The world's leading private equity fund has just invested in Hasfarm Holdings, a flower export giant in Da Lat, Vietnam, marking a new step in the investment trend in the agricultural and food technology sector in Vietnam.
Private equity-backed reforestation startup re.green has signed a partnership with Agro Penido to restore 600 hectares of land owned by the Brazilian agribusiness firm with native species from the Amazon rainforest
La combinación de concesión de tierras públicas gratuitas, un sistema de explotación laboral y generosos créditos fiscales había creado una economía rural extraordinariamente favorable para las grandes empresas nacionales y transnacionles, que llevan a la expansón de megagranjas, Palma y soya, cómo Agropalma, BBF, el grupo Cosan, Amaggi hasta las grandes traders.
The biofuel project led by Uganda'a Jitmat and Face Power of the US will cultivate sweet sorghum on 6,000 ha using a nucleus farm and surrounding smallholder farming model.
Japan's No.2 crude oil refiner, Idemitsu Kosan, will begin a trial plantation of the non-edible oilseed tree crop Pongamia in Australia to assess its potential as a feedstock for aviation fuel, in cooperation with the US company Terviva.
Justiça brasileira mantém a suspensão da transferência da Eldorado Brasil Celulose da empresa brasileira J&F para a indonésia Paper Excellence, contrariando sentença arbitral, já que a operação envolve o controle de cerca de 450 mil ha por estrangeiros, o que exigiria autorizações do Congresso e do órgão de terras.
The food estate in Merauke - spanning more than two million hectares - seems set to join the long list of such projects that have failed since the concept was first proposed in 2010, only to leave behind broad damage to the rights of indigenous peoples and the environment, including the loss of customary land belongs to 40,000 indigenous people.
An Indonesian government plan to clear forests spanning an area twice the size of South Korea for food and biofuel crops has sparked fears of massive greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss.
Por primera vez se realiza un proceso de entrega de tierras cubanas (5.000 hectáreas) a una empresa extranjera, para que se encargue de su explotación.
"Brazil cannot achieve its emission reduction targets by simply reducing deforestation. We need to restore (deforested) areas by creating concessions" of land for the carbon market, says Para governor Helder Barbalho.
Hasta 2015, más de 16 mil ha eran de extranjeros en Argentina, casi 13 mil en manos de 964 empresas. El conflicto por la propiedade de las tierras del lago Escondido en Rio Negro del empresario inglés Joe Lewis contradice la Ley de 2011 que proíbe la acquisión de las tierras que contengan arroyos, ríos, lagos, y que limita las compras al 15% del território de cada municipalidad.
Supremo Tribunal do Brasil referenda "conciliação" da Comissão fundiária no Mato Grosso e expropria 150 famílias de 12 mil hectares em favor de empresas especializadas no mercado de terras. A Trust Agro Company Holding e M2W properties holding são acusadas de falsificar os títulos de propriedade.
BPL Pensioen, a Dutch pension fund for agricultural and horticultural workers, has made a fresh investment of €90m in ASR Real Estate’s Dutch Farmland Fund, which owns 39,000 hectares in the Netherlands worth some €2.1bn.
The Israel-based company has begun avocado farming in Kenya on a 400-hectare farm where it has planted 55,000 trees of avocado with the ultimate target of 300,000.
Sous les palmiers à 6000 kilomètres de Fribourg, la colère ne faiblit pas dans une plantation d’Okomu, une filiale de Socfin, dont le commerce de matières premières passe par Fribourg.
Le groupe émirati Al Dahra, spécialisé dans l’agriculture à grande échelle, est en discussions avec le gouvernement kényan pour louer près de 81 000 hectares de terres agricoles situées dans une zone d’irrigation.
"Whether it is a farmer or an investor, they are now viewing land as an asset class to get rich off of speculation, not the productive capability of that land."
O mercado de terras no Brasil se consolidou como um dos mais atrativos e dinâmicos do mundo, principalmente pelos ativos florestais. Suzano e BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group fizeram a maior transação ao comprar 70 mil ha para eucalipto no Mato Grosso do Sul, seguida pela empresa Klabin para florestas plantadas, SLC Agrícola, Brasil Agro e os Fiagros.
The negotiations come amid a backdrop of growing scrutiny regarding land leasing practices in Africa. Critics argue that large-scale land acquisitions by foreign firms can lead to land dispossession and adverse environmental impacts. It remains to be seen how Al Dahra addresses these issues.
Agricultural workers and a legal advocacy group have raised concerns over a “fast-tracked” bill seeking to extend land lease terms for foreign investors to nearly a century, warning of its potential negative impact on farmers, plantation workers and indigenous cultural communities.
The Framework for Responsible and Inclusive Land Intensive Agriculture is a World Bank Project executed across Nigeria to ensure land acquisition and resettlement for large-scale agribusiness investments are undertaken in line with established international standards.
SRC and LAC operations on customary land have historically been conducted without the consent of local communities, leading to land grabs, destruction of livelihoods, and various human rights violations.
HAGL, a major Vietnamese agriculture firm, has doubled its durian farming area to 2,000 hectares and expanded its banana farming area by 40% to 7,000 hectares in the past two years.
Al Dahra will probably invest about $800 million to farm 200,000 acres [81,000 ha] of land at an irrigation development located in the coastal region, according to Kenya’s principal secretary for irrigation, Ephantus Kimotho.
The federal government through the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA) Ilorin, formally allocated 4,000 hectares of farmland to Origin Tech Group to carry out mechanised agriculture in Ejiba, Kogi state, in line with national food security agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
Indian edible oil manufacturer BN Group announced a $1 billion investment to expand its operations across Africa establish three manufacturing facilities with a combined production capacity of 2,000 tonnes and invest in palm plantations.
Le Professeur Samir Amin franco-égyptien, a dénoncé lors d’un symposium organisé à Dakar, le 15 décembre 2024 l’accaparements des terres qui entrave le développement économique des pays africains et exacerbent les inégalités.
A part la loi agricole et la loi semencière, la RDC promulguera l’établissement du cadastre agricole, des plans d’aménagement et d’affectation des terres, ainsi que la mise en place d’une base de données unique recensant tous les acteurs du secteur agricole.
Net-zero pledges from 140 countries would require turning territory the size of the US into a giant greenhouse-gas sponge and generate a massive land grab that will go on for decades.
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture says his ministry has preliminarily identified 1.2 million hectares of land with corn-growing potential, with plans to conduct comprehensive follow-up studies and evaluations.
