Romania's DN Agrar to double milk production capacity by 2030
- SeeNews
- 26 May 2025
The Dutch-owned company that already holds 16,000 cows and more than 7,000 ha of cultivated land is planning the construction of a new 5,000-head cattle facility.
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Hong Kong tycoon snares carbon project in outback WA
- AFR
- 26 May 2025
One of Hong Kong’s wealthiest tycoons, Li Ka-Shing, whose interests include energy and agricultural investments in this country, has forged into the carbon market, acquiring a vast Western Australian landholding earmarked for a ‘regenerative agriculture’ project.
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Kenya: Investor embroiled in legal battles over Galana Kulalu land arrested
- The Standard
- 26 May 2025
The director of Sahal Agro-Holdings Limited, who is embroiled in a fierce legal battle over a 100,000-acre parcel of land at Galana Kulalu, was arrested on Friday.
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La mafia del desmonte
- El cohete a la luna
- 25 May 2025
En Argentina, denuncia a la Justicia Federal presenta probas que funciona desde hace décadas una maquinaria público-privada diseñada para desmontar, saquear y ocultar legalizando el ilegal a escalas industriales a empresas nacionales y extranjeras.
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Forestales alertan que nuevo decreto abre la puerta a desmontes y apropiación de tierras
- El Deber
- 25 May 2025
Nuevo decreto en Bolivia disminuye la responsabilidad del Estado sobre tierras fiscales, facilitando la legalización de ocupaciones ilegales, permitiendo que terceros accedan a la propiedad de tierras fiscales sin un proceso transparente ni justo con el avance del desmonte.
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Sugar master plan to save Nigeria $1b yearly – NSDC
- Guardian
- 23 May 2025
The BUA Group says it has "developed a nearly 50,000-hectare sugar plantation, with 20,000 hectares already under cultivation, and we’re acquiring another 50,000 hectares"
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European, African bishops demand end to land grabs and exploitation
- OSV News
- 23 May 2025
Catholic bishops from Europe and Africa have issued a strong joint statement warning that Africa is once again becoming a “battleground for external interests” — particularly over land, resources and Europe’s climate agenda.
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Carbon Done Right looks elsewhere to expand African ARR project, after BP declines option
- QCI
- 22 May 2025
Carbon Done Right Developments has dropped a 10,000 ha project in Ghana, put a 32,000 ha project in Sierra Leone on hold and is looking for new investors to expand its 25,000 ha rewilding project in Sierra Leone, after BP Carbon Trading did not exercise an option to pre-purchase carbon credits.
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US: Michigan hopes to limit foreign land ownership. In UP, it’s already too late
- The Bridge
- 22 May 2025
The Rohatyn Group, a private equity firm based in New York, is now the largest owner of agricultural land in the state of Michigan, making acquisitions through offshore companies registered in Singapore
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Congo ex-prime minister convicted of embezzlement in huge failed farm project
- Reuters
- 21 May 2025
A Congolese former prime minister was convicted of embezzling millions from a huge failed agriculture venture, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix Tshisekedi against the government of his predecessor.
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Why Chinese investors are racing to plant durians in Southeast Asia
- Think China
- 21 May 2025
Lao Red Loong Durian is leasing 500 hectares of land in Vientiane province, Laos and has completed the development of a first-phase 60-hectare pilot zone, planting over 7,000 Black Thorn durian trees.
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Egypt: El-Sisi encourages private sector investment in land cultivation during harvesting season event
- Ahram Online
- 21 May 2025
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is calling on the private sector to invest in the 336,000 hectares that the Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development Authority plans to complete to make the land suitable for agriculture.
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Affaire Bukanga-Lonzo: Matata Ponyo condamné à 10 ans des travaux forcés
- Radio Okapi
- 20 May 2025
L’ancien Premier ministre de la RDC a été reconnu coupable de détournements de 156.849.413 dollars américains avec l'ancien gouverneur de la Banque centrale du Congo, des fonds destinés au développement du parc agro-industriel de Bukanga-Lonzo, dans l’est de Kinshasa
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Saudi berries among Egyptian private equity fund’s investments
- The Peninsular
- 20 May 2025
Growing berries in Saudi Arabia and a farming project by the Nile are among the first investments of a new private equity firm co-founded by the former chief of Egypt’s sovereign wealth fund.
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Kenyan tycoons slow down on luxury, pivot toward agriculture and environmental conservation: Report
- Down to Earth
- 19 May 2025
Global property consultancy Knight Frank says 83% of the wealth managers in Kenya it asked about investment trends said their clients are now investing in farmland primarily for food production.
