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25 Jan 2024
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Unifrutti buys Chile-based fruit supplier Verfrut JustFood | 22 Jan 2024
Unifrutti Group in Abu Dhabi has bought Verfrut, a “prominent fresh produce player with a presence in Chile and Peru, where it operates over 7,500 hectares of fully integrated farming and processing facilities”
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Al-Sisi urges expansion of Egyptian investments in African agriculture Daily News Egypt | 19 Jan 2024
The president also instructed the government to devise and implement suitable mechanisms to mitigate investment risks and assist investors, aiming to benefit both Egypt and its African partners
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Indonesia is clearing vast peatlands to grow food. Climate costs are dire. Washington Post | 19 Jan 2024
The government has not disclosed how much peatland has been razed so far for its Food Estate project but groups say more land, including peat swamps, is set to be cleared in Central Kalimantan, Sumatra and Papua.
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EU court lifts restrictions on buying agricultural land in Bulgaria Euractiv | 19 Jan 2024
The EU Court of Justice lifted the restrictions EU citizens face when buying agricultural land in Bulgaria in a ruling published on Thursday, more than 17 years after the country joined the bloc.
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Kenya seeks foreign investment in agriculture for ASAL region development Fresh Plaza | 19 Jan 2024
Kenya is encouraging foreign investors to contribute to agricultural projects within the country's arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), comprising 80 percent of its landmass, to enhance food security
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Roc partners to buy slice of NZL assets Farmers Weekly | 19 Jan 2024
Australia-based specialist private markets investment manager Roc Partners is to acquire 25% of the portfolio of rural land assets of New Zealand Rural Land Company for about $44 million.
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Scottish Borders Pension Fund partners with Nuveen to make first natural capital investment Nuveen | 19 Jan 2024
The Pension Fund has made an initial commitment to Nuveen’s flagship Global Timberland strategy, with the potential for further allocations in both forestry and farmland.
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Indigenous kuy people block outsiders from clearing farmland in Preah Vihear Camboja News | 17 Jan 2024
The site of the dispute is part of a 42,420 hectares economic land concession that was granted to the Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry in 2011.
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BF Group: sustainable investment in Ghana EFA News | 16 Jan 2024
Bonifiche Ferraresi, one of the largest agricultural companies by cultivated area in Europe, acquires a 1,700 ha banana plantation in the Volta River region and another concession of 5,900 hectares for further cultivation.
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Second phase of Ukraine’s land reform underway, critics say law will hurt small farmers Kyiv Independent | 16 Jan 2024
Ukrainian businesses can now legally buy land in Ukraine as of Jan. 1 as part of the second phase of a historic decision in March 2020 to lift a near 20-year moratorium on the sale of land.
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Al Dahra and Agreena announce carbon farming project on the EU’s largest arable farm at COP28 Agreena | 12 Dec 2023
A partnership between UAE agribusiness, Al Dahra, and Danish climate agtech company, Agreena, will see the largest consolidated arable farm in the European Union transition to regenerative agriculture.
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Madagascar: polémique sur l'accaparement de terres dans le sud-ouest du pays RFI | 23 jan 2024
Dans une zone appelée Bas Mangoky, quelques 2 000 familles paysannes n’auraient plus accès à leurs parcelles de culture, valorisées de génération en génération, selon des associations malgaches.
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Qui mettra la main sur les terres agricoles de Suisse? Heidi News | 22 jan 2024
Alors que la moitié des chefs d’exploitation partiront à la retraite d’ici à 2040, la Confédération prévoit de réformer la loi. Faut-il déverrouiller l’accès aux terres agricoles pour les nouveaux venus, au risque de voir de grands groupes accaparer les rares terres fertiles du pays?
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La loi et le systeme judiciaire ne doivent pas servir a opprimer les paysans mais à les proteger contre les accaparements de terres dans le Bas Mangoky CRAAD-OI | 19 jan 2024
Les communautés du Bas Mangoky, à Madagascar, ont été trompés par de hautes personnalités qui leur ont fait croire qu’ils allaient effectuer un recensement, puis une redistribution équitable des terrains que ces paysans occupaient. En fait, les terrains ont été alloués à d’autres.
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La Cour de justice de l’UE lève les restrictions à l’achat de terres agricoles en Bulgarie Euractiv | 19 jan 2024
La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a levé les restrictions auxquelles les citoyens de l’UE sont confrontés lorsqu’ils achètent des terres agricoles en Bulgarie
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INCRA como agencia reguladora en Brasil | LIBRO Mongabay | 22 ene 2024
Desde los 70 hasta hoy el Estado facilita un blanqueamento de títulos dudosos de tierras en favor de corporaciones y familias influyentes, utilizando diversos catastros auto declaratorios. Cerca de 100 millones de hectáreas de tierras fiscales pobladas por comunidades locales se transfirieron de forma irregular en Amazonia.
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Los campos se revalorizan: ¿cuánto cuesta hoy una hectárea en la Zona Núcleo? Ecos 365 | 22 ene 2024
Con un nuevo Gobierno en Argentina, en la zona núcleo, donde la hectárea llegó a tocar un piso de u$s 12.500 hace dos años, hoy ya se está hablando de u$s 15.000, con ganas de ir pidiendo u$s 16.000, con poco margen para negociar".
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Los nuevos señoritos del campo Ctxt | 21 ene 2024
La pérdida de suelo fértil provoca que el terreno agrícola productivo aumente su precio y la inversión en tierra se convierte en un “activo rentable”. Los fondos de inversión están detrás de casi todas las operaciones de compraventa de fincas en Andalucía, por el agua, las energías renovables y la “burbuja especulativa.
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