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19 Oct 2023
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How TIAA purchased a legacy of racism & murder TIAADivest! | 16 Oct 2023
Two TIAA subsidiaries, Global Ag Properties and Premiere Ag Properties, purchased 50,000 acres of land in Arkansas that were stolen over 100 years ago from Black farmers in one of the largest massacres of Black people in US history.
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Chinese billionaire selling cattle station empire the size of Belgium AFR | 15 Oct 2023
The founder of debt ladden Chinese property developer Shimao Group Holdings has put a Western Australia cattle station portfolio almost as big as Belgium on the market with an asking price of about $250 million.
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Canada’s pension funds bet big on Australian agriculture Asian Investor | 15 Oct 2023
Over the last three years, Australia’s agriculture and farmland have been in high demand for institutional investors in Canada searching for diversification and sustainability.
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Cashed-up carbon farming fund lifts portfolio to 106,000ha AFR | 15 Oct 2023
Pastoral Partners Australia, a carbon farming and sustainable grazing fund owned by New Zealand infrastructure investor Morrison & Co, has lifted the size of its portfolio to over 100,000 hectares.
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Colombia to spend $4.25 billion to buy land for poor farmers Reuters | 13 Oct 2023
Colombia's government will spend $4.25 billion to buy some 1.5 million hectares of land for poor farmers or displaced people, as part of a bid to increase agricultural output and boost peace efforts.
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Private equity backed US peach farm files for bankruptcy to pursue sale Reuters | 13 Oct 2023
Four years after a private equity firm merged two of the nation’s largest peach farmers into a single entity, the firm is basically worthless.
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Santa Barbara board upholds rejection of reservoir construction project on former HMC Holdings Harvard Crimson | 12 Oct 2023
A California county board of supervisors voted to uphold a decision rejecting a project to construct three water storage reservoirs on former Harvard University land holdings in central California.
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Indonesian police slammed after protester demanding rightful land is shot dead Mongabay | 10 Oct 2023
Activists have slammed the Indonesian police for rights violations after officers reportedly shot dead a villager and injured at least two others during a protest against an oil palm plantation company in Borneo.
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Invitation to Saudi company to invest in corporate farming pick up pace Profit | 10 Oct 2023
The Special Investment Facilitation Center has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research for an update on the invitation sent to the Almarai company of Saudi Arabia to invest in farming in Pakistan.
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Land grabs in Sri Lanka and the struggles in Udugama and Bibele La Via Campesina | 09 Oct 2023
A video produced by War on Want shows how the villagers of Udugama are under threat as the oil palm plantation company Watawata Plantations destroys their forests and access to water.
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Plan to bring Mennonite farmers to Suriname sparks deforestation fears Mongabay | 09 Oct 2023
farming communities from across Latin America to Suriname with the plan of starting a series of agriculture projects.
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US: Carrot boycott over water rights gains traction in Cuyama Valley Noozhawk | 04 Oct 2023
Cuyama Valley farmers and ranchers have launched a boycott of supermarket carrots to protest a water rights lawsuit that was filed against them by Bolthouse and Grimmway farms, major carrot farmers in the valley.
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New Zealand: Swiss company’s plan for Otago sheep farm turned down Otago Daily Times | 02 Oct 2023
An application for a Swiss company to buy an Otago sheep farm to convert to forestry for carbon credits has been declined, making it one of the first decisions to be made under updated legislation.
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ATG-Bio Agro Lands contract to provide 30,000 tons of corn to SGMP subsidiary of SOMDIAA ATG | 27 Sep 2022
The corn will be grown in Makabana in the Republic of Congo on 4,981 hectares of Bio Agro land, under contract by ATG, and there are an additional 2,000 hectares available to ATG under the agreement.
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L'Arkansas ordonne au producteur de semences chinois Syngenta de vendre des terres agricoles aux États-Unis Reuters | 17 oct 2023
L'Arkansas a ordonné mardi à Syngenta de vendre 65 hectares de terres agricoles dans l'État américain dans un délai de deux ans parce que l'entreprise est détenue par des Chinois, ce qui a suscité une vive réprimande de la part du producteur mondial de semences.
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L'agro-industrie des Émirats arabes unis en pourparlers pour acquérir des terres en Égypte - sources Reuters | 17 oct 2023
L'entreprise agroalimentaire émiratie Al Dahra est en pourparlers pour acquérir davantage de terres agricoles en Égypte - peut-être 210 000 hectares, qui s'ajouteraient aux 105 000 hectares déjà acquis
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"L'impact de Tozzi Green à Madagascar est mitigé", selon le cabinet de Caroline Gennez Belga | 16 oct 2023
Le résultat des projets agro-industriels menés à Madagascar par la société italienne Tozzi Green sont "mitigés", selon le gouvernement belge, réagissant à la plainte déposée par plusieurs ONG devant l'OCDE
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Tozzi Green, soutenue par la Belgique, attaquée devant l'OCDE pour son action à Madagascar Belga | 13 oct 2023
La société italienne Tozzi Green, active à Madagascar et soutenue par la banque de développement belge BIO, est attaquée devant l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques par plusieurs organisations italienne, française et malgache pour ses activités agro-industrielles
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Sénégal : face aux acquisitions de terres agricoles, le défi des observatoires fonciers CIRAD | 13 oct 2023
Depuis la fin des années 2000, la ruée vers la terre par les investisseurs étrangers a laissé beaucoup de petits paysans sénégalais au bord du chemin.
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Québec : Un accaparement de terres agricoles dénoncé dans La Mitis Radio Canada | 11 oct 2023
Une poignée d’investisseurs et d’entreprises agricoles auraient acquis plusieurs terres agricoles dans La Mitis sans pour autant les exploiter
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France : La razzia sur les terres agricoles des maraîchers industriels nantais Reporterre | 10 oct 2023
Des gros producteurs de légumes étendent leurs domaines en Loire-Atlantique. Ce faisant, ils détériorent en profondeur les paysages et les écosystèmes, dénoncent élus, riverains, petits maraîchers et associations
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Webinar: How TIAA purchased a legacy of racism & murder
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