Canada’s CDPQ has invested in two, large farm operations in Australia through its new A$200m sustainable agricultural platform with Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Comunidades rurales del estado brasileño de Piauí denuncian un aumento de la violencia contra sus líderes y de la deforestación en el Cerrado, la mayor sabana tropical del mundo.
1MT Nation OU, which restores lands in Africa and develops carbon credits, has set a mission to restore at least one million hectares of land by 2030 by planting local bamboo species.
- Baltic Times
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19 June 2023
A delegation of leaders of communities in Southern Piauí presents letter to state authorities asking for action against the expansion of monocropping of agricultural commodities and land speculation.
JVE-CI pousse l’inquiétude jusqu’à s’interroger s’il n’y a pas une volonté manifeste d’exproprier les populations paysannes de leurs terres pour ensuite les revendre aux multinationales.
The High Court found Sarrai Group of Uganda and its directors in contempt of court for continuing operations at Mumias Sugar after their controversial lease was canceled last year.
Les militants des mouvements sociaux des peuples du Mali, de la Côte d’ivoire, Niger, Burkina Faso et Niger se sont donnés rendez vous au Centre International de Formation en Agroécologie de Nyéléni de Sélingué pour la célébration l’anniversaire du 14 au 16 juin 2023.
The new law gives foreign investors equal rights to land as ordinary Malagasy, some who are still demanding the return of ancestral lands seized by the French in the 19th century.
- African Arguments
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16 June 2023
The company Nong Ye Fazhan says it has invested more than US$16 million since 2021 to build a 600 hectare plantation and it will now expand to meet grwoing demand.
Canadian company pursuing a carbon offset project in Sierra Leone says it is committed to equitable revenue sharing arrangements with local smallholders and a transparent consent process monitored by the NGO Namati.
- Armchair Trader
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16 June 2023
El agua, factor determinante y limitante de la nueva burbuja de la compraventa de terrenos agrícolas en España, se ha convertido más que nunca en objeto político
Launched during the pandemic in mid-2020, Veripath Farmland Partners has already amassed a total of 115,000 acres under management in Canada.
Iowa farmers are bidding not only against neighbors, but out-of-state investors including professional athletes, well-known billionaires and the Mormon Church.
Indonesia’s decision to revoke plantation permits across the country is marred with irregularities including companies continuing to operate or engage in conflicts with Indigenous and local communities.
Les Soulevements de la terre ça part des luttes locales d'habitants qui contestent des projets d'accaparement de l'eau et de la terre, expliquent Léna Lazare et Christophe Bonneuil
GenZero will generate carbon offsets for Singapore by investing “north of US$20 to US$30 million” to restore about 100,000 ha of land in the Kwahu region of Ghana by planting cocoa and other plant species.
- Straits Times
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09 June 2023
Témoignage de Franck BALIMBANGA, point focal du RIAO-RDC à Bolombo, dans les environs de la plantation PHC à Lokutu.
Cocoa farmers in Oluwa Forest Reserve in Odigbo council area of Ondo State, have raised the alarm over the destruction of their N500m worth of cocoa plantations by thugs hired by oil palm plantation company SAO Agro-Allied Services Limited.
As medidas incluem o cancelamento de todos os registros do Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR) de propriedades que estiverem sobrepostas a terras públicas e fazem parte do novo Plano de Ação para Prevenção e Controle do Desmatamento na Amazônia Legal (PPCDAm)
Após denúncia do Coletivo de Povos e comunidades Tradicionais do Sul do Piauí, o Ministério Público do estado pediu à justiça na última sexta (2 de junho) que bloqueie imediatamente matrículas de fazendas e interrompa atividades econômicas em áreas desmatadas ilegalmente no município de Santa Filomena.
Pakistan Chambers of Commerce calls upon the government to unveil rules and regulations for agriculture real estate investment trusts to enable large stretches of land to be sold to individuals or legal entities.
Answers from the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation to questions from member Futselaar (SP) about the withdrawal by the Dutch development bank FMO of Plantations et Huileries du Congo.
- Tweede Kamer
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06 June 2023
The Ministry of Agriculture had signed over 500,000 acres of land for the implementation of the Land Commercialisation Initiative (LCI) in Kenya
Cette démarche s’inscrit dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre de « l’Initiative de commercialisation des terres » (LCI) en coopération avec la Société financière internationale (SFI)
- Agence Ecofin
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06 June 2023
O marco temporal é uma tese jurídica defendida pelo agronegócio, repudiada pelas organizações indígenas e considerada inconstitucional por juristas e advogados - indígenas e não indígenas.
- Brasil de Fato
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03 June 2023
The 5,000 acre farm in Muzaffargarh, Punjab is a joint venture between the Samsons Group of Pakistan and the Haier Group of China.
- Business Recorder
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02 June 2023
Health of Mother Earth Foundation says proposed agriculture investment by Egypt is about turning Nigerian farmers into farmhands and making them become cheap disposable labour to produce food for Egypt.
- Voice of Nigeria
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02 June 2023
Selu is a Special Purpose Vehicle that involves Campos, a farm management company overseeing over 600,000 acres of farmland in Latin America, and AgCo, a US-based precision agri-tech company.
Une casserolade a accueilli les actionnaires de Socfin, ce 30 mai, à l’assemblée générale du groupe luxembourgeois qui produit huile de palme et caoutchouc.
L’accord stipule que le Groupement Boghé pour le Développement de l’Agriculture et de l’Élevage accorde à la société afro-américaine d’agriculture et de coopération une superficie de 2 000 hectares pouvant être augmentée, dont 80% seront exploités par l’entreprise et 20% par les propriétaires fonciers, sur une durée de 20 ans.
- Sahara Media
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01 June 2023