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Ghana launches $50 million palm oil project to boost local production
- Ecofin
- 11 July 2025
Ghana is partnering with Onesta Ghana Ltd to launch the Redgold Oil Palm Plantation Project, which will cover 10,000 hectares
Standard Bank backs blueberry farming with N$40 million investment
- Horti Daily
- 10 July 2025
Standard Bank Namibia has invested N$40 million into a large-scale blueberry farming initiative by Namibia Berries, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Loxworth Capital
Growing returns: Brunel’s Alvarez-Dominguez on the outlook for natural capital
- Net Zero Investor
- 10 July 2025
When Microsoft announced a 10-year carbon removal deal with US forestry credits firm Aurora, some people with a Bristol, UK pension pool were paying close attention.
Interdire aux ressortissants chinois d'acheter des terres agricoles américaines est «discriminatoire», selon Pékin
- AFP
- 09 July 2025
La Chine a condamné mercredi les mesures envisagées par l'administration américaine pour interdire aux investisseurs chinois d'acquérir des terres agricoles américaines, dénonçant une pratique «discriminatoire».
Washington veut interdire l’achat de terres agricoles américaines par des investisseurs chinois
- AFP
- 08 July 2025
Washington compte «prendre rapidement des mesures législatives et exécutives pour interdire l'acquisition de terres agricoles américaines aux ressortissants chinois et à d'autres adversaires étrangers», a affirmé la ministre de l'Agriculture Brooke Rollins
US acts on foreign ownership of farmland amid China tension
- Bloomberg
- 08 July 2025
The US Department of Agriculture will work with state lawmakers to end farmland purchases "by nationals for countries of concern or other foreign adversaries".
Indonesia prepares 20,000 ha land to grow rice for Palestine
- Antara
- 07 July 2025
Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has announced that Indonesia will co-manage 20 thousand hectares of land with Palestine to grow rice and horticultural crops, and send the majority of the produce to the Middle Eastern nation.
Singapore owns 5% of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Its wealth fund bet on timber
- The Bridge
- 07 July 2025
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation owns more than 540,000 acres of land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, making it the single largest owner of foreign agricultural land in the US state.
Two-year investigation confirms majority of community grievances in Socfin plantations
- Mongabay
- 07 July 2025
A Socfin spokesperson told Mongabay that the collective statement by civil society offers a “broad brush overview” that “understates both the calibrated nature of the EF findings and the tangible progress we have already made.”
Une enquête internationale confirme la responsabilité de Socfin dans les cas d’abus dénoncés par les communautés riveraines de ses plantations
- Mongabay
- 04 July 2025
Emmanuel Elong, Président de la Synergie nationale des paysans et riverains du Cameroun, souligne que le cabinet Earthworm Foundation, qui a mené l'enquête, « est incapable de faire changer la politique de Socfin ».
Incra investiga Bracell por excesso de terras e violação da lei estrangeira
- Cenário MS
- 02 July 2025
Bracell, uma das maiores produtoras de celulose solúvel do mundo, detém mais de 230 mil ha, principalmente no estado da Bahia, região do Matopiba no Brasil, está sendo investigada por violar os limites da lei de acesso à terras por estrangeiros e à lei ambiental.
KKR acquires ProTen from Aware Super
- Business Wire
- 01 July 2025
KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Aware Super, a leading Australian super fund, announced the signing of definitive agreements under which funds managed by KKR will acquire ProTen Pty Limited (“ProTen”), one of the largest agricultural infrastructure businesses in Australia.