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23 Jun 2022
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Romanian farming group plans to raise EUR 10.7 mln from investors to accelerate expansion Romania Insider | 20 Jun 2022
Holde Agri Invest, a Romanian farming group that has developed by drawing money from the capital market and buying farms in the country’s southern region, aims to raise EUR 10.7 mln in its biggest capital increase to date.
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ECOWAS urged to stop multinationals’ violation of community rights Leadership | 20 Jun 2022
Friends of the Earth Africa called on the ECOWAS Parliament to expedite action against some multinational agro-commodity coorporations for land grabbing.
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Citri&Co and PSP Investments seal long-term strategic alliance in fresh produce in Europe PR Newswire | 20 Jun 2022
PSP Investments, one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, to acquire high-quality European agricultural properties, starting with Citri&Co citrus orchards in Spain.
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Paraguayan authorities complicit in illegal razing of country’s forests by EU-linked agribusiness Earthsight | 20 Jun 2022
Government documents obtained by Earthsight and El Surtidor and never before brought to light confirm the extent of illegalities committed by ranches previously exposed in Earthsight’s Grand Theft Chaco investigation
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Sudan signed MoU with UAE for farm project, port - minister Reuters | 17 Jun 2022
Sudan recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Arab Emirates for a large agricultural project linked by a road to a new port to be built on the Red Sea, the Sudanese Finance Minister said.
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Le Soudan signe un accord avec les Emirats arabes unis sur un « grand » projet agricole et un port Agence Ecofin | 17 Jun 2022
Le Soudan a signé un accord avec les Emirats arabes unis sur un « grand » projet agricole relié par une route à un nouveau port qui sera construit sur la mer Rouge, a annoncé le ministre soudanais des Finances
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Green deserts: The advance of oil palm plantations in the Amazonian state of Pará WRM | 16 Jun 2022
Oil palm plantations are expanding rapidly in Brazil, mainly in the Amazonian state of Pará. BBF (Brasil BioFuels), the largest oil palm company in Brazil, stands accused of environmental crimes and violence against indigenous, quilombola and peasant communities such as Virgílio Serrão Sacramento, a community linked to the Small Farmers’ Movement (MPA).
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Second Indonesian province moves to retake forests from palm oil companies Mongabay | 16 Jun 2022
The government of Indonesia’s Papua province has recommended that district officials revoke the permits of 35 of the 54 oil palm concessions operating there.
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Green deserts: The advance of oil palm plantations in the Amazonian State of Pará WRM | 16 Jun 2022
Brasil Bio Fuels, the largest oil palm company in Brazil, stands accused of environmental crimes and violence against indigenous, quilombola and peasant communities such as Virgílio Serrão Sacramento.
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Turkey plans to lease farmlands in foreign countries Hurriyet Daily | 16 Jun 2022
Turkey is exploring opportunities to lease farmlands in 10 counties in Africa and Latin America to grow crops to boost agricultural production amid growing global concerns over food security.
Authorities have been exploring such opportunities in 10 nations, besides Venezuela and Sudan.
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Finance in the fields: Investors, lenders, farmers, and the future of farmland in Alberta Parkland Institute | 16 Jun 2022
The financialization of farmland further cements Alberta's large-scale, export-oriented, energy-, capital-, and emission-intensive production model.
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Communities resisting the impunity and impacts of oil palm growers in Ecuador: Cases from Esmeraldas WRM | 16 Jun 2022
The resistance processes of the communities of La Chiquita, Guadualito and Barranquilla de San Javier in the region of Esmeraldas continue to generate outrage and solidarity among other communities, and internationally.
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Gunn Agri buys 6,000ha land for CEFC, Kempen-backed farmland fund IPE | 14 Jun 2022
Australian farmland manager Gunn Agri Partners has acquired 6,000 hectares of land for its Transforming Farming Platform, which is backed by the Dutch asset manager Kempen.
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Entity linked to billionaire Bill Gates pays $13.5 million for Campbell Farms' North Dakota farmland AgWeek | 09 Jun 2022
Records show that the Campbell potato farming group has transferred more than $13 million worth of farmland to entities tied to Bill Gates, who is reputedly the largest farmland owner in the US.
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Fresh Del Monte enters row crop business GAI | 06 Jun 2022
“Growing row crops is an excellent way for Fresh Del Monte to leverage its idle lands,” said Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO, Fresh Del Monte.
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PSP Investments acquires 75% stake in Peru farming operation from Hortifruit GAI | 03 Jun 2022
Canada’s largest pension fund manager has acquired a 75 percent stake in HFE Berries Perú SAC – owner of 100 percent of the Olmos field farming operation which has a planted area of 397 hectares.
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Bitter Fruit: The palm oil industry remakes Guatemala The Baffler | 30 May 2022
In the palm oil industry, image control is a means of survival, and what is said can be even more nefarious than what is done.
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Burkina Faso : Question foncière, la FENOP joue sa partition L'economiste du Faso | 21 jui 2022
La FENOP a organisé un atelier sur l’accès sécurisé des femmes rurales à la propriété foncière, l’accaparement des terres, les stratégies d’intervention du projet et l’élaboration de la stratégie d’accès à la terre agricole des personnes déplacées internes.
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Le gouvernement ne veut pas vendre les terres dominables aux étrangers mais voudrait les leur louer pour des décennies Tunisie Numérique | 20 jui 2022
Le ministre de l’Agriculture de la Tunisie vient de déclarer qu’il ne propose pas au niveau du plan de réformes gouvernementales la vente des terres domaniales aux étrangers mais plutôt la possibilité de les louer à des sociétés à participation étrangère avec la révision du taux de celle-ci dans le capital de 66 à 100%.
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Une terre agricole domaniale va produire de primeurs sous-serre à Gabès pour l’exportation Webmanager Centre | 20 jui 2022
Un partenariat tuniso-hollandais, “Farhet El Hicha”, vient de louer une terre agricole de 200 ha afin de produire des tomates destinées à l’exportation.
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Agrogeneration: Information sur la situation en Ukraine | 16 jui 2022
Agrogeneration, l'agrobusiness detenu par un fonds de capital-investissement américain et le français Charles Beigbeder, ne peut pas cultiver plus de 45 % de ses terres agricoles en Ukraine
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Feu nourri contre la société publique BIO La Libre | 15 jui 2022
Les attaques sont lourdes. Elles proviennent d’un large ensemble d’ONG et visent la société belge d’investissement pour les pays en développement BIO.
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Infona y MADES sabían desde 2017 quienes deforestaban tierras ayoreo El Surtidor | 17 jun 2022
Documentos oficiales obtenidos por El Surtidor y Earthsight confirman las ilegalidades cometidas por Caucasian y Chortitzer en estancias ganaderas denunciadas en Grand Theft Chaco.
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African Agriculture Sdad. - Hoja de Ruta AEFJN | 16 jun 2022
African Agriculture Inc compró Senhuile con sus 20 mil hectareas ubicadas en el norte de Senegal, de sus propietarios italianos, por US$7,9 millones en 2018.
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Soja produzida por empresa envolvida em conflito fundiário no Matopiba abastece multinacionais do setor Repórter Brasil | 20 Jun 2022
Comunidade tradicional do oeste baiano relata intimidações e ameaças relacionadas à ‘grilagem verde’ do seu território; investigação da Repórter Brasil revela conexões entre a Agrícola Xingu, uma das envolvidas na disputa, com fornecedores globais do grão
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Presentazione del 5º rapporto “I Padroni della Terra”
FOCSIV | Roma/online | 28 Jun 2022
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