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04 Jul 2024
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Uganda: Sexual violence as a tool to grab land Witness Radio | 03 Jul 2024
When the industrial agriculture investor Agilis Partners targeted the lands of Kiryandongo for its investments, residents never knew that the company would empoly several tactics to force them out. One of them was sexual violence.
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MVP firm eyes corn plantation in Northern Samar PNA | 03 Jul 2024
The Metro Pacific Agro Ventures Inc. (MPAV) led by business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan is eyeing to set up a 500-hectare corn plantation in Northern Samar province, Philippines
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Turkish investment in greenhouses in Kazakhstan Times of Central Asia | 03 Jul 2024
Alarko signed a contract with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan to invest $150 million in the country’s agro-industrial sector for the first stage of a project comprising the construction of greenhouses, spanning 200 hectares
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Food security to be a core business for Mega First The Edge | 03 Jul 2024
Malaysia's MEGA First Corp Bhd has 1,830ha of coconut trees and 730ha of macadamia trees planted in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia, where it has slightly more than 6,000ha of concession land.
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African Agriculture Holdings Inc announces its enhanced vision for sustainable agriculture at scale in Senegal EIN News | 01 Jul 2024
The company says, once again, that it will expand its current 300 hectares under cultivation to 20,000 hectares
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Over 30 CSOs petition US over firm accused of evicting Kiryandongo locals The Monitor | 01 Jul 2024
Groups petition the World Bank, US and Netherlands to support an independent investigation into human rights abuses committed against dozens of vulnerable people in Kiryandongo District, western Uganda, by agribusiness company, Agilis Partners.
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Liberia: Salala Rubber Corporation shutdown after violent protest, leading to over 800 job losses Front Page Africa | 01 Jul 2024
Longstanding grievances of workers at the Salala Rubber Coporation came to a head on 27 June 2024 when a violent protest broke out, leading to the destruction of housing and administration facilities. The plantation is now closed until further notice.
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Zambia: Luapula chiefs join in rejecting proposed $72 billion Vietnamese investment project Zambia Monitor | 28 Jun 2024
The Luapula Council of Chiefs has joined other stakeholders in rejecting the proposed US$72 billion Vietnamese rice investment project spearheaded by VietZam Development Corporation Limited that is said to involve 6 million hectares of land.
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Investigation confirms more abuses on Cameroon, Sierra Leone Socfin plantations Mongabay | 27 Jun 2024
Earthworm investigators told Mongabay they were shocked by some of their findings of sexual harassment and gender-based violence on Socfin's plantations. "If they don’t make progress on these issues, we would stop working with them, as that’s our mission as a foundation.”
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BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group to provide Microsoft with 8 million carbon removal credits TIG | 18 Jun 2024
The strategy aims to protect and restore approximately 135,000 hectares of natural forests in deforested landscapes and plant millions of trees in commercial tree farms on another approximately 135,000 hectares of previously deforested and degraded land in the Brazilian Cerrado.
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1000 hectares d’oliviers dans le désert de Tataouine pour une enveloppe de 174 MD Webdo | 03 juil 2024
Un financement saoudien de 174 millions de dinars va permettre de créer un pôle d'oliveraies dans le désert de Tataouine, en Tunisie, sur une superficie de 1000 hectares.
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L’Algérie veut transformer 500.000 ha en terres agricoles dans le Sahara TSA Algérie | 02 juil 2024
L’Algérie lance un vaste projet de mise en valeur d’un demi-million d’hectares dans le sud du pays, avec des entreprises italiennes et qataries, pour y produire du blé dur, des oléagineuses et des légumes secs.
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Le fonds souverain norvégien surveille Bolloré pour des risques de violation des droits humains au Cameroun AGEFI | 28 jui 2024
Le groupe Bolloré et la holding familiale Compagnie de !’Odet qui détient plus des deux tiers du groupe de transport, logistique et médias, inquiéte le fonds souverain norvégien en raison de ses «liens étroits» avec la Société Financiére des Caoutchoucs (Socfin).
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El gigante indonesio del aceite de palma Astra Agro Lestari ha sido acusado de deforestación ilegal y acaparamiento de tierras. Natura Hoy | 02 jul 2024
Cerca de 18.000 hectáreas de concesiones de aceite de palma de AAL se superponen con tierras forestales de áreas protegidas de Indonesia, afirma el informe de FOE. Diez marcas han suspendido las compras a AAL, mientras Unilever y Olam son compradores y BlackRock poseía el 11 por ciento del grupo.
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