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$60m farmland portfolio hits the market in South Australia
- Weekly Times
- 29 January 2026
A Sydney-based forestry giant is selling a 5485ha portfolio, which is set to be harvested and then transitioned to agricultural use for an incoming buyer.
One of the largest M&A deals during the full-scale war involves Enselco acquiring the Agro-Region group of companies for at least $100M
- UBN
- 29 January 2026
Shareholders of the Agro-Region group, which consists of nine companies and is one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural holdings, finalized the sale of 100% of the company to Andriy Verevsky’s Enselco group.
Indonesia: Research links West Kalimantan oil palm expansion to environmental damage and social conflict
- Tanah Air
- 29 January 2026
A study by the LinkAR Borneo research team has found that the expansion of oil palm plantations operated by PT Equator Sumber Rezeki has caused extensive environmental damage and triggered social conflict in the conservation corridor connecting Betung Kerihun National Park and Danau Sentarum National Park.
The struggle of the Women of Malen
- WONARPI
- 28 January 2026
Once a thriving agricultural hub in Pujan district southern Sierra Leone, Malen chiefdom has become a symbol of resistance and resilience particularly for women whose life were upended in March 2011.
As hunger, desperation lingers: Women protest SOCAPALM's replantation campaign, demand more farmland space.
- The Guardian Post
- 27 January 2026
"Not only are they taking over our ancestral lands, they are expanding or replanting palm trees everywhere without leaving us a small space of land to even plant cassava to survive for our families," a woman from Dehane village says.
Conservation Resources and Achmea collaborate to satisfy regenerative farmland demand
- GAI
- 27 January 2026
New Hampshire-based Conservation Resources has teamed up with Dutch asset manager Achmea Investment Management on a farmland investment fund, Conservation Resources Farmland II, its second North American farmland fund
Statements without answers: AFRISE women protest land seizures amid Socapalm replanting
- Newsupfront
- 27 January 2026
As Cameroon continues to promote agro-industrial growth, the Edéa situation raises a pressing question: Can development be justified when communities that feed the nation are systematically denied the land they need?
The bogus food estate project
- Tempo
- 27 January 2026
Instead of halting the food estate project, which has repeatedly proved a failure, the government is using all possible means—from tinkering with the regulations to deploying troops—to ensure the success of one of President Prabowo’s flagship projects.
Farmers in Uzbekistan claim their land is being taken away for Beijing's benefit
- RFE/RL
- 26 January 2026
Tensions are rising in Uzbekistan's Andijan region: farmers say they are being coerced into "voluntarily" handing over their land to local authorities. Many believe the plots will subsequently be given to Chinese investors
Trafigura-backed alliance to invest $1 bln-plus in four African carbon projects
- Reuters
- 26 January 2026
The projects backed by global energy trader Trafigura include a restoration project in Malawi totalling over 550,000 hectares that has one of the largest native species nurseries in Africa, and an agroforestry plan to restore degraded land in Zambia that will involve 45,000 farmers
Australian cattle giant looks to sheep, snaps up second huge WA property
- The Land
- 26 January 2026
Brisbane-headquartered CPC now adds a substantial sheep flock to the roughly 300,000 head of cattle carrying capacity it now has across more than nine properties, covering more than 3.2 million hectares of Australia.
Macquarie Group fires the starting gun on $3bn Paraway Pastoral sale
- The Australian
- 26 January 2026
Interested buyers for the company with beef, sheep and crop farms on 28 pastoral businesses across 4.4 million hectares include Canadian pension funds, US-based institutional investors and institutional investors from continental Europe and high net worth investors.