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Kilter Rural launches A$500m evergreen agri fund
- IP&E
- 18 April 2023
Kilter Rural was recently awarded a US$50m mandate from a large US financial institution to invest in Australian agriculture.
Cameroun : nouvelles tensions entre Socapalm et les populations riveraines
- EcoMatin
- 17 April 2023
Sur le manque d’espaces vitaux, les populations de la Sanaga Maritime reprochent à l’exploitant, de s’être accaparé des aires propices à leurs activités de survie quotidienne, l’agriculture de subsistance et les aires pastorales notamment.
Salima Sugar offers 3,500 hectares for mega farms
- Times News
- 17 April 2023
As the Malawi government hunts for land to establish mega farms in the country, Salima Sugar Company has offered 3,500 hectares of its 5,000 hectares that are lying idle towards the cause.
New investment projects in the agricultural sector discussed
- UzDaily
- 17 April 2023
The Korean corporation POSCO International is in talks with the government of Uzbekistan for a US$196 million textile investment, that includes lands for the cultivation of cotton.
The “net zero” squeeze on peasants’ rights and land
- FOE
- 17 April 2023
A new rush for “carbon removals” and “offsets” from land, forests and oceans is ramping up repression under the guise of providing “nature based solutions” to the ecological crises.
Connaître ou mettre en débat, alerter ou éclairer la décision : Trajectoires et appropriations des observatoires fonciers en Afrique
- Comité tecnique
- 17 April 2023
Une étude sur les observatoires fonciers en Afrique
Assets to axes: How Harvard’s land investments inspired fear in Brazil’s Cerrado
- The Crimson
- 17 April 2023
Farmland purchases by the Harvard endowment contributed to a climate of anxiety, fear, and strain on Brazilian subsistence farmers.
Kenya plans to plant maize on 500,000 acres idle public land
- East African
- 15 April 2023
Ministry of Agriculture will finance state corporations to put 500,000 acres of their idle land under maize production even as the government seeks to lease out more chunks of unutilised farms to the private sector.
Empresas chinas acaparan tierras de cultivos; pagan rentas a 50 años, advierte Amando Ginés
- La Jornada de Oriente
- 14 April 2023
Empresas chinas acaparan terrenos de cultivo en Tehuacán, Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez y Tepanco de López, en México, para la producción de hortalizas que se llevan directamente a su país, informó el director de Desarrollo Rural de este municipio, Armando Ginés Bravo
EU needs land reform to stop Big Agri swallowing up small farms
- EU Observer
- 14 April 2023
In the face of increased land grabbing and speculation, the European Commission must put a common land governance framework on the political agenda in coming months to ensure a future for farmers and protect the well-being of citizens.
España: El campo se une en SOS Rural para luchar contra la entrada de los fondos de inversión
- Efeagro
- 12 April 2023
La entrada de fondos de inversión en el campo, la subida de precios, el descenso de la rentabilidad y la falta de mano de obra son algunos de los motivos que han porvocado la creación de la nueva plataforma SOS Rural, que aúna a más de 300 colectivos del campo con reivindicaciones comunes.
Pour une reprise en main collective des terres agricoles
- Politis
- 12 April 2023
Contre l’accaparement des terres et l’inexorable diminution du nombre de fermes, des collectifs s’organisent. Carte blanche à l’un d’eux, le groupement foncier agricole Champs libres.
INVL fund acquires 1,270 ha of forest and land in Latvia
- INVL
- 12 April 2023
The fund acquired the farmland and forest plots through its subsidiaries Zemvalde Forest and Zemvalde Agro.
Will more sovereign wealth funds mean less food sovereignty?
- grain.org
- 12 April 2023
What are sovereign wealth funds? What link, if any, do they have with people’s struggles around food sovereignty, landgrabbing and today’s deepening climate crisis?
La multiplication des fonds souverains se traduira-t-elle par une régression de la souveraineté alimentaire ?
- grain.org
- 12 April 2023
Que sont les fonds souverains ? Quel lien ont-ils avec les luttes des peuples autour de la souveraineté alimentaire, de l'accaparement des terres et de la crise climatique qui ne cesse de s'aggraver ?