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Kenya: Yala Swamp public hearings on allocating land to private investor begins
- The Star
- 14 June 2022
The National Land Commission team will hold public hearings for three days in Siaya on plans to allocate the Yala Swamp to a private investor.
Gunn Agri buys 6,000ha land for CEFC, Kempen-backed farmland fund
- IPR Real Assets
- 14 June 2022
Australian farmland manager Gunn Agri Partners has acquired 6,000 hectares of land for its Transforming Farming Platform, backed by the Australian government-owned clean energy finance corporation and Dutch asset manager Kempen.
Land grabbing in the Ivory Coast
- CIDSE
- 14 June 2022
CIDSE publishes the new policy brief “The case of SIAT’s subsidiary in Ivory Coast” on land grabbing in the Ivory Coast in collaboration with impacted communities and African and European partners
Inside Saudi company’s sweet water deal in Arizona
- 12 News
- 13 June 2022
The Arizona Republic’s Rob O’Dell explains why a Saudi Arabian company’s deal for Arizona water raises questions for taxpayers, water users, the Legislature and the governor.
10 years after: Pain, sorrow as host communities poise for showdown with Olam Farm
- Daily Trust
- 11 June 2022
Communities in Rukubi, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria where Olam Rice Farm is located, have said they are in pain and sorrow due to the activities of the multi-national farming company.
Unrecognised wealth of customary land
- Act Now PNG
- 10 June 2022
When will be the time when policies and ideas are centered on helping the population in rural areas to utilize their land for themselves and not hand it over to foreigners to exploit for their own profit?
Bolloré case: associations' victory in the Cameroonian palm oil case confirmed
- Sherpa
- 09 June 2022
A legal battle launched by several organisations to force Bolloré to remedy land and other rights violations around the Socapalm plantations in Cameroon moves ahead as the appeal judge rules again in favour of the plaintiffs.
Entity linked to billionaire Bill Gates pays $13.5 million for Campbell Farms' North Dakota farmland
- AgWeek
- 09 June 2022
Records show that the Campbell potato farming group has transferred more than $13 million worth of farmland to entities tied to Bill Gates, who is reputedly the largest farmland owner in the US.
Tanzanian entrepreneur Dewji plans $2-4bln grains production investment via SPAC
- Reuters
- 09 June 2022
Dewji, owner of the MeTL Group, said the new company will produce grains and edible oils in Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and the Central African Republic
Public development banks must stop financing factory farming
- Food Tank
- 07 June 2022
Pumping public dollars into the destructive industrial meat sector is neither climate-resilient nor climate-smart, say Kari Hamerschlag and Peter Stevenson. It's also fuelling land grabbing.
World Bank approves new grant for Sierra Leone to strengthen land administration and register land rights
- World Bank
- 07 June 2022
"Reducing the risk of land conflicts and offering opportunities for investments are critical for Sierra Leone," says the Bank's representative
Fresh Del Monte enters row crop business
- GAI
- 06 June 2022
“Growing row crops is an excellent way for Fresh Del Monte to leverage its idle lands,” said Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO, Fresh Del Monte.