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Mahi Pono and paraquat: The 2020 sequel
- Politics on Maui
- 23 April 2021
A farm in Maui owned by Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board sprayed some 240 gallons of Gramoxone (paraquat) eight times from January to May, 2020
Kuramo Capital accuses Congo investment partner of looting plant
- Bloomberg
- 22 April 2021
A Kuramo Capital fund filed suit in Delaware seeking to oust the manager of its investments in DR Congo palm oil plant over his alleged scheme to loot the business.
The battle for Zimbabwe’s land never ended
- Vice
- 22 April 2021
Outrage over a mass displacement for a dairy farm has seized the national conversation in Zimbabwe, where it is impossible to talk about land without interrogating the legacy of colonialism and the present reality of anti-Blackness
After being tortured by the army, the land rights defender is charged and remanded to prison
- Witness Radio
- 22 April 2021
A community land rights defender who was kidnapped from his home and tortured by Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers guarding Kiryandongo Sugar Limited has been arraigned before a magistrate court in Kiryandongo district and charged with threatening violence.
Tanzania: Rice farmers lose appeal against Kapunga project
- Daily News
- 20 April 2021
Some famers from Mbeya Region have lost an appeal case over compensation and damages against a large rice farming company owned by Export Trading Group, which was accused of maliciously damaging their rice.
Three Saturday protests demand TIAA divest from fossil fuels, land grabs
- TIAA Divest!
- 20 April 2021
The TIAA-Divest! campaign demands that TIAA "stop land grabs," as TIAA is one of the two largest foreign buyers in Brazil and many of its landholdings lead to displacement of local communities and deforestation.
Warakirri to raise $500 million for new fund
- The Land
- 19 April 2021
Australian farmland is an appealing asset class to Canadian-backed investment group, Warakirri Asset Management, with the firm having launched a new fund which expects to raise $500 million.
KKR invests in Adopt A Cow
- Business Wire
- 18 April 2021
Chinese dairy company engaged in alfalfa growing, dairy farming, milk processing, and marketing will use KKR funds to construct more dairy farms and import Australian dairy cows.
Australia: Unnamed European pension fund backs Warakirri farmland fund
- IPE
- 13 April 2021
An unnamed European pension fund has become the cornerstone investor in the just-launched, close-ended Warakirri Farmland Fund, which aims to raise up to €320m in equity.
New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon
- Mongabay
- 12 April 2021
Cultivation of oil palm has surged in Brazil’s northern state of Roraima over the last decade, fueled by an ambitious push towards biofuels. While palm oil companies claim they do not deforest, critics say they are contributing to a surge in demand for cleared land in this region, driving cattle ranchers, soy farmers and land speculators deeper into the forest.
New Zealand's Fonterra completes sale of two China farms
- The Cattle Site
- 08 April 2021
Fonterra has completed the sale of its two wholly owned farming hubs in China where it will now focus on creating value from its New Zealand farmers’ milk
The AAF fund's exit from Feronia marks the end of AFD Group's indirect participation in the company
- Proparco
- 08 April 2021
The French development bank, AFD Group, says it no longer has any connection with PHC - Feronia, since the DRC oil palm plantation company was taken over by the Straight KKM2 fund.