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03 Jul 2025
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KKR acquires ProTen from Aware Super Business Wire | 01 Jul 2025
KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Aware Super, a leading Australian super fund, announced the signing of definitive agreements under which funds managed by KKR will acquire ProTen Pty Limited (“ProTen”), one of the largest agricultural infrastructure businesses in Australia.
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Investigation shows Socfin/Bolloré plantations harm communities in Africa and Asia | 01 Jul 2025
For decades, communities around the Socfin rubber and oil palm plantations have railed against the company's abusive practices, which range from land grabs to sexual violence. Now their complaints have been vindicated by a surprising source: Socfin's own paid consultants, who have concluded that most of the complaints are at least partially founded, and that the vast majority of the abuses are the responsibility of the corporation.
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Galana Kulalu food security project begins large scale commercial farming | 30 Jun 2025
Several companies have already been allocated land on the farm, including Nyumba Group and Selu Farm Limited, each receiving 5,000 acres. Other partners include Bayer Crop Science, Yara, and Irrico International.
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Eni launches its first agri-hub in the Republic of the Congo Eni | 28 Jun 2025
The Loudima agri-hub, with a capacity of 30,000 tons per year of vegetable oil, will be supplied by oil crops grown on degraded and underutilized land or through intercropping systems, as part of an innovative regenerative agriculture project developed in collaboration with local stakeholders.
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Cameroon: Community leaders decry persistent threats of land grabbing by SOCAPALM The Guardian Post | 27 Jun 2025
During a field trip to the site on June 5, 2025, led by SYNAPARCAM, villagers expressed fear of not being able to feed their families or having a small place to build a house as all remaining lands are being occupied with palm trees.
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Australia: Duxton Capital to merge private funds into listed agriculture empire AFR | 26 Jun 2025
Duxton Capital is the agriculture, wine and pubs empire founded by former Deutsche Asset Management heavyweight Ed Peter and backed by prominent investors including the billionaire Oatley family, hedge fund manager Richard Magides and Phil King’s Regal Partners.
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CAR offers land ownership using cryptocurrency IT Web | 23 Jun 2025
According to the government, this program, enabled by a presidential decree, makes 1,700 hectares — once agricultural plantations — available for concession via a blockchain platform.
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Socfin/Bolloré : une enquête internationale confirme les accusations des communautés dans les plantations en Afrique et en Asie Collectif | 01 juil 2025
Depuis des décennies, les communautés riveraines des plantations du groupe Socfin dénoncent les pratiques abusives de l'entreprise, qui vont de l'accaparement des terres à la violence sexuelle. Aujourd'hui, leurs plaintes ont été validées par une source surprenante : les propres consultants rémunérés de Socfin, qui ont conclu que la plupart des plaintes sont au moins partiellement fondées et que la grande majorité des abus sont de la responsabilité de l'entreprise.
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