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10 Aug 2023
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MAP Liberia Land Platform launches programs New Dawn | 08 Aug 2023
The Multi Actors Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia launches a series of programs including the Private Sector Engagement Strategy and the Responsible Agriculture Investment.
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Portugal Golden Visa shifts eyes towards green gold International Investment | 07 Aug 2023
Agriculture is being flagged as the replacement for residential property investments following changes to Portugal's Golden Visa programme, with investors urged to look towards funds such as Pela Terra and Terra Nova.
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Uganda: Herdsmen occupy 10,000 hectares of Madhvani Sugar land in Amuru District Ankole Times | 07 Aug 2023
Herdsman are occupying a substantial portion of land that was granted by the government to Madhvani Sugar Factory for a sugarcane plantation in Amuru district but that has not been utilised.
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Australia: Corporate buyers ramp up agricultural land spending as farmers retreat AFR | 06 Aug 2023
Institutional investors, large corporates and big family operators are expected to dominate demand for prime farmland this financial year as smaller farmers’ buying power takes a hit from higher interest rates, lower profits.
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US: Ban corporations from farmland purchases, promote food security The Hill | 06 Aug 2023
The Farmland for Farmers Act, in banning corporations from purchasing farmland, improves the chances for beginning, small-scale producers to access land and produce food for themselves and their communities.
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US: Farmers are under threat, but not from foreign land-buyers The Hill | 06 Aug 2023
Pension funds, Wall Street investors, and other well-funded entities and individuals looking for good investments have been buying up domestic farmland. Their goal is profit, not food production or stewardship of natural resources.
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Tides of change: Pakistan-GCC agricultural collaboration Arab News | 05 Aug 2023
With Pakistan’s parliament's approval of the Special Investment Facilitation Council on August 1, all is now set for offering investors to procure huge lands for agriculture farming.
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Corporate farming to attract Rs100 billion investment in agriculture sector Daily Times | 04 Aug 2023
President Kissan Ittehad Khalid Mehmood Khokhar dismissed misconceptions created by some elements claiming that corporate farming would deprive the small farmers of their cultivable lands.
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Uganda: the number of community environmental and land rights defenders targeted for challenging irresponsible business practices has reached more than 1500 victims Witness Radio | 01 Aug 2023
The increased use of land as a commodity and the increasing demand for land has resulted in more forced land evictions.
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Uganda: Land grabbers hire police officers, kidnap a community land rights defender at gunpoint Witness Radio | 31 Jul 2023
The land being grabbed is aimed for growing large-scale sugar by Somdiam Company, owned by ‘investors’ from India.
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Witnesses tell of intimidation against indigenous landowners, refute palm oil company claims in West Papuan environment lawsuit Pusaka Bentala Rakyat | 27 Jul 2023
Witnesses in an environmental lawsuit taken by members of the Auyu People of West Papua against a Malaysian-owned palm oil company’s plan to clear tens of thousands of hectares of their forest homeland describes that intimidations are directed towards opponents of the company plans.
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Arab Land Initiative dit que les terres domaniales en Tunisie sont mal évaluées African Manager | 09 aout 2023
Les droits des petits exploitants agricoles tunisiens doivent être assortis de mécanismes garantissant l’utilisation productive de leurs terres, selonn une ONG soutenue par UN Habitat
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Comment un activiste angolais veut faire entendre sa voix à Genève swissinfo | 08 aout 2023
Au niveau local, l’ONG aide les communautés agricoles à mieux se protéger face aux investisseurs. Sur le plan national, elle plaide pour une révision de la loi.
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Au Mexique, la fronde des apiculteurs maya contre l’agro-industrie Reporterre | 08 aout 2023
Dans le sud-est du Mexique, des milliers de ruches sont mortes ces dernières années. Les apiculteurs mayas, qui blâment l’usage massif des produits chimiques, s’élèvent contre l’agro-industrie qui accapare les terres.
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La Chine possède des terrains aux États-Unis et cela pourrait poser problème Daily Digest | 07 aout 2023
La Chine est en fait très loin de la première place occupée par les entreprises canadiennes, qui possèdent plus de 4,8 millions d'hectares de terres agricoles aux États-Unis, selon le ministère de l'Agriculture.
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République du Congo : le groupe Suisse ASC Impact va injecter 23 milliards de FCFA dans le secteur agricole Génies d'Afrique | 06 aout 2023
Pour l’implémentation de ce projet, le groupe suisse sollicite 42 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans le département du Niari
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Les organisations de la société civile apportent les preuves du caractère illégal de l'acquisition des vastes terres para société LGA OSO Farming dans le Nord du Madagascar Collectif TANY | 03 aout 2023
Réponse des organisations de la société civile malgache à l'entreprise LGA OSO Farming
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