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Congo, Rwanda sign agricultural land concession agreement
- FRA
- 16 April 2022
According to the inked deal, Congo will grant Rwanda 12,000 hectares of exploitable land in at least three Departments in the south of the country.
Colruyt accusée d'accaparer les terres agricoles au détriment des fermes familiales
- RTBF
- 16 April 2022
En Belgique, la chaîne de supermarchés Colruyt a acheté plus de 175 hectares de terres agricoles à un prix très fort, devenant un symbole de l’accaparement des terres en Belgique.
Afghan gov't inaugurates major agro project in eastern Laghman province
- Xinhua
- 15 April 2022
The Taliban-run administration inaugurates a US$230M agricultural project covering 20,000 hectares in the eastern Laghman province that will be a joint venture with the private sector and will produce for export.
African Agriculture Inc: Working to boost food security, protect environment
- Vanguard
- 15 April 2022
African Agriculture Inc’s vision, according to Gora Seck, President of the Board, LFT Senegal, is to create 5,000 jobs, sow over 20,000 hectares and develop exports of alfalfa to other countries.
The digitalisation of land: more data, less land
- GRAIN
- 15 April 2022
The digitalisation of information on land and natural resources is exacerbating land grabbing in the remaining agricultural frontiers of Latin America.
A land grab case against Agilis Ranch 20 and 21 Limited kicks off next week
- Witness Radio
- 15 April 2022
Agilis is one of the three multinational companies that have been implicated in the land grabbing scandal which has rendered thousands of smallholder farmers homeless in the Kiryandongo district, Uganda.
UAE-based Al Dahra to install 80 mln euro irrigation system in Serbia
- SeeNews
- 14 April 2022
The company will make investments worth 25 million euro in Serbia this year, including 9 million euro in the modernisation of farming machinery in Serbia, the company said in an e-mailed statement.
DR Congo: PHC position on the destruction of illegal settlements at the Lokutu site
- PHC
- 14 April 2022
Public authorities using PHC tractors dismantled and burnt down an encampment set up within PHC's Lokumete Estate by villagers for the production of alcohol from the sap of oil palm.
Podcast: Who owns the companies destroying rainforests in the heart of New Guinea?
- Mongabay
- 13 April 2022
New Guinea, contains the world’s largest planned oil palm plantation. Covering 2,800 square kilometers the Tanah Merah project is nearly the size of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. However, the true owners of the seven concessions that make up the project remain hidden through a shroud of corporate secrecy.
Large-scale land acquisitions in Africa: is bigger really better?
- Salaam Gateway
- 13 April 2022
A new study suggests the effects of large-scale land acquisitions are detrimental to food security and the livelihood of smallholder farmers.
Digitalización agraria: más datos menos tierras
- GRAIN
- 13 April 2022
Para corporaciones e inversionistas, el acceso a informaciones actualizadas de un “perfil digital de tierras” permite localizar, cuantificar la oferta y la demanda y fijar precios sobre las tierras, la producción y los recursos naturales, así como los créditos de carbono.
Titula Brasil faz parte da maior ofensiva de grilagem pós-ditadura
- Brasil de Fato
- 12 April 2022
Com o esvaziamento do Incra no atual governo, grilagem avança de forma avassaladora
COGS sends petition urging TIAA to divest funds from fossil fuels
- Daily Iowan
- 12 April 2022
Students at the University of Iowa Campaign have joined a campaign demanding TIAA divest billions from oil, coal, and fracked gas and to stop its acquisition of farm and timberland around the world by 2025.
Carbon-offsetting has 'transformed' the Scottish land market
- Insider
- 12 April 2022
Scotland’s land market has been transformed as corporate buyers swoop in for farmland in an effort to offset carbon emissions.
African Agriculture a pour mission de stimuler la production alimentaire mondiale
- Vanguard
- 11 April 2022
La société américaine African Agriculture Inc., qui détient la totalité des Fermes de la Teranga avec ses 20 000 ha dans le nord du Sénégal, va procéder à une introduction en bourse afin de lever des fonds pour sa première mise en culture de 10 000 ha.