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08 Feb 2024
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Delhi court denies bail to businessman Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi in USD 5 Million fraud case BNN | 08 Feb 2024
The case stems from accusations lodged by the Djiboutian Ambassador in 2018, asserting that Karuturi neglected to meet the terms of agricultural agreements signed in 2011 and 2012 for activities in Ethiopia.
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Brazil prosecutors push to unwind $3 bln paper deal over foreign land ownership Reuters | 07 Feb 2024
Brazilian federal prosecutors are asking a judge to unwind a 2017 deal handing control of pulp and paper company Eldorado from Brazilian firm J&F to Paper Excellence Group, citing restrictions on foreign land ownership.
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Museveni grants avocado growing investor 5 square miles of refugee camp land Chimp reports | 06 Feb 2024
Ugandan President Museveni has granted investors permission to use 1,300 hectares of the land, where Kyaaka One and Kyaaka Two refugee camps sit, for avocado growing.
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African Agriculture talks alfalfa farming and boosting food security in the continent’s Sahel region AFN | 05 Feb 2024
Local herders and pastoralists communities are contesting the ownership of at least 20,000 hectares located at AAGR’s Les Fermes de la Teranga (LFT) farm in Senegal
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A new wave of land grabs strikes Tanzania GRAIN | 02 Feb 2024
Tanzania’s experience in the global land grab post-2008 led to shattered hopes, land conflicts & misery for small farmers. Yet, the current govt risks repeating history. A new report looks at this critical moment for Tanzania's small farmers & pastoralists.
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Rwanda: 7 firms to invest over Rwf50bn in Gabiro Agribusiness Hub New Times | 02 Feb 2024
Seven firms from different countries are expected to invest more than Rwf53 billion in large-scale commercial farming within the 15,600 hectare, Gabiro Agribusiness Hub.
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UAE’s Elite Agro mulls investing in food estate, minister says Jakarta Globe | 02 Feb 2024
Indonesia's State-Owned Enterprise Minister Erick Thohir recently claimed that United Arab Emirates-based agriculture giant Elite Agro was looking to invest in Indonesia’s food estate project. Elite Agro currently farms in the UAE, Serbia, and Morocco.
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US agribusiness – African Agriculture Holdings – threatens land and water rights in West Africa Oakland Institute et al | 01 Feb 2024
New York-based African Agriculture Holdings went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange on December 7, 2023. This new business venture plans to operate on over 2.9 million hectares in Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal to produce animal feed for export and sell carbon credits for corporations seeking to offset their carbon emissions.
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Former Nigeria’s senate president to invest in controversial Cross River oil palm plantation Cross River Watch | 01 Feb 2024
The former Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has made his intention known to invest in the controversial oil palm plantation in Eku Community of Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State.
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Bregal Investments launches Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy GAI | 30 Jan 2024
Global private equity investment firm Bregal Investments announced its first venture into impact investing with the launch of Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy, a dedicated natural capital platform with a focus on agricultural supply chains.
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Logistics of the neoliberal food regime: circulation, corporate food security and the United Arab Emirates New Political Economy | 05 Dec 2022
This article traces the ways the UAE utilises the private sector, agribusiness and logistics firms, alongside military power, to achieve so-called food security.
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Rwanda : The Gabiro Agribusiness Hub accueillera des projets d’investissement de près de 40 millions $ Agence Ecofin | 02 fev 2024
The Gabiro Agribusiness Hub est un projet du gouvernement avec l’entreprise israélienne Netafim dont la première phase prévoit l’exploitation de 5 600 hectares de terres agricoles par des investisseurs étrangers et locaux
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Une société agro-alimentaire Etatsunienne – African Agriculture Holdings – menace les droits à la terre et à l’eau en Afrique de l'Ouest Oakland Institute et al | 01 fev 2024
African Agriculture Holdings, qui a fait son entrée à la bourse NASDAQ le 7 décembre 2023, prévoit d'exploiter plus de 2,9 millions d'hectares en Afrique de l'Ouest pour produire des aliments pour bétail et des crédits carbone destinés aux marchés internationaux.
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Accaparement des terres agricoles : le projet de loi d'Émilise Lessard-Therrien chemine à l'Assemblée nationale Radio Canada | 01 fev 2024
L'Assemblée nationale du Quebec a lancé le débat à propos du projet de loi 495 sur l'accaparement des terres agricoles, déposé en septembre dernier par Québec solidaire.
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"On a encore beaucoup de jeunes qui sont motivés pour être agriculteurs" : contre l'accaparement des terres, il existe un outil de régulation foncière France Info | 01 fev 2024
Comment éviter que les terres agricoles soient accaparées au détriment des jeunes agriculteurs qui cherchent à s'installer ? Exemple en Normandie,en France.
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RDC: Kongo central, les communautés de Kolofuma réclament leurs terres spoliées par la société JVL Acutalité CD | 13 dec 2023
Plusieurs villages en République démocratique du Congo réclament leurs terres suite aux accords signés entre leurs ancêtres et la Société Jules Van Lancker (JVL) pendant époque coloniale
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Cero empleados, activos de 91 millones y la sombra del narcotráfico: las cifras del holding bananero trasladado a Madrid El Diário | 04 feb 2024
Greenland, matriz de Banacol, es acusada de financiar paramilitares para promover invasiones de tierras, así cómo por trafico de drogas a través de contenedores de plátanos.
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Argentina: Eduardo Elsztain, el dueño de la inmobiliaria de tierras estatales Letra P | 04 feb 2024
La derogación de la Ley de Tierras es la punta del iceberg para la toma de más de 200.000 hectáreas, que pertenecen a las Fuerzas Armasdas, por el Grupo que controla Cresud y Brasil Agro, propriedad de Eslzstain.
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Bachoco amenaza con desaparecer a ejidatario de Yucatán para despojarlo de sus tierras Pie de Pagina | 04 feb 2024
La Empresa avícola Bachoco envió empleados para golpear y secuestrar ejidatario de la comunidad de Hunucmá en la Península de Yucatán en México, para colocar un cerco y tomar las 204 hectáreas de los Ejidos Eduardo y San Vicente.
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Industria del aceite de palma desplaza a los pequeños agricultores en Guatemala Mongabay | 22 ene 2024
Mismo responsable por afectar miles de familias campesinas, la industria del aceite de palma que ya cubre más de 180 000 hectáreas, casi el 2.5 % del total de tierras cultivables, tiene certificación de la Mesa Redonda sobre Aceite de Palma Sostenible (RSPO). Las grandes empresas poseen el 95 % de terrenos con este cultivo.
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Brasil: Supersafra derruba valorização das terras agrícolas em 2023, depois de um ciclo de alta O Estado de São Paulo | 06 Feb 2024
Queda do preço das commodities diminuiu a rentabilidade dos produtores e travou os negócios com terras, interrompendo o ciclo de 3 anos de alta dos preços. Terras de pastagem seguem valorizadas com novo negócio de regeneração do solo.
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