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23 Jan 2025
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Bayaba: Gambia’s new agricultural hub The Standard | 21 Jan 2025
The Jah Agric Farm in Bayaba, Gambia, initiated by Jah Oil Company, is to farm rice, potato, and onion imports on 1,200 hectares, with plans to expand to 15,000 hectares nationwide.
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Egypt: Al-Sisi expands the military's economic share MEM | 20 Jan 2025
Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development, affiliated with the Egyptian Air Force, was entrusted with reclaiming 1.5 million acres of land across the country, despite the Air Force’s lack of any role in agricultural activities.
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Galana-Kulalu project secures Sh12.5 billion investment to boost Kenya's food security Eastleigh Voice | 20 Jan 2025
Selu Limited, a special-purpose vehicle tasked with transforming the Galana-Kulalu project, has been allocated 20,000 acres within the scheme to produce 720,000 bags of maize and 160,000 bags of soybeans annually over the next 30 years.
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UK: The billionaires and aristocrats cashing in on tree-planting schemes The i Paper | 19 Jan 2025
As millions in public money flows towards the planting of trees, some are also raising concerns about the environmental credentials of many schemes.
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Algeria-Italy partnership to launch sugar cane, cereal cultivation project in El-Meniaa Dzair Tube | 18 Jan 2025
Set to span 50 hectares in the Hassi El-Gara commune, located in the southern region of El-Meniaa, this project represents a significant leap in agricultural collaboration between the two nations.
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TPG - an investment fund familiar with Masan Group, has just invested in the flower export giant Da Lat. VietnamBiz | 14 Jan 2025
The world's leading private equity fund has just invested in Hasfarm Holdings, a flower export giant in Da Lat, Vietnam, marking a new step in the investment trend in the agricultural and food technology sector in Vietnam.
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Jah Oil to get 25-year approval to till Bayaba Rice Field - Lands Minister The Point | 05 Jul 2024
According to Gambia's Lands Minister Hamat Bah, the CEO of Jah Oil Company, Hamidou Jah, would be given a minimum of 25 years leasehold to use the Bayaba Rice field but 15 per cent of the developed land would be devoted to the local community.
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Twiga tycoon Peter Njonjo transfers Ruto’s 20,000-acre deal to private company - Business Daily Business Daily | 29 Aug 2023
Twiga Foods boss Peter Njonjo transferred 20,000 acres handed to him by President William Ruto’s administration in the Galana-Kulalu scheme to his private company, the Business Daily has established.
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Socapalm : les femmes prennent d’assaut la plantation La voix du Koat | 21 jan 2025
Des femmes d’Apouh ont investi les plantations de la Socapalm pour y planter 6000 rejetons de bananiers plantains. Elles ont ciblé une surface précédemment occupée par le palmier à huile, en prévision de replanting.
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Indonésie : des ONG dénoncent le plan "destructeur" de conversion de millions d'hectares de forêt AFP | 20 jan 2025
Le gouvernement indonésien envisage d'utiliser 20 millions d'hectares de zones forestières pour produire du riz, des palmiers et de la canne à sucre, a récemment déclaré le ministre des Forêts Raja Juli Antoni.
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Propriété des terres agricoles : les inquiétudes face à l’acquisition étrangère Radio Canada | 19 jan 2025
La question de la propriété des terres agricoles par des étrangers suscite des préoccupations en Saskatchewan, à cause de la hausse des prix. Mais les données montrent que la majorité des fermes restent entre les mains de familles canadiennes.
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Pourquoi les Émiratis sont prêts à investir 10 milliards de dollars à Madagascar Zinfos 974 | 18 jan 2025
Les Émiratis proposent d'investir jusqu'à 10 milliards de dollars dans des projets de constructions routières, de raffinerie aurifère, de production agricole (riz) ou sucrière.
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Gabon : Controverse sur le projet de monoculture d’eucalyptus dans les Plateaux Bateke | 24 jan 2024
La société Sequoia réclame avoir obtenu 60,000 hectares pour un projet de monoculture d’eucalyptus dans la province du Haut-Ogooué, au Gabon.
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La Vía Campesina en el 17º Foro Global de la Alimentación y la Agricultura en Berlín 21 enero 2025 LVC | 21 Jan 2025
LVC pide la denuncia del acaparamiento de tierras en nombre de la bioeconomía y los monocultivos de biomasa en el comunicado final dell GFFA. Bajo el pretexto de soluciones basadas en la naturaleza, avanzan ‘combustible en lugar de alimentos’ y a la destrucción de las estructuras campesinas y la biodiversidad.
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Terras Indígenas na Amazônia e no Cerrado protegem uma área de vegetação nativa maior que o estado de Mato Grosso Instituto Socioambiental | 21 Jan 2025
Demarcação de terras indígenas na Amazônia e Cerrado protegem mais de 100 milhões de hectares contra a grilagem e desmatamento da agroindústria. No Cerrado, áreas fora de TIs perderam mais de 54% da vegetação, enquanto apenas 5% foi desmatado dentro delas. Amazônia, as áreas fora de TIs estão cerca de 16 vezes mais desmatadas que dentro delas, afirma relatório do ISA.
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Ong ambientalista é denunciada por grilagem de terras no Pantanal Capital do Pantanal | 20 Jan 2025
Denúncia revela grilagem digital e verde de 5 mil hectares de terras privadas e da União no Pantanal pela Ong Ecotrópica/Instituto Homem Pantaneiro (IHP), para vender títulos verdes por cerca de R$ 2 mil/ha para fazendeiros regularizarem áreas sem reflorestar. A ONG controla corredor ecológico de 530 mil ha pertencentes à acionista do Banco Itaú, e tem como investidor fundador do BTG Pactual.
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Qual é a fazenda mais valiosa do Brasil que está à venda SouAgro.net | 19 Jan 2025
A especulação desenfreada de terras é desafio para o próprio mercado de terras que desacelerou em 2024. Mato Grosso, maior exportador de soja de mundo, conta com as terras mais caras do país, chegando a R$ 167 mil por hectare em fazenda de 90 mil ha em Sinop.
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