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India’s oil palm grand plan: at what cost?
- GRAIN
- 30 November 2023
India’s growing embrace of industrial palm oil threatens the nation’s rich diversity of oilseed crops. What are the risks for farmers, public health and the environment?
Indonesia's Astra Agro criticised by green groups over report on grievances
- Reuters
- 30 November 2023
One of the subsidiaries, PT Agro Nusa Abadi (ANA), was accused of seizing farmers' land in several villages covering approximately 5,000 hectares
Malen Chiefdom holds peace dialogue amid growing tensions with Socfin Agricultural Company
- Sierra Loaded
- 30 November 2023
Amidst intensified conflicts stemming from the presence of the Socfin Agricultural Company in the Chiefdom, the event aimed to address longstanding grievances and foster a path toward peace and development.
Canadian investment firm buys nearly 3 million hectares of Kimberley cattle country in $300m deal
- ABC
- 30 November 2023
Some of Western Australia's most sought-after cattle country is set to move from Chinese to Canadian ownership in a newly struck deal.
When Emirati alfalfa farms moved in, Arizona wells dried up. Why?
- AP
- 29 November 2023
Tensions are bubbling up at Arizona alfalfa farms as water becomes a top commodity. Local farmers say that their wells have dried up since since an Emirati alfalfa farm moved in.
Keep investment companies from buying farmland, NFU urges
- National Newswatch
- 27 November 2023
Canada's federal government needs to convince the provinces to ban investors from buying the country’s agricultural land so farmers can use it to produce food, the National Farmers Union has urged.
MP Evans completes US$59m East Kalimantan acquisition
- Proactive Investors
- 27 November 2023
MPE is buying 8,350 hectares from P.T. Agro Bumi Kaltim and P.T. Nusantara Agro Sentosa, of which 1,686 hectares are managed on behalf of associated smallholder co-operatives.
Uganda, UAE companies close deals in key sectors
- New Vision
- 24 November 2023
UAE's E20 Investment Limited announced interest in a a $20M investment in a beef feedlot with Ugandan company Fresh Cuts Limited t produce 5250MT per year of beef export.
Egyptian Minister of Agriculture meets with Saudi investors to discuss ways to enhance agricultural investment in Egypt
- Daily News
- 23 November 2023
The Minister of Agriculture stressed that investment in the agricultural sector is promising, and that the state is keen on creating a climate for local, Arab and foreign investors.
Land governance critical to the realization of the African Continental Free Trade Area, say experts
- AfDB
- 23 November 2023
Expansion of intra-African trade and the resulting demand for goods such as agricultural goods will affect land systems, increasing large-scale land acquisitions by public and private actors.
National land policy study reports on Senegal, Mali, Togo, Ghana & Cameroon
- AFSA
- 22 November 2023
AFSA is delighted to launch a series of five national reports, within AFSA’s Our Land is Our Life land rights initiative in these countries.
NFU calls for ban on on investor ownership of farmland in Canada
- Cochrane Eagle
- 22 November 2023
Farmers, farm workers, and supporters will be gathering on Parliament Hill to demand that the federal government protect Canada’s food sovereignty and impose a ban on investor ownership of farmland.