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18 May 2023
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Dams and plantations upend livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo River Valley Mongabay | 16 May 2023
Researchers say the construction of a dam and sugarcane plantations has dispossessed the Lower Omo’s peoples of their farming and grazing lands and irreversibly altered the natural cycles of the Omo River.
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Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region; crisis group launched Mongabay | 16 May 2023
A prominent Indigenous leader was shot in the Brazilian Amazon, intensifying the cry for justice in a region where violence against land activists keeps systematically soaring without punishment.
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Peru’s Agrícola Chapi expands avocado and table grape production with cash injection JustFood | 15 May 2023
The fruit export company received $130m from Canadian private-equity firm Cordiant Capital to grow its production land area to 1,200ha of avocados and 900ha of table grapes.
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Nigeria: Egypt to invest in Ogun Agro Processing Zone The Nation | 14 May 2023
Ogun State Governor says the Government of Egypt is in talks to establish plantations in the Ogun Agro Processing Zone to grow crops for export as part of its Food Security Plan.
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Kebbi Govt allocates land for establishment of Rice Academy by WACOT The Sun | 14 May 2023
Nigeria's Kebbi State Government has approved the allocation of land to WACOT for the establishment of a Rice Academy in Suru Local Government area.
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Open letter: Against the “sustainable” destruction of the rainforest and the people who live in it Mondiaal Nieuws | 13 May 2023
A call against land grabbing and exploitation and for democracy, fair land distribution and an ecology of radical care.
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Big, bigger, biggest Western Producer | 11 May 2023
On the Canadian prairies, some worry about a future where two or three massive farms, or investors, control most of the land in a municipality.
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DBJ becomes first Japanese investor to back Laguna Bay Fund 2 GAI | 10 May 2023
The Development Bank of Japan annonces investment in fund that will pursue a diversified portfolio of high-quality food and agriculture investments in targeted regions across Australia and New Zealand.
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German doctors' pension fund sells stake in highly problematic land fund FIAN | 10 May 2023
After ten years, the Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) has withdrawn from highly problematic land purchases in Brazil through is investments in TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC.
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Coopération Océan Indien – Quelles priorités pour Madagascar ? Express de Madagascar | 14 mai 2023
Mais le projet de faire de Madagascar le grenier de l’océan Indien n’a pas que des partisans. Des organisations de la société civile soutiennent qu’il faudrait d’abord s’accorder sur certains points comme la manière d’exploiter les terres agricoles, les contrats à passer avec les petits exploitants locaux, les avantages à accorder aux grandes entreprises d’agribusiness…
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Le projet de loi sur les investissements : Une marchandisation du patrimoine foncier de Madagascar qui ne dit pas son nom? Collectif TANY | 11 mai 2023
Ce communiqué du Collectif TANY, CRAAD-OI et SIF porte sur la refonte de la loi sur les investissements à Madagascar qui pourrait permettre la vente des terres agricoles aux étrangers
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Enfrentamiento entre menonitas e indígenas por la propiedad de miles de hectáreas en el Meta Infobae | 16 may 2023
150 familias de la comunidad religiosa han comprado 33 mil hectáreas en el centro de Colombiaa. Comunidad indígena reclama derechos ancestrales y aseguran que las tierras fueron adquiridas ilegalmente
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Justiça bloqueia fazendas da elite do agronegócio por suspeita de grilagem na Bahia Brazil 247 | 10 May 2023
Decisão impede 19 fazendas de desmatarem num “dos casos mais graves de grilagem registrado” no Estado, segundo PGE
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