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Madagascar : Let’s support Ms. Berthine Elignesoa, a land rights defender in the Bas-Mangoky region

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:59:00 +0000

Thousands of farmers losing their land rights in the Bas-Mangoky area of Madagascar have been protesting an 8,000 ha project funded by the African Development Bank. One is in jail for speaking out.]]>

Syria signs MoU with Saudi Al Muhaidib Group on food investment projects

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:58:00 +0000

The Syrian Sovereign Fund and Saudi Arabia’s Al Muhaidib Group signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday in Damascus that focuses on cattle farming and dairy production in cooperation with a leading European dairy company.]]>

Sale of Tasmania's biggest farm, Rushy Lagoon, to UK pine plantation investor approved

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:39:00 +0000

"The federal government has broken its covenant with the Australian people by agreeing to turn productive farmland into a monoculture pine plantation so a foreign investment fund can tick a carbon abatement box," said TasFarmers president Nathan Cox.]]>

Tencent inks first deal for carbon-removal credits outside China

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:31:00 +0000

Chinese technology firm Tencent has entered a 10-year agreement with Singapore-based carbon developer Thryve.Earth to purchase credits generated from an agroforestry project on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi]]>

Nigeria: Presco to invest $100m in Ogun oil palm project

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:26:00 +0000

Oil palm giant Presco Plc says it plans to establish operations in Ogun state with an initial investment of about $100 million.]]>

Egypt moves to vastly expand powers of military-linked economic body

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Future of Egypt had been mandated to reclaim about 4.5 million feddans, equal to nearly half of Egypt’s current cultivated land, including areas in the western desert and in Sinai, and land near Sudan and Libya.]]>

Case dismissed: Apouh residents suffer judicial setback in massive Socapalm land fight!

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:54:00 +0000

The administrative court wrote that the case was inadmissible, holding that the Apouh community, which does not possess land titles of his own, lacked the legal standing to seek the partial cancellation of Socapalm's titles. ]]>

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan takes full ownership of Mitolo Family Farms

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:53:00 +0000

Ontario Teachers’ other Australian farm investments include Aroona Farms (almonds in Victoria and South Australia), Jasper Farms (avocados in Western Australia) and Montague Farms (apples, stonefruit, cherries, table grapes and citrus in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania).]]>

SALIC integrates CFG into Olam Agri

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:17:00 +0000

The Saudi Agriculture & Livestock Investment Company has completed the integration of Ukrainian large-scale farming subsidiary Continental Farmers Group into its global agrifood subsidiary Olam Agri]]>

Amazon to buy half the carbon credits from Bacon Tree project

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:55:00 +0000

Amazon.com Inc. will buy half of the carbon credits from a project that will plant Spekboom on 50,000 hectares in South Africa. Spekboom has many uses including food, medecine, roofing, grazing, etc.]]>

US: Public or private? The future of East Maui’s water is at stake

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:08:00 +0000

Critics say the owner of East Maui Irrigation, Canada's PSP Investments, has a broader goal of acquiring water rights for irrigation at relatively low prices in places where the natural resource is becoming increasingly scarce and eventually selling them for much more.]]>

Nigeria’s pioneer palm oil firm enters capital market with N250m CP

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:57:00 +0000

Aden River Estates, which currently holds a land bank of approximately 7,000 hectares in Ohosu and Okoro plantations in Edo state, has launched its maiden debt capital market transaction to fund an expansion programme.]]>

Philippines: DMCI bets big on oil palm plantation, targets expansion to 20,000 hectares

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:30:00 +0000

DMCI Holdings Inc. plans to expand its oil palm plantation to at least 20,000 hectares over the long term as it seizes opportunities in the country’s ever-growing vegetable oil market, its chairman and president Isidro Consunji said.]]>

German authorities ignore human rights violations: corporate greenwashing instead of justice

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:50:00 +0000

Following a flawed process, civil society organizations have rejected a mediation offer by the German National Contact Point from the OECD after it dismissed key claims in their complaint against agrochemical giant Bayer for causing serious health impacts and land conflicts in the areas affected by its agribusiness soy model.]]>

Romania's landowners: Who exploits the largest areas of agricultural land. Surprise change in the ranking!

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:51:00 +0000

There are no changes at the top of the ranking. The Al Dahra Group, from the United Arab Emirates, continues to own the largest agricultural holding in Romania through the company Agricost.]]>

Iraq pursues suspects over 77K-hectare land grab

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:28:00 +0000

The Al-Anbar government says the land was seized after 2014 by exploiting the security conditions accompanying the war against ISIS, using forged agricultural contracts and false ownership claims based on purported purchases or fabricated farming agreements.]]>