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09 Oct 2025
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Trump’s global trade chaos creates an opportunity for African farmers Bloomberg | 08 Oct 2025
China and other nations are investing in African agriculture to diversify away from US trade, with China removing tariffs on imports from African countries with which it has diplomatic ties, and Qatar and the United Arab Emirates investing in farming and infrastructure.
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Gulf powers bet big on Africa in food security race AGBI | 07 Oct 2025
Billions in investment are promised, but past deals show shaky records and risks
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Top 20 foreign owners of Aussie farmland revealed Weekly Times | 07 Oct 2025
A new report details the size and scale of foreign investment, with more than 49mn hectares of Aussie farmland now in overseas ownership. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China ranks second (6.57mn hectares).
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US: In the Arizona desert, where your neighbor is an alfalfa farm Sentient Media | 07 Oct 2025
Water resource “hedge funds” and corporate farms are running the desert dry.
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Saudi trade body fixes technical hurdle blocking exports to Iraq Asharq Alawsat | 06 Oct 2025
Iraq’s agriculture minister has offered Saudi investors one million hectares of farmland.
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JBS invests in Paraguay poultry operation Watt | 06 Oct 2025
The Brazilian meat giant says its expansion plans for a poultry complex in the department of Caaguazú that it acquired through its take over of Pollos Amanecer will include 28 farms to supply genetic material, hatcheries and a feed factory
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UK: A sober end to BrewDog’s rewilding adventure The Observer | 05 Oct 2025
BrewDog has sold a 9,300-acre estate in the Scottish Cairngorms to a specialist carbon credit company after ditching plans to go “carbon negative” by planting trees on the site.
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Niger govt, Dangote partner on $150m agricultural project in Wushishi Tribune | 05 Oct 2025
As part of a project with the Dangote Group, the Niger State Government, through the Niger Food Security System and Logistics Company Limited, has signed a land lease agreement with communities in Wushishi Local Government Area, aimed at boosting rice production.
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Pak-Saudi trade corridor proposed Express Tribune | 02 Oct 2025
Agriculture and livestock are fast emerging as priority areas under the umbrella of Pakistan's Special Investment Facilitation Council and, last year, a Saudi agribusiness firm signed an agreement to cultivate 5,000 acres of alfalfa fodder for export.
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The ‘return’ of land grabbing? JPS | 02 Oct 2025
Land grabbing never disappeared but has persisted and transformed, shaped by geopolitics, financialization, and climate policies.
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Biggest EU pension fund ABP buys major stake in US forests Bloomberg | 02 Oct 2025
Dutch pension fund ABP bought 173,000 acres of land in August for $462 million and says its mandate now is focused 100% on impact investments within forestry and agriculture
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Ivory Coast signs US$156.8 million farm deal with Italy’s BF Group African Agribusiness | 30 Sep 2025
The deal covers the establishment and development of a 10,000-hectare pilot farm in Tagadi, located in the Sorobango sub-prefecture
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K+S backs asc impact forestry fund in Africa’s sustainable reforestation drive Further Africa | 09 Sep 2025
Germany's largest fertiliser company invests in German fund pursuing large-scale agriculture and forestry projects for carbon credits in Africa.
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Licenciements abusifs et salaires impayés : colère à la Ferme de la Teranga Sénégal Direct | 07 oct 2025
La situation à la Ferme de la Teranga - 20 000 hectares detenus par la société amércaine African Agriculture Inc - suscite l’indignation générale. Les travailleurs, pour la plupart en contrat à durée indéterminée (CDI), dénoncent des conditions de vie et de travail devenues intenables.
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