The CSSF has put an end to a year-long dispute between small shareholders and Socfin's main shareholders, the Fabri family and French billionaire Vincent Bolloré: the 689,337 shares they not control between them will be bought back at €32.50 per share. This will take Socfin off the stock market at a time when it is the target of fierce criticism from a major Norwegian pension fund. It was also the end of an era for the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

La CSSF a mis fin à un an de «différends» entre de petits actionnaires et les principaux actionnaires de la Socfin, les Fabri et le milliardaire français Vincent Bolloré: les 689.337 actions qui leur manquent seront rachetées à 32,5 euros l’action. De quoi retirer la Socfin de la cotation au moment où elle est la cible de critiques virulentes du fonds de pension norvégien. La fin d’une époque, aussi, pour la Bourse de Luxembourg.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order restraining the Nasarawa State government and security agencies from arresting farmers or interfering with their rights, pending the resolution of a legal dispute over the alleged forcible seizure of 10,000 hectares of farmland.

Em 2 dias Estado de São Paulo registrou 2,6 mil focos de calor: mais de 80% estavam concentrados em áreas de uso agropecuário, como plantações de cana-de-açúcar e pastagens. Inquéritos e prisões sugerem ações organizadas para promover queimadas em larga escala como estratégia para a ocupação e especulação de terras.

Fue creada la “Unión de Pueblos” que unirá a todas las resistencias contra industrias y grandes capitales que saquean el agua y realizan despojo de tierras en Puebla, cómo la empresa Granjas Carroll. Así como hay “paraísos fiscales”, “paraísos agroindustriales” surgen en complicidad con gobiernos omisos que ven crecer el saqueo.

La iniciativa busca saldar da deuda del acuerdo de paz de 2016 con las FARC, garantizando jueces y procedimiento especial para reafirmar el interés público y la función social y ecológica de la propiedad privada para recuperación de baldíos contra el acaparamiento de tierras.

New York-based hedge fund Water Asset Management LLC spent $100 million to buy farmland and water rights in Western Arizona, stirring concerns about a future “water grab” from that rural area and of corporate control over a major groundwater source.

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin Ige Olakulehin 1 has said Ibadan has told investors that the city has arable land suitable for agricultural production.

Megadenuncia por el desmonte ilegal de miles de hectáreas de bosques nativos involucra a un entramado político y empresarial conocido por el caparamiento de tierras, cómo el grupo Vicentín, el grupo Aceitera General Deheza (AGD), la empresa agropecuaria Buratovich Hermanos, entre otras.

Swedish pension fund Forsta AP-fonden is downsizing its Australian farmland holdings after listing about $50 million of cropping properties in Western Australia’s Great Southern region.

Food companies, especially food exporting firms, are hoping that they can benefit from a recent regulation that paves the way for the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry to lease out agricultural lands that are not cultivated for two consecutive years.

African Food Security, a New York-based company, says it will grow maize on 305,000 ha in Cameroon and and 335,000 in the DR Congo, with plans to eventually reach 1 million ha in Africa.