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Brazil's Eike Batista eyes new $500 mln Gulf investment in 'supercane' project
- Reuters
- 31 Mar 2025
The UAE-supported project aims to grow a specially bred sugarcane variety for aviation biofuel on 70,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil
Uruguay firm The Land Group expands its regen ag-focused asset management model to Brazil
- AFN
- 31 Mar 2025
Part asset manager, part farmland operator, The Land Group acquires property and manages it with a variety of regenerative practices for institutional, family office, and fund investors. The firm currently has 40,000 hectares under operation in Uruguay and Paraguay.
Japan to bar acquisition of farmland by soon-to-leave foreigners
- The Mainchi
- 31 Mar 2025
Japan will bar foreigners from acquiring farmland if their visas are set to expire soon, in a bid to prevent misuse of such land amid high prices for rice and other food items, the farm ministry said.
Stolen heritage: the unending agony of Mbome’s land loss
- 28 Mar 2025
In Mbome Ngwandang, Cameroon, a decade-long struggle unfolds as a rural community fight to reclaim their ancestral land from agro-industrial grip.
Ancestral land under siege: Apouh à Ngog’s desperate struggle against SOCAPALM
- News Upfront
- 28 Mar 2025
The conflict between the European agro-industrial giant SOCAPALM and the community of Apouh à Ngog, in Cameroon, has taken a dark turn as 30 armed security forces fire tear gas against villagers determined to protect their land. Report from News Upfront.
Socapalm Edéa : le vent de la contestation souffle de nouveau sur Apouh
- La Voix du Koat
- 28 Mar 2025
Le programme de relance du replanting par la Socapalm, filiale camerounaise du groupe Socfin, a provoqué l’ire des villageois qui dénoncent une occupation illégitime de leurs terres. Entre mémoire coloniale, inertie administrative et luttes sociales, Apouh cristallise les tensions d’un héritage foncier jamais résolu.
Nigeria: Ondo Govt secures 10,000 hectares of land for $200 million agriculture project
- Naira Metrics
- 28 Mar 2025
The Ondo State Government has secured 10,000 hectares of land in the Southern Senatorial District for a $200 million agricultural project.
Tether expands ownership in Latin American agricultural firm Adecoagro to 70%
- Cryptonews
- 27 Mar 2025
Adecoagro, which farms 210,400 hectares in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay for sugar, dairy and ethanol production, has entered into a transaction agreement with Tether Investments, part of the Tether Group, which runs the world’s largest stablecoin.
Un gigante cripto invertirá USD 600 millones en la Argentina para quedarse con el control de Adecoagro
- Infobae
- 27 Mar 2025
El Grupo Tether se quedará con el control de Adecoagro, la empresa agroalimenticia argentina que también opera en Brasil y Uruguay, mientras está acumulando acciones de Bioceres
Land grab: Tozzi Green’s carbon plantations in Madagascar
- REDD Monitor
- 26 Mar 2025
Dama Jean Dare Ratolonjanahary, community activist and co-founder of the Comite de Defense des Terres, told New Lines that, “Carbon credits are an excuse to continue destroying nature in exchange for money”.
Indigenous communities in Indonesia demand halt to land-grabbing government projects
- Mongabay
- 26 Mar 2025
Hundreds of Indigenous people and civil society groups in Indonesia are demanding an end to government projects that have seized their lands, fueled violence, and stripped them of their rights.
Lawson Grains buys Bulgandra Aggregation
- Grain Central
- 26 Mar 2025
New Agriculture manages the Lawson Grains portfolio on behalf of its investor, Canadian pension fund Alberta Investment Management Corporation, or AIMCo.
AgDevCo sells its stake in Saise Farming to Buya Bamba
- Food Business
- 26 Mar 2025
AgDevCo has officially exited its investment in Saise Farming Enterprises Limited, Zambia’s leading commercial seed potato producer.
Mbonjo : La Socapalm multiplie les menaces sur les communautés
- Pages Jaunes
- 25 Mar 2025
« Pendant que nous sommes au champ le 1er Février 2025, nous avons reçu la visite des agents de sécurité et les militaires employés par Socapalm nous demandant d’arrêter tout travail car ce site est dans la concession de Socapalm. »
Nigeria: Gov Otti to revamp Ogwe Golden Chicken Farm, welcomes investment offer from Israeli Livestock Company
- Daily Champion
- 25 Mar 2025
Abia State Governor Otti disclosed this while receiving in audience a delegation of an Israeli – Agro business Investment Company, AgroTop Israel and their development partners from Max Agro Farm.