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22 May 2025
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Congo ex-prime minister convicted of embezzlement in huge failed farm project Reuters | 21 May 2025
A Congolese former prime minister was convicted of embezzling millions from a huge failed agriculture venture, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix Tshisekedi against the government of his predecessor.
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Saudi berries among Egyptian private equity fund’s investments The Peninsular | 20 May 2025
Growing berries in Saudi Arabia and a farming project by the Nile are among the first investments of a new private equity firm co-founded by the former chief of Egypt’s sovereign wealth fund.
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Kenyan tycoons slow down on luxury, pivot toward agriculture and environmental conservation: Report Down to Earth | 19 May 2025
Global property consultancy Knight Frank says 83% of the wealth managers in Kenya it asked about investment trends said their clients are now investing in farmland primarily for food production.
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Nigeria: Lagos boosts food production with aquaculture centre The Guardian | 19 May 2025
The Lagos Aquaculture Centre for Excellence initiative – a joint venture between the Lagos State government and Dula Agro-Services Limited, located on 35 hectares of land in Igbonla, Epe, is designed to serve as production facility for fish fingerlings, processing, and as an off-take facility for all fish farmers in Lagos
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Investments in land, an elevator, and a plant: What does OKKO Group’s agricultural portfolio include? UBN | 19 May 2025
OKKO Group, which has the largest gas station network in Ukraine, is expanding its agricultural assets in the country, acquiring 17,000 hectares in northern Ternopil.
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Why Kenya handed Galana Kulalu project to private firms – Ruto The Star | 18 May 2025
President William Ruto has defended the government’s decision to partner with three private firms in the revival of the multi-billion-shilling Galana Kulalu irrigation project.
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US: A new type of investor is buying up California wineries. Here’s why it’s controversial SF Chronicle | 17 May 2025
Private equity firms — notorious for buying up private companies, often with the goal of selling them quickly — have lately accelerated their investments in California wineries, targeting famous Napa Valley estates.
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Indigenous West Papuans claim Indonesian government is 'land grabbing' RNZ | 16 May 2025
West Papuans in Merauke claim the Indonesian government is stealing land to build its global "food barn" and feed its population of 280 million.
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Govt to acquire 200,000 hectares for cocoa revival – Ato Forson CNR | 16 May 2025
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says the government will acquire vast tracts of land to establish large-scale plantation farms and restore annual production to one million metric tonnes.
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New Zealand: More than 95,000 hectares of farms sold to overseas buyers for forestry conversion Stuff | 16 May 2025
"These companies are in it for the short-term to make a lot of money from carbon credits then flick them before the plantations become a liability”
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Microsoft to purchase 18m tons of carbon credits from Rubicon Carbon DCD | 16 May 2025
The agreement, one of the largest single buyer agreements to date, will see Microsoft receive carbon credits from a pipeline of individual Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) projects worldwide.https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-to-purchase-18m-tons-of-carbon-credits-from-rubicon-carbon/
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Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenya’s carbon market ambitions Climate Home News | 15 May 2025
Protest by community members opposed to a soil carbon project on Indigenous-owned grazing land prevented the signing of a 40-year lease on some 68,000 hectares of land as part of the much larger Kajiado Rangeland Carbon Project.
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Biomas launches first large-scale reforestation project in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest One Stop ESG | 29 Apr 2025
Biomas, a Brazilian reforestation company backed by Vale, Marfrig, Suzano, Santander Brasil, Itaú, and Rabobank, has launched its first major project: planting over 2 million trees across 1,200 hectares of Atlantic rainforest in Bahia state.
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Affaire Bukanga-Lonzo: Matata Ponyo condamné à 10 ans des travaux forcés Radio Okapi | 20 mai 2025
L’ancien Premier ministre de la RDC a été reconnu coupable de détournements de 156.849.413 dollars américains avec l'ancien gouverneur de la Banque centrale du Congo, des fonds destinés au développement du parc agro-industriel de Bukanga-Lonzo, dans l’est de Kinshasa
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Events
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Conférence de presse - AG de Bolloré
Campagne Désarmer Bolloré | Paris | 21 May 2025
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Webinar: Lords of the land - Transnational landowners, inequality and the case for redistribution
FIAN & Focus on the Global South | Online | 03 Jun 2025
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