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20 May 2021
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The untold story of Feronia Inc's failed rice operations in the DR Congo GRAIN | 18 May 2021

New information indicates that Feronia's $15 million rice operations were taken over by a politically connected Belgian-Congolese businessman when they mysteriously vanished from the company's books in 2017.

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Global agribusiness continues to displace rural communities FUF | 18 May 2021

In Kiryandongo, Uganda, three foreign multinational companies, with support from the Ugandan government, have facilitated violent land grabs leading to the displacement of thousands of families.

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Auscott sold to Canadian-backed Australian Food and Fibre Farm Online | 17 May 2021

PSP, one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, now adds a further 40,000 hectares to its large farmland holdings in New South Wales.

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Who owns Australia? Guardian | 16 May 2021

Complex web of data reveals large swathes of country controlled by small number of billionaires and large companies

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CDC Group commits $100 million to ETG, supporting the lives of farmers across Africa and Asia CDC Group | 10 May 2021

CDC's commitment to company that operates on large swaths of farmland in Africa marks one of its largest corporate debt investments ever.

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Tanzania: Rice farmers lose appeal against Kapunga project Daily News | 20 Apr 2021

Some famers from Mbeya Region have lost an appeal case over compensation and damages against a large rice farming company owned by Export Trading Group, which was accused of maliciously damaging their rice.

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President John Magufuli senses fould play in land deal Daily News | 03 May 2019

Follow-up verification by the Tanzanian government finds villagers still being denied lands lands of the Kapunga rice farm that were supposed to be surrendered by its owner, the Export Trading Group.

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Villages en feu pour l’huile de palme au Nigeria. Stop !
La production d’huile de palme est un commerce destructeur et violent au Nigeria. Les forêts disparaissent à un rythme effréné à cause d’entreprises comme Okomu Oil Palm Company, du groupe Socfin. Avec, en outre, la destruction des moyens de subsistance et la violation des droits fondamentaux de la population. Soutenons la résistance des habitants !

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L’accord chinois pour la construction d’un port de pêche en Sierra Leone rencontre une résistance News24 | 19 mai 2021

La Sierra Leone a accepté de vendre 100 ha de plage immaculée et de forêt tropicale à la Chine dans le cadre d’un accord de 55 millions de dollars qui verrait un port de pêche industriel construit sur le site.

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France : L’accès au foncier agricole à l’Assemblée nationale NR Pyrénées | 17 mai 2021

Le nouveau dispositif prévoit de lutter contre la concentration excessive des exploitations et l’accaparement des terres agricoles, en contrôlant les cessions de parts de sociétés possédant ou exploitant du foncier agricole.

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Samuel Nguiffo tire les leçons des échecs de Neo Industry et Pac dans la Vallée du Ntem Investir au Cameroun | 14 mai 2021

Le 5 mai 2021, le Premier ministre a signé un décret annulant l’incorporation dans le domaine privé de l’État de plus de 66 000 hectares de terre dans le département de la Vallée du Ntem, dans la région du Sud du Cameroun.

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Le Kazakhstan interdit ses terres arables aux étrangers sur fond de sentiment antichinois AFP | 14 mai 2021

Le président du Kazakhstan a promulgué jeudi une loi interdisant la vente de terres agricoles à des étrangers, sur fond de protestations dirigées contre les investissements de la Chine, pays voisin de cette ex-république soviétique d'Asie centrale.

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