A call against land grabbing and exploitation and for democracy, fair land distribution and an ecology of radical care.
- Mondiaal Nieuws
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13 May 2023
Aliko Dangote a beaucoup investi dans l’agroalimentaire, notamment dans le riz, la tomate, le sucre, le lait, le sel, la farine, les huiles et le sucre.
The Nubian Desert in north-eastern Sudan might not be anyone’s idea of promising farmland, but the Agriculture Investment Holding Company (Ethmar) Ltd, a joint venture between Royal Group of Abu Dhabi and DAL Group, Sudan’s biggest conglomerate, is investing $225m to change all that on over 105,000 hectares.
Illegal oil palm plantations spanning an area one and a half times the size of London have been amnestied under an Indonesian government program that critics say incentivizes corporations over small farmers.
Worsening drought has focused new attention on a Saudi-owned dairy company and whether Arizona should be doing more to protect its groundwater resources.
- Associated Press
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28 April 2023
Fund II invests on a global scale in production assets across a range of crop types including coffee, almonds, apples, avocados, blueberries, and olive oil.
Work is underway to boost cultivation area by five times to reach 1,900 hectares
- Kaleej Times
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26 April 2023
Sur le manque d’espaces vitaux, les populations de la Sanaga Maritime reprochent à l’exploitant, de s’être accaparé des aires propices à leurs activités de survie quotidienne, l’agriculture de subsistance et les aires pastorales notamment.
Une étude sur les observatoires fonciers en Afrique
- Comité tecnique
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17 April 2023
Contre l’accaparement des terres et l’inexorable diminution du nombre de fermes, des collectifs s’organisent. Carte blanche à l’un d’eux, le groupement foncier agricole Champs libres.
AP Pension’s agriculture investments more than doubled in net income, partly due to a higher land value. The pension firm has noticed an increased interest in land from other actors as well.
Cruzamento de bases de dados geoespaciais realizado pelo Estadão mostra, dia a dia, o avanço de fazendas sobre áreas que deveriam ser apenas dos povos da floresta. Reportagem identificou que há locais onde 90% do território indígena foi grilado
Agropalma, con 107 000 hectáreas registradas y la única empresa brasileña con el certificado de RSPO, está acusada de acaparamiento de tierras en el estado de Pará.
Major US farm groups are largely staying on the sidelines for now as lawmakers wrestle with constituents' concerns that China and other foreign interests are buying up US cropland and threatening the nation's food security.
PT Kenertec Power Systems, a company belonging to the Korindo group has agreed to end a long-running lawsuit intended to silence a civil society campaign to protect rainforest, in Indonesia’s Papua province, threatened by Korindo’s extensive palm oil operations after a judge in Germany set to dismiss the case.
A petroleira TotalEnergies aterrissa no Brasil no setor de energia eólica com um histórico de greenwashing, expulsão de cidades inteiras e investimentos em combustíveis fósseis no continente africano.
Cette analyse vise à retracer les grandes étapes de cette saga.
Five men were arrested and beaten on accusations of stealing palm from GVL plantation, but they deny any wrongdoing.
- FrontPageAfrica
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09 Mar 2023
Japan’s MYFARM Inc will inject RM210 million into PLS Plantations Bhd’s durian plantation in Pahang, as the company looks to expand from 1,000ha to 10,000ha over the next five years.
Investigation reveals how SIAT Nigeria Limited is grabbing host communities' lands and paying them three times less then what local farmers typically pay to neighbouring villages to rent small plots of land for a season.
- Sahara Reporters
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03 Mar 2023
Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry says a total of 153,659 land agreements, covering 344,061 ha, have been signed since the land market was launched, including nearly 100,000 ha over the past year.
The war in Ukraine could stimulate a new global land race that could affect the world's agricultural system, says a new study by researchers at the Politecnico di Milano.
- EurekAlert
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24 February 2023
Palm oil producer Socfin systematically excludes parts of their plantations from certification. This way, they do receive the RSPO certificate, while large parts of their plantations do not meet the environmental and social requirements, analysis by Milieudefensie shows.
- Milieudefensie
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23 February 2023
An investigation by Mongabay, The Gecko Project and BBC News found villagers across Indonesia gave up their land to corporations in exchange for a share of the palm oil boom but have been left with empty promises. Tom Walker, head of research at The Gecko Project, argues that increasing transparency, accountability and investigations of errant companies are critical steps that could be taken to solve the problem.
- Mongabay
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23 February 2023
Analisa dari Milieudefensie menemukan bahwa Perusahaan Sawit Socfin secara sistematis menyembunyikan sebagian dari perkebunan mereka dari sertifikasi. Dengan cara ini mereka berhasil menerima sertifikat RSPO, sementara sebagian besar perkebunan mereka tidak memenuhi persyaratan lingkungan dan sosial
- Milieudefensie
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23 February 2023
On Dec. 1, 2022, a French court ordered Socfin to share minutes from board meetings held over the last four years with the 145 Cameroonian plaintiffs, pointing out that the Bolloré group may have actual control over the firm
- Cambodianess
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20 February 2023
Michigan State University has signed a letter of intent with African Agriculture Inc. to explore training, research and technology transfer opportunities with farmers and students in Mauritania, West Africa.
- African Agriculture Inc
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13 February 2023
Philippines' Board of Investments (BOI) announced it would invite global investors in agriculture and food production sectors to invest in Bukidnon’s 40-hectare Industrial zone.
- Business Mirror
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13 February 2023
Ten years after the signing of their first lease, we interviewed 30 inhabitants about their experiences and opinions concerning the activities of the Italian JTF-Tozzi Green in Madagascar.
- Collectif TANY
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13 February 2023
La situation sécuritaire se dégrade par moment à Basoko, en Rep. Dém. du Congo, après l'incendie provoqué dans le petit marché du port de Lokutu. Selon des témoignages locaux, la société PHC a utilisé un groupe de jeunes de Bandu pour détruire le marché.
- Congo au jour le jour
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12 February 2023