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Dangote says new sugar project will cut imports by 40%
- Premium Times
- 30 August 2022
The Nigerian firm says it is embarking on Phase II of its sugar project, which will cover over 100,000 hectares to make the sugar plant, the largest in Africa.
Lumbung pangan dan riwayat kegagalannya di Tanah Marind
- Pusaka Bentala Rakyat
- 29 August 2022
Setelah lebih dari sepuluh tahun berlalu, apa yang terjadi dan tengah dialami oleh Masyarakat Adat setempat dan tanahnya yang dijadikan area untuk Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate? Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat bersama Perkumpulan Petrus Vertenten MSC Papua, melakukan dokumentasi lapangan terkait situasi dari masyarakat adat dan tanahnya yang terdampak proyek MIFEE
«Vendange militante» chez LVMH: «L’accaparement des terres conduit à une spéculation foncière importante»
- Libération
- 28 August 2022
Porte-parole de la Confédération paysanne du Var, Sylvain Apostolo explique les raisons de la manifestation qui s’est déroulée ce dimanche dans le domaine varois de Château d’Esclans, qui appartient au milliardaire Bernard Arnault.
Okowa inspects N25bn oil palm plantation
- This Day
- 28 August 2022
The project, which is a joint venture between Northsworthy Farms, and Allied Industries Limited and Nigeria's Delta State Government had planted over 250,000 oil palm trees in over 1,400 hectares of land.
Le combat des éleveurs du Ndiaël pour récupérer « leurs terres »
- Mediapart
- 26 August 2022
Dans le nord-ouest du Sénégal, une coalition de 37 villages proteste depuis dix ans contre l’attribution de 20 000 hectares à une entreprise agroalimentaire. Ce conflit foncier illustre un phénomène généralisé sur le continent africain : l’accaparement de terres par des multinationales.
Lao villagers told to vacate their farms by month’s end
- RFA
- 25 August 2022
About 100 families from two villages in southern Laos were forced to give up 190 hectares of farmland to a company that will build a cassava processing plant after Lao soldiers threatened them if they did not comply.
RSPO verification mission shows Socfin certifications are unjustified
- FoE Netherlands
- 25 August 2022
Organisations call upon the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to undo certifications to Socfin, Africa's biggest plantation company.
El mapa del ecocidio en el Delta del Paraná
- Resumen Latinoamericano
- 25 August 2022
Desde hace varias décadas en Argentina se ha ido consolidando un modelo productivo modelado en función de los intereses de las principales potencias del mundo en alianza con los grandes terratenientes.
Des fonds d'investissement achètent des propriétés agricoles en Espagne et au Portugal
- Fresh Plaza
- 24 August 2022
Les investisseurs institutionnels commencent à considérer l'agriculture en Espagne et au Portugal comme une alternative à moyen et long terme
Town Chief remanded over theft at SOCFIN
- Politico Sierra Leone
- 24 August 2022
The Town Chief of Henai Village in Malen Chiefdom was remanded at the Pujehun Correctional Centre in Southern Sierra Leone after he was accused of stealing palm kernel from the plantation of SOCFIN Agricultural Company.
US Senator introduces bill to prohibit Chinese investment in agribusiness
- Krishi Jagran
- 22 August 2022
Senator Rounds noted on his website that this new legislation will also bar investment in US agribusiness from Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
Not a grain of truth in Ukrainian farmland claim
- AAP
- 22 August 2022
A claim circulating on social media that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sold off 17 million hectares of farmland to US corporations is baseless.