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.
- Business Daily
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29 August 2023
Una colonia menonita compuesta por tres sectores (Liviney, Las Piedras y Australia) en el municipio de Puerto Gaitán, Meta, ha acumulado cerca de 38 mil hectáreas de tierra.
Work is progressing on the joint venture between Demerara Distillers Limited and the LR Group of Israel, with land clearing and preparation of the first 100 acres currently in progress.
A delegation of agriculture and MSMEs agriculturists is set to travel to Paraguay, driven by the prospect of procuring land and initiating farming ventures.
- Financial Express
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28 August 2023
Hundreds of farmers from the Ilua community of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo state have protested over an alleged encroachment, destruction, and sales of their cocoa plantations by the state government to foreign companies.
- The Tribune
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27 August 2023
China will launch the Plan for China Supporting Africa's Agricultural Modernization to help Africa expand grain plantation and encourage Chinese companies to increase agricultural investment in Africa.
Corporate and property records show a winding path of ownership for the lands of the Al Dahra farm that leads from the city of Phoenix to an investment fund that includes the Arizona State Retirement System.
Fazendas da família Heller vendem gado para o frigorífico Frialto, fornecedor da rede de supermercados de origem francesa. Bruno Heller e parentes já receberam R$ 27 milhões em multas ambientais
- Repórter Brasil
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23 August 2023
Eleven investors plan to start farming on 4,000 hectares in the fourth quarter of this year, at the Gabiro Agribusiness Hub-- designed by Israel's Netafim and funded by Rwanda’s government.
For villagers whose ancestral lands have been lost to the expansive reach of Socapalm’s plantations, the passage of time has failed to bring about the restitution they so desperately seek.
- Pulitzer Center
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23 August 2023
« The Gabiro Agribusiness Hub », un domaine agricole de 15 600 hectares, est une joint-venture avec l’entreprise israélienne Netafim spécialisée dans les solutions d’irrigation de précision.
- Agence Ecofin
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22 August 2023
A report commissioned by Beef and Lamb said the amount of farm land converted to carbon farming was twice what the Climate Change Commission showed in a 2021 demonstration path would be needed for New Zealand’s path to net-zero.
To give a wider swath of investors access to farmland as an asset class, Nuveen Natural Capital is opening its Global Farmland Strategy to qualified retail investors through an evergreen private-market fund.
Au Nigeria, le gouvernement de l’Etat d’Ogun cherche à mobiliser 20 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans les localités de Yewa north et d’Imeko-Afon pour l’installation d’une rizière.
- Agence Ecofin
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21 August 2023
RRG Nature Based Solutions LLC has so far acquired lands for carbon farming projects in Morocco and Colombia.
Koh Kong provincial court in Cambodia convicted ten land activists on Tuesday of incitement to commit serious social disorder and malicious denunciation and sentenced them to one year in prison plus a total fine of 40 million riels to be paid to the plaintiff, tycoon Heng Huy.
- CamboJa News
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17 August 2023
Mitsui & Co. has invested US$360 million through a Singapore-based holding company in Ecuador-based Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila (IPSP), which controls 18,000 hectares of farming ponds.
The proposed joint venture would bring together irrigation techniques and integrating digital tools into farming and landscaping projects.
- Jerusalem Post
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16 August 2023
A Chinese agricultural company has announced plans to invest “$12.7 billion” in the agriculture sector on 750,000 ha of land in four provinces in Cambodia along the Tonle Sap Lake: Battambang, Pursat, Siem Reap and Kampong Thom.
- Phnom Penh Post
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15 August 2023
Na verschillende terreinbezoeken aan plantages in Liberia en Kameroen, hebben onderzoekers aantijgingen bevestigd van seksuele intimidatie, oneigenlijk grondgebruik en oneerlijke wervingspraktijken aan het adres van het Belgisch-Luxemburgs palmoliebedrijf Socfin.
Senegindia, le maire de Mbane et un Libanais d’origine font pression sur de pauvres paysans afin de leur arracher leurs terres et réaliser l’accès tant rêvé de cette entreprise aux eaux très prisées du Lac de Guiers, selon Yacine Fall
Through Macquarie Asset Management, PFJC will invest in farmland with various crops, such as wheat, beans, cotton and avocados on farmlands spread across eastern and western Australia.
- Asian Investor
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14 August 2023
Earthworm Foundation visited the plantations run by Socfin’s subsidiaries, one in Liberia and the other in Cameroon, where communities and local and international organizations had raised serious allegations of sexual harassment, land grabs, pollution and unfair labor practices.
Socfin agrees that more needs to be done to further "reduce" communities' "concerns" and that some serious issues need immediate action
The state’s retirement system invested heavily in a private land deal that allowed a foreign company to effectively ship Arizona’s scarce water supply overseas.
Les droits des petits exploitants agricoles tunisiens doivent être assortis de mécanismes garantissant l’utilisation productive de leurs terres, selonn une ONG soutenue par UN Habitat
- African Manager
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09 August 2023
Between Aug. 4 and Aug. 7, security guards for a palm oil company Brasil BioFuels S.A. (BBF) in the Amazonian state of Pará that’s been dubbed the “palm oil war” region allegedly shot and wounded five Tembé Indigenous people. The shootings are the latest outburst in a chain of violence tied to the disputes between Indigenous communities and palm oil companies over land in the region.
Au niveau local, l’ONG aide les communautés agricoles à mieux se protéger face aux investisseurs. Sur le plan national, elle plaide pour une révision de la loi.
The Multi Actors Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia launches a series of programs including the Private Sector Engagement Strategy and the Responsible Agriculture Investment.
Dans le sud-est du Mexique, des milliers de ruches sont mortes ces dernières années. Les apiculteurs mayas, qui blâment l’usage massif des produits chimiques, s’élèvent contre l’agro-industrie qui accapare les terres.
- Reporterre
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08 August 2023