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US acts on foreign ownership of farmland amid China tension

Bloomberg
08 July 2025

The US Department of Agriculture will work with state lawmakers to end farmland purchases "by nationals for countries of concern or other foreign adversaries".

Indonesia prepares 20,000 ha land to grow rice for Palestine

Antara
07 July 2025

Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has announced that Indonesia will co-manage 20 thousand hectares of land with Palestine to grow rice and horticultural crops, and send the majority of the produce to the Middle Eastern nation.

Singapore owns 5% of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Its wealth fund bet on timber

The Bridge
07 July 2025

The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation owns more than 540,000 acres of land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, making it the single largest owner of foreign agricultural land in the US state.

Two-year investigation confirms majority of community grievances in Socfin plantations

Mongabay
07 July 2025

A Socfin spokesperson told Mongabay that the collective statement by civil society offers a “broad brush overview” that “understates both the calibrated nature of the EF findings and the tangible progress we have already made.”

KKR acquires ProTen from Aware Super

Business Wire
01 July 2025

KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Aware Super, a leading Australian super fund, announced the signing of definitive agreements under which funds managed by KKR will acquire ProTen Pty Limited (“ProTen”), one of the largest agricultural infrastructure businesses in Australia.

Investigation shows Socfin/Bolloré plantations harm communities in Africa and Asia

01 July 2025

For decades, communities around the Socfin rubber and oil palm plantations have railed against the company's abusive practices, which range from land grabs to sexual violence. Now their complaints have been vindicated by a surprising source: Socfin's own paid consultants, who have concluded that most of the complaints are at least partially founded, and that the vast majority of the abuses are the responsibility of the corporation.

Galana Kulalu food security project begins large scale commercial farming

30 June 2025

Several companies have already been allocated land on the farm, including Nyumba Group and Selu Farm Limited, each receiving 5,000 acres. Other partners include Bayer Crop Science, Yara, and Irrico International.

Eni launches its first agri-hub in the Republic of the Congo

Eni
28 June 2025

The Loudima agri-hub, with a capacity of 30,000 tons per year of vegetable oil, will be supplied by oil crops grown on degraded and underutilized land or through intercropping systems, as part of an innovative regenerative agriculture project developed in collaboration with local stakeholders.

Cameroon: Community leaders decry persistent threats of land grabbing by SOCAPALM

The Guardian Post
27 June 2025

During a field trip to the site on June 5, 2025, led by SYNAPARCAM, villagers expressed fear of not being able to feed their families or having a small place to build a house as all remaining lands are being occupied with palm trees.

Australia: Duxton Capital to merge private funds into listed agriculture empire

AFR
26 June 2025

Duxton Capital is the agriculture, wine and pubs empire founded by former Deutsche Asset Management heavyweight Ed Peter and backed by prominent investors including the billionaire Oatley family, hedge fund manager Richard Magides and Phil King’s Regal Partners.

Displaced Cambodian families reach long-awaited settlement with Thai sugar giant

IDI
25 June 2025

Hundreds of Cambodian families took on Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol—supplier to global brands such as Nestlé, Mars and Coca-Cola—and reached a financial settlement after seventeen years of sustained advocacy and, ultimately, bringing a class action against the company in Southeast Asia’s first-ever transboundary human rights litigation.

UN calls out Indonesia’s Merauke food estate for displacing Indigenous communities

Mongabay
24 June 2025

U.N. special rapporteurs have raised concerns that Indonesia’s food estate project in Merauke district is displacing Indigenous communities, clearing forests without consent, and using military forces to suppress dissent, threatening more than 50,000 Indigenous people.

English

US acts on foreign ownership of farmland amid China tension

Indonesia prepares 20,000 ha land to grow rice for Palestine

Singapore owns 5% of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Its wealth fund bet on timber

Two-year investigation confirms majority of community grievances in Socfin plantations

KKR acquires ProTen from Aware Super

Investigation shows Socfin/Bolloré plantations harm communities in Africa and Asia

Galana Kulalu food security project begins large scale commercial farming

Eni launches its first agri-hub in the Republic of the Congo

Cameroon: Community leaders decry persistent threats of land grabbing by SOCAPALM

Australia: Duxton Capital to merge private funds into listed agriculture empire

Displaced Cambodian families reach long-awaited settlement with Thai sugar giant

UN calls out Indonesia’s Merauke food estate for displacing Indigenous communities

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