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Nigeria: Lagos boosts food production with aquaculture centre
- The Guardian
- 19 May 2025
The Lagos Aquaculture Centre for Excellence initiative – a joint venture between the Lagos State government and Dula Agro-Services Limited, located on 35 hectares of land in Igbonla, Epe, is designed to serve as production facility for fish fingerlings, processing, and as an off-take facility for all fish farmers in Lagos
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Investments in land, an elevator, and a plant: What does OKKO Group’s agricultural portfolio include?
- UBN
- 19 May 2025
OKKO Group, which has the largest gas station network in Ukraine, is expanding its agricultural assets in the country, acquiring 17,000 hectares in northern Ternopil.
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Why Kenya handed Galana Kulalu project to private firms – Ruto
- The Star
- 18 May 2025
President William Ruto has defended the government’s decision to partner with three private firms in the revival of the multi-billion-shilling Galana Kulalu irrigation project.
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US: A new type of investor is buying up California wineries. Here’s why it’s controversial
- SF Chronicle
- 17 May 2025
Private equity firms — notorious for buying up private companies, often with the goal of selling them quickly — have lately accelerated their investments in California wineries, targeting famous Napa Valley estates.
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Indigenous West Papuans claim Indonesian government is 'land grabbing'
- RNZ
- 16 May 2025
West Papuans in Merauke claim the Indonesian government is stealing land to build its global "food barn" and feed its population of 280 million.
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Govt to acquire 200,000 hectares for cocoa revival – Ato Forson
- CNR
- 16 May 2025
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says the government will acquire vast tracts of land to establish large-scale plantation farms and restore annual production to one million metric tonnes.
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New Zealand: More than 95,000 hectares of farms sold to overseas buyers for forestry conversion
- Stuff
- 16 May 2025
"These companies are in it for the short-term to make a lot of money from carbon credits then flick them before the plantations become a liability”
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Microsoft to purchase 18m tons of carbon credits from Rubicon Carbon
- DCD
- 16 May 2025
The agreement, one of the largest single buyer agreements to date, will see Microsoft receive carbon credits from a pipeline of individual Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) projects worldwide
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Capítulo Final: J&F compra participação da Paper Excellence na Eldorado e encerra disputa
- Consultor Jurídico
- 15 May 2025
A holding brasileira J&F paga US$ 2,64 bilhões para a indonésia Paper Excellence, recuperando o controle total da Eldorado Brasil Celulosa e pondo fim há 8 anos da maior briga empresarial do Brasil. Uma das alegações para anulação da compra foi a falta de autorizações do Incra e do Congresso Nacional para assumir terras no país, exigência da Lei de acesso à terras por estrangeiros.
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Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenya’s carbon market ambitions
- Climate Home News
- 15 May 2025
Protest by community members opposed to a soil carbon project on Indigenous-owned grazing land prevented the signing of a 40-year lease on some 68,000 hectares of land as part of the much larger Kajiado Rangeland Carbon Project.
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Cooperazione Italia-Ghana per la sicurezza alimentare: ampliato il progetto BF
- Il Giornale
- 15 May 2025
In appena un anno la concessione governativa è stata estesa fino a 10.000 ettari per la coltivazione di mais, soia, grano, riso, pomodoro, destinati al mercato interno e la produzione di banane destinata all'esportazione
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Santander backed major South American deforester Cresud despite net zero pledge
- Global Witness
- 15 May 2025
Major Spanish bank Santander has helped fund one of South America’s worst deforesters by co-arranging $1.3 billion of financing for agribusiness giant Cresud since 2011, Global Witness can reveal.
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Agrinas Pangan bakal kelola 425 ribu ha lahan Food Estate akhir tahun ini
- Detik.com
- 14 May 2025
PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara (Persero) akan mengelola 425.000 hektare lahan untuk lumbung pangan (food estate). Agrinas Pangan hanya akan mengelola 225.000 Ha lahan di Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Barat dan Sumatera Selatan, serta tambahan 200.000 Ha cetak sawah baru di Wanam, Merauke yang ditargetkan selesai tahun ini.
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Conflit foncier à Edéa 1er : Au cœur d’une bataille des « shérifs »
- Le Messager
- 13 May 2025
Enquête en trois parties sur le conflit autour de la Socapalm (filiale du groupe Socfin) à Edéa, au Cameroun.
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El sector rural ha captado la atención de fondos de inversión y grandes corporaciones» – Entrevista a Juan Prados (Fincalista)
- Brainsre.new
- 13 May 2025
El mercado de tierras en España y Portugal acumula más de 5.000 millones de euros, con subida de 41% en los precios en España, impulsado por la búsqueda de un refugio de las inversiones de la inflación y retabilidad de 5% y el 10%. Los principales inversores son fondos de pensiones o grandes corporaciones con atención a la agricultura regenerativa.
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