
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Rapports d’étude sur les politiques foncières nationales au Sénégal, au Mali, au Togo, au Ghana et au Cameroun AFSA | 21 nov 2023
L'Alliance pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique est ravie de lancer une série de cinq rapports nationaux dans le cadre de son initiative sur les droits fonciers "Notre terre est notre vie"
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Déforestation et déplacements de population dans le Golfe du Bénin : le scandale Socfin Babilown | 21 nov 2023
Une enquête de six mois menée par Gideon Sarpong, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi et Audrey Traavère a mis en lumière l’impact significatif de l’exploitation des ressources en caoutchouc et en huile de palme du groupe Socfin sur la déforestation et le déplacement forcé des populations autochtones au Nigeria et au Ghana.
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PHC Congo : Les banques européennes de développement seront responsables de l'échec du processus de médiation RIAO et al. | 20 nov 2023
La médiation risque d’être un échec si des mesures fortes ne sont pas prises pour assurer un processus adéquat, sur, indépendant et réellement inclusif pour les communautés locales et de leurs représentants.
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Accaparement de l'eau au Sénégal Seneplus | 18 nov 2023
L'eau du lac Guiers, ressource vitale menacée. Une entreprise américaine l'exploite intensivement pour l'agro-export, ignorant les besoins croissants de Dakar et les risques environnementaux
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FORA sur le foncier : Ardo SOW dénonce l'accaparement des terres par la SEN-HUILE et le CASL EULEK Medias | 15 nov 2023
Ardo Sow, membre du CRAFS, dénonce l'accaparement des terres par African Agriculture Inc, une société américaine détenue par Frank Timis, au Sénégal
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Une alliance créée pour enrayer la destruction du territoire agricole Equiterre | 13 nov 2023
Équiterre, la Fédération de la relève agricole du Québec, la Coopérative pour l’Agriculture de Proximité Écologique, Protec-Terre et Vivre en Ville joignent leur forces et lancent l’Alliance SaluTERRE dans le but de protéger les terres et les activités agricoles du Québec des nombreuses menaces qui mettent en danger notre autonomie et notre sécurité alimentaires
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La Coalition Stop Harvard Land Grabs exige des réparations pour les terres agricoles anciennement détenues par Harvard au Brésil The Crimson | 09 nov 2023
En partenariat avec 17 organisations de Harvard et du monde entier, la Coalition Stop Harvard Land Grabs tente de mettre fin aux investissements réalisés par l’Université dans les ressources naturelles et exige des solutions régénératrices aux dommages causés par ces exploitations.
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Honduras necesita una política agraria de tierras para los campesinos, según exfiscal EFE | 21 nov 2023
"Aquí las mejores tierras están para producir caña de azúcar y palma africana, productos que no son de la canasta básica", enfatizó el exfiscal, quien lamentó que ahora no hay suficientes tierras para maíz, fríjoles y arroz, que son alimentos básicos de la dieta de los hondureños.
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Sociedades pantalla en Indonesia, el truco para seguir vendiendo aceite de palma de zonas deforestadas, según una investigación periodística El País | 20 nov 2023
‘The Gecko Project’ asegura que varias multinacionales trabajan con First Resources, un proveedor supuestamente sostenible acusado de talar 95.000 hectáreas de bosque en el último lustro
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Colombia: Así planea el Gobierno limitar el uso de tierras para extranjeros El Colombiano | 16 nov 2023
El Gobierno busca regular la posesión y uso de tierras de extranjeros en la frontera agrícola. Expertos lo ven viable, pero piden que no se asfixie la inversión del exterior.
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