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16 Feb 2023
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Liberia: The farmer defending his land against a palm plantation FrontPageAfrica | 15 Feb 2023
For the past 13 years, 47-year-old farmer Saturday Wilson has been embroiled in a battle with a foreign oil palm plantation company over his farmland. It has placed him behind bars three times, but he still owns the land.
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Lawmakers consider ban on foreign entities buying farmland NPR | 14 Feb 2023
Conversations with farmers in the Skagit Valley inspired a Democratic state legislator to propose to bar foreign entities from buying Washington State croplands.
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The $20m flip: The story of the largest land grab in the Brazilian Amazon Mongabay | 14 Feb 2023
The case is emblematic of the spate of land grabs targeting unallocated public lands throughout the Amazon, where speculators clear and burn the vegetation, then sell the empty land for soy farms.
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Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources partner with African Agriculture to bring training and expertise to Mauritania, West Africa African Agriculture Inc | 13 Feb 2023
Michigan State University has signed a letter of intent with African Agriculture Inc. to explore training, research and technology transfer opportunities with farmers and students in Mauritania, West Africa.
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Uganda: The criminal trial of two community land rights defenders and eight farmers kicks off tomorrow Witness Radio | 13 Feb 2023
The criminal trial of two community land rights defenders and eight farmers of Nyamuntende Village in Kiryandongo district for allegedly threatening violence against land grabbers’ laborers is set to begin tomorrow.
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Government to promote Bukidnon as next global food makers hub, says BOI’s Rodolfo Business Mirror | 13 Feb 2023
Philippines' Board of Investments (BOI) announced it would invite global investors in agriculture and food production sectors to invest in Bukidnon’s 40-hectare Industrial zone.
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Protests and discontent of communities affected by the JTF-Tozzi Green project in the Ihorombe region of Madagascar Collectif TANY | 13 Feb 2023
Ten years after the signing of their first lease, we interviewed 30 inhabitants about their experiences and opinions concerning the activities of the Italian JTF-Tozzi Green in Madagascar.
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Chinese investors are to build a large greenhouse complex on 50 hectares in Uzbekistan East Fruit | 12 Feb 2023
QI Hang Mubarak is building a large greenhouse complex on 50 hectares and a 100 hectare sunflower farm in the Mubarek district of the Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan.
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Klimat X completes first phase of Sierra Leone reforestation planting Klimat X | 29 Nov 2022
Total project area covers 25,000 hectares and will produce up to 17 MM tCO2e over life-of-project, with a further 37,000 hectares secured reforestation rights in Sierra Leone
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Mauritanie : une université américaine ouvrira des formations dans le domaine agricole Agence Ecofin | 14 fev 2023
L’université de l'Etat du Michigan va travailler avec African Agriculture Inc pour former les agriculteurs et les étudiants de Boghé dans le cadre d'un projet qui portera sur 500 000 ha
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Le Texas envisage d’interdire la propriété aux Chinois pour des questions de "sécurité nationale" AFP | 13 fev 2023
Une proposition de loi vise à interdire dans cet État du sud des Etats-Unis l'achat de terres par tout citoyen chinois, mais aussi russe, iranien ou nord-coréen.
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RDC : C'est presque la guerre à Lokutu selon RIAO Congo au jour le jour | 12 fev 2023
La situation sécuritaire se dégrade par moment à Basoko, en Rep. Dém. du Congo, après l'incendie provoqué dans le petit marché du port de Lokutu. Selon des témoignages locaux, la société PHC a utilisé un groupe de jeunes de Bandu pour détruire le marché.
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Mauritanie : Convention tripartite pour un investissement sur l'agriculture Financial Afrik | 14 jan 2023
Entretien avec Bâ Adama Moussa, le maire de Boghé, sur le projet « Boghé ville Agro-écologique » et le rôle de African Agriculture Inc
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