The wait is over the implementation of mega farms following the releasing of K500 million to facilitate the rollout of the farms.
Waves of evictions and the criminalization of Q’eqchi’ Maya communities propel rural poverty and forced migration.
African Agriculture has agreed to a public-private partnership with the Government of Mauritania and the communities of Boghé on the Senegal River Valley for a phased commercial farming buildout up to $500mm of investment.
Resolution calls for the suspension of market transactions of agricultural land in wartime and the post-war period and for the creation of mechanisms to guarantee small farmers real opportunities to acquire land.
The Court room was parked with people from the communities who tuned out in large number to witness the hearing. After the hearing, the Petitioner were rejoicing and chanting slogans “We want our rights, we want our land”.
Sudan signed an agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea - including a 168,000 ha agriculture zone - with a $6-billion investment.
14,000 farmers in Denmark are expected to have retired by 2030. This could pave the way for land acquisitions and agricultural ventures at a completely new scale, says think tank and media outlet Mandag Morgen.
Citing concerns about the environment, food security, and the fate of family farmers, Missouri legislators have filed several bills that would restrict foreign ownership of agricultural land.
As the palm oil industry swept through Indonesia, it transformed millions of hectares of land into plantations. An opaque system supposed to improve rural livelihoods has left villagers waiting for profits — and answers.
Local farmers say they can no longer afford to send children to school after the oil giant’s 40,000 hectare tree plantation barred them from their fields
Deforestation by land grabbers in southern Piauí intensified in the second half of 2022. Community leaders suspect that the action of land grabbers is aimed at displacing them from their territories.
Global agricultural investor Nuveen Natural Capital has joined a growing pool of institutional fund managers targeting Australia’s burgeoning macadamia sector, after buying one of the country’s largest orchards
