Mohammed Dewji has secured land in Rwanda as part of his decision to pour millions of dollars into the country through his Dar es Salaam-based food conglomerate, MeTL Group.
- Billionaires Africa
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14 September 2023
Poultry groups MHP and Tanmiah Food Company have struck a deal to set up a joint venture in Ukraine that they say will boost Saudi Arabia’s food security.
- Just Food
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13 September 2023
The pact with China's Guangxi Fenglin Wood Industry Group and a company the Zambian government said was called Development Company Ltd. of China, will include 100,000 hectares of plantations of slash pine.
- Bloomberg
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11 September 2023
Belgian businessman Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré's group want to take total control of Socfin by acquiring all the shares in the Luxembourg multinational, which is regularly accused of human rights violations.
L’homme d’affaires belge Hubert Fabri et le groupe de Vincent Bolloré veulent s’arroger le contrôle total de Socfin en acquérant toutes les parts de la multinationale luxembourgeoise, régulièrement accusée de violation des droits humains
Fiera Capital, fondo de inversión canadiense, está muy cerca de cerrar la compra de la empresa española Innoliva con sus 8.000 hectáreas en España y Portugal, principalmente en las regiones de Extremadura y el Alentejo.
- Expansión
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06 September 2023
On estime que la chaîne de supermarchés Colruyt aurait racheté environ 6% des terres agricoles en Belgique. Mais parmi les agriculteurs, ça grogne.
- La Libre
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06 September 2023
Under Cibus Fund I’s ownership, Innoliva has doubled its footprint from around 4,300ha of “super high-density” olive-oil production to over 8,300ha of diversified products, including almonds and table olives.
Le débat sur l’assainissement du foncier agricole revient au-devant de la scène en Algérie.
Contre-rapport de la SYNAPARCAM en réponse à une evaluation faite par Earthworm Foundation pour le compte de SOCFIN au Cameroun
- Synaparcam
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31 August 2023
New report by the Oakland Institute examines the African Forestry Impact Platform bankrolled by European development finance institutions, Japanese oil interests, and an Australian investment firm.
- Oakland Institute
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30 August 2023
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
Agriculture is being flagged as the replacement for residential property investments following changes to Portugal's Golden Visa programme, with investors urged to look towards funds such as Pela Terra and Terra Nova.
- International Investment
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07 August 2023
Pour l’implémentation de ce projet, le groupe suisse sollicite 42 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans le département du Niari
- Génies d'Afrique
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06 August 2023
President Kissan Ittehad Khalid Mehmood Khokhar dismissed misconceptions created by some elements claiming that corporate farming would deprive the small farmers of their cultivable lands.
- Daily Times
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04 August 2023
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Anuradha Mittal, Founder and Executive Director of The Oakland Institute, which has reported on the IMF and World Bank’s carving up of Ukrainian farmland and the myths about the Black Sea Grain Deal
- Going Underground
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01 August 2023
The land being grabbed is aimed for growing large-scale sugar by Somdiam Company, owned by ‘investors’ from India.
- Witness Radio
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31 July 2023
Pakistan has in principle approved 28 projects worth billions of dollars that would be offered to Gulf countries, including an 85,000 acre corporate farming project in the Cholistan desert.
Witnesses in an environmental lawsuit taken by members of the Auyu People of West Papua against a Malaysian-owned palm oil company’s plan to clear tens of thousands of hectares of their forest homeland describes that intimidations are directed towards opponents of the company plans.
- Pusaka Bentala Rakyat
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27 July 2023