The partnership aims to identify and develop large‑scale agricultural land, targetting an initial 10,000 hectares of irrigated farmland, with a potential expansion to another 10,000 hectares.
- Milling MEA
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06 February 2026
The project envisions cultivating sugar beets on about 52,000 hectares that Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Agriculture has already designated in the Gallaorol and Farish districts for sugar beet cultivation.
- Caspian Post
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06 February 2026
A Swiss company called ASC Impact GmbH is developing a tree planting project in the Gambela region of Ethiopia covering a total area of 27,500 hectares, with about 20,000 hectares to be planted with eucalyptus and acacia trees.
- REDD-Monitor
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06 February 2026
Report by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, outlines the problems of the immense concentration of land in the hands of corporate actors and the important legal tools to counteract this destructive force.
Une société d'investissement de Saint-Gall, en Suisse, promet de concilier protection du climat, aide au développement et rendement financier grâce à un projet en Éthiopie. Mais une communauté locale tire la sonnette d'alarme.
A Swiss-based investment firm promises to combine climate protection, development aid, and returns with a plantation project in Ethiopia. But a local community is raising the alarm
What started as a modest 10-hectare pilot farm in 2020 has now scaled to over 220 hectares under cultivation, with 500 hectares in total under ownership or lease.
- Horti Daily
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05 February 2026
A Michigan pension fund wanted to grow the second-largest coffee farm in Hawaii. What happened there demonstrates the perils of investing public workers’ savings in private markets.
Led by Terraformation, Green Lions is launching on an initial area of 8,289 hectares located within the communal forests of Ndélélé and Bétaré-Oya where it will combine native forest restoration and cocoa-based agroforestry.
- Business in Cameroon
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05 February 2026
Dozens of residents from Buol Regency, Central Sulawesi staged a land occupation on a 149-hectare plot of land that they say has been illegally occupied and planted with oil palms by the company PT. Hardaya Inti Plantation.
- People of Buol
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05 February 2026
Puluhan warga dari Kab. Buol, Sulawesi Tengah melakukan aksi pendudukan lahan sawit. Lahan seluas 149 hektar ini selama belasan tahun dikuasai dan ditanami sawit oleh PT. Hardaya Inti Plantation.
- Masyarakat Buol
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05 February 2026
Local communities have been protesting against the company’s operations for more than a decade.
- REDD-Monitor
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04 February 2026