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.
- Proactive Investors
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27 November 2023
L'Association des Femmes Riveraines d'Edéa (AFRISE), au Caméroun, a recueilli 316 signatures de soutien dans sa lutte face à la Socapalm, du groupe Socfin
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.
- New Vision
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24 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.
- Daily News
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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.
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.
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.
- Cochrane Eagle
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22 November 2023
L'Alliance pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique est ravie de lancer une série de cinq rapports nationaux dans le cadre de son initiative sur les droits fonciers "Notre terre est notre vie"
"Aquí las mejores tierras están para producir caña de azúcar y palma africana, productos que no son de la canasta básica", enfatizó el exfiscal, quien lamentó que ahora no hay suficientes tierras para maíz, fríjoles y arroz, que son alimentos básicos de la dieta de los hondureños.
Une enquête de six mois menée par Gideon Sarpong, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi et Audrey Traavère a mis en lumière l’impact significatif de l’exploitation des ressources en caoutchouc et en huile de palme du groupe Socfin sur la déforestation et le déplacement forcé des populations autochtones au Nigeria et au Ghana.
- Babilown
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21 November 2023
Grimmway’s owner is backed by pension funds including the public employees of the states of Maine and Oregon, Texas teachers, the New York state Teamsters union and the Producer-Writers Guild of America.
Repórter Brazil also documented cases where Swiss Re had concluded insurance contracts with farms that illegally cultivated indigenous protected areas and used armed violence
- Insurance Business
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21 November 2023