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16 Nov 2023
Canada's National Farmers' Union (member of La Via Campesina) is calling for a ban on investor ownership of farmland! Support their November 22 action in front of Parliament in Ottawa by signing this petition |
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A global hunt for water profit risks draining cities dry Bloomberg | 14 Nov 2023
Bloomberg exposé on Frank Timis' plan to turn Les Fermes de la Teranga (ex-Senhuile) into a major source of animal feed for the Gulf States and the implications for Dakar's water supply
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Russia could provide farmland to North Koreans in Far East, governor says NK News | 13 Nov 2023
Russia could provide North Korean farmers with agricultural land in the Far East, a scheme that one expert said could be a DPRK attempt to improve its food situation and earn cash for the regime.
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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio engages Saudi Public Investment Fund, meets Minister of Education as part of a series of bilateral talks at the Saudi-Africa Summit APO | 13 Nov 2023
The President talked about his country’s over 5 million hectares of arable land and said he was seeking credible partnerships for investment in large-scale food production
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Brazil's Lula to present pastureland recovery policy at COP-28 Reuters | 13 Nov 2023
As part of the initiative, development bank BNDES could set up a fund to attract foreign capital, and Japan, South Korea, China and Saudi Arabia have shown interest backing investments of this type.
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Riverstone and Impact Ag Partners-backed SPAC lists on NASDAQ at $300M valuation GAI | 13 Nov 2023
Impact Ag Partners recently joined SLM Partners to launch the SLM Agri Carbon Fund – a new investment vehicle to back regenerative agriculture and carbon storage in Australia.
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Zim, Saudi Arabia enter new economic era The Herald | 11 Nov 2023
Zimbabwe's President says he brought his Minister of Agriculture to Riyadh to follow-up on discussions held recently in Harare about signing an MOU for the production of grain for export to Saudi Arabia.
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Nigeria: FG urges states to provide land for irrigation projects Vanguard | 10 Nov 2023
The Minister of Water Resources has appealed to state governments and communities to provide land for a Presidential directive to cultivate 500,000 ha of irrigable agriculture across Nigeria's twelve River Basins.
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DR Congo-based PHC eyes partnerships with Malaysian palm oil players The Sun | 10 Nov 2023
“We have aggressive ambition, not only to grow the business but also to expand it. The key partner we want to bring in is Malaysia," says the CEO of PHC Monique Gieskes.
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Stop Harvard land grabs coalition demands reparations for former Harvard farmland purchases in Brazil The Crimson | 09 Nov 2023
The Stop Harvard Land Grabs Coalition reiterated calls for the University to provide reparations to residents impacted by former holdings in Brazilian farmlands at an annual hybrid panel on Wednesday.
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Almost 80mha additional cropland needed to sustain global food demand, says McKinsey Just Food | 08 Nov 2023
The increased need for cropland would result in “a race for prime spots”, especially in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
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La NFU Canada (syndicat paysan membre de La Vía Campesina) nous invite à soutenir leur mobilisation du 22 novembre devant le Parlement à Ottawa pour dire NON aux investisseurs spéculatifs et interdire la propriété des terres agricoles par les investisseurs institutionnels. Signez l'appel ! Merci ! |
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La Coalition Stop Harvard Land Grabs exige des réparations pour les terres agricoles anciennement détenues par Harvard au Brésil The Crimson | 09 nov 2023
En partenariat avec 17 organisations de Harvard et du monde entier, la Coalition Stop Harvard Land Grabs tente de mettre fin aux investissements réalisés par l’Université dans les ressources naturelles et exige des solutions régénératrices aux dommages causés par ces exploitations.
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Faciliter la transmission via le groupement foncier agricole d’épargnants Terre-net | 30 oct 2023
Pour la Confédération paysanne, les Amis de la Terre, le mouvement des Amap et Terres de liens, cette nouvelle forme de portage du foncier risque de s’avérer contre-productive, en favorisant la concentration foncière en France.
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farmlandgrab.org weekly provides a list of the latest postings to farmlandgrab.org by email each week
farmlandgrab.org is an open-publishing website, initiated by GRAIN, tracking today's global land grab for food production and people's movements against it
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