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29 Aug 2024
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Socfin to withdraw from Luxembourg Stock Exchange: the end of an era Delano | 29 Aug 2024
The CSSF has put an end to a year-long dispute between small shareholders and Socfin's main shareholders, the Fabri family and French billionaire Vincent Bolloré: the 689,337 shares they not control between them will be bought back at €32.50 per share. This will take Socfin off the stock market at a time when it is the target of fierce criticism from a major Norwegian pension fund. It was also the end of an era for the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
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Hedge fund's $100M Arizona farmland buy stirs fears of water grab Arizona Daily Star | 26 Aug 2024
New York-based hedge fund Water Asset Management LLC spent $100 million to buy farmland and water rights in Western Arizona, stirring concerns about a future “water grab” from that rural area and of corporate control over a major groundwater source.
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Nigeria: Ibadan has arable land for agriculture – Olubadan tells Belgian Ambassador Daily Post | 26 Aug 2024
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin Ige Olakulehin 1 has said Ibadan has told investors that the city has arable land suitable for agricultural production.
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Swedish pension fund looking to offload $50m of WA farms AFR | 25 Aug 2024
Swedish pension fund Forsta AP-fonden is downsizing its Australian farmland holdings after listing about $50 million of cropping properties in Western Australia’s Great Southern region.
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Pakistan: Food companies set their eyes on uncultivated farmlands Hurriyet | 25 Aug 2024
Food companies, especially food exporting firms, are hoping that they can benefit from a recent regulation that paves the way for the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry to lease out agricultural lands that are not cultivated for two consecutive years.
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Pakistan: SIFC identifies 4.8 million acres of state land for corporate farming Profit | 23 Aug 2024
A military-owned company will lease the land for 30 years through joint ventures and allocate it to investors for farming projects
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Indonesia prepares 1.5 million hectares for dairy farming and cow imports to support Prabowo's program Jakarta Globe | 23 Aug 2024
The Ministry is engaging with private investors and international partners. Recent discussions include an investor from the Middle East seeking 20,000 hectares and interest from China and Vietnam for a minimum of 5,000 hectares.
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Zim, Saudi Arabia work on agric map The Herald | 20 Aug 2024
“Salic, which is charged by royal decree to make strategic investments at home and abroad to ensure food security in Saudi Arabia, is a good fit for several of our State institutions, as well as for our private sector, in the area of agriculture, livestock and agribusiness," says Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
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Retrait de la Socfin de la Bourse de Luxembourg, la fin d’une époque Paperjam | 29 aout 2024
La CSSF a mis fin à un an de «différends» entre de petits actionnaires et les principaux actionnaires de la Socfin, les Fabri et le milliardaire français Vincent Bolloré: les 689.337 actions qui leur manquent seront rachetées à 32,5 euros l’action. De quoi retirer la Socfin de la cotation au moment où elle est la cible de critiques virulentes du fonds de pension norvégien. La fin d’une époque, aussi, pour la Bourse de Luxembourg.
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Le Maroc dédie plus de 5000 hectares de terres agricoles aux investisseurs privés Agence Ecofin | 21 aout 2024
Au Maroc, l’Agence pour le développement agricole vient de mettre en location plus de 5 200 hectares de terres agricoles appartenant à l’État au profit des investisseurs privés.
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Buscan unirse movimientos de resistencia en contra de “paraísos industriales” La Jornada del Oriente | 27 ago 2024
Fue creada la “Unión de Pueblos” que unirá a todas las resistencias contra industrias y grandes capitales que saquean el agua y realizan despojo de tierras en Puebla, cómo la empresa Granjas Carroll. Así como hay “paraísos fiscales”, “paraísos agroindustriales” surgen en complicidad con gobiernos omisos que ven crecer el saqueo.
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Gobierno de Gustavo Petro vuelve a radicar en el Senado la ley procesal de la jurisdicción agraria en medio de señalamientos de 'expropiación exprés' El Tiempo | 27 ago 2024
La iniciativa busca saldar da deuda del acuerdo de paz de 2016 con las FARC, garantizando jueces y procedimiento especial para reafirmar el interés público y la función social y ecológica de la propiedad privada para recuperación de baldíos contra el acaparamiento de tierras.
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Chaco: quiénes integran la pata empresaria de la mafia del desmonte Letra P | 25 ago 2024
Megadenuncia por el desmonte ilegal de miles de hectáreas de bosques nativos involucra a un entramado político y empresarial conocido por el caparamiento de tierras, cómo el grupo Vicentín, el grupo Aceitera General Deheza (AGD), la empresa agropecuaria Buratovich Hermanos, entre otras.
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