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16 Jan 2025
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The mirage of food security: Big farming in North Africa's deserts GRAIN | 15 Jan 2025
Big farming projects in North Africa’s deserts are presented as a response to food insecurity. But aquifers will be depleted and costs will be high. While small farmers are pushed out, there's no guarantee that production will be for local people.
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Brazil startup partners with agro firm to reforest degraded Amazon land Reuters | 13 Jan 2025
Private equity-backed reforestation startup re.green has signed a partnership with Agro Penido to restore 600 hectares of land owned by the Brazilian agribusiness firm with native species from the Amazon rainforest
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New joint venture aims to revolutionize agriculture and climate resilience in Burundi MSN | 12 Jan 2025
The biofuel project led by Uganda'a Jitmat and Face Power of the US will cultivate sweet sorghum on 6,000 ha using a nucleus farm and surrounding smallholder farming model.
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Idemitsu to begin trial of non-edible oilseed crop for aviation fuel Reuters | 10 Jan 2025
Japan's No.2 crude oil refiner, Idemitsu Kosan, will begin a trial plantation of the non-edible oilseed tree crop Pongamia in Australia to assess its potential as a feedstock for aviation fuel, in cooperation with the US company Terviva.
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BPL Pensioen invests further €90m in Dutch farmland fund Impact Investor | 07 Jan 2025
BPL Pensioen, a Dutch pension fund for agricultural and horticultural workers, has made a fresh investment of €90m in ASR Real Estate’s Dutch Farmland Fund, which owns 39,000 hectares in the Netherlands worth some €2.1bn.
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Canada: Foreign ownership of Saskatchewan farmland remains a concern for producers Regina Leader-Post | 30 Dec 2024
"Whether it is a farmer or an investor, they are now viewing land as an asset class to get rich off of speculation, not the productive capability of that land."
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Maghreb : 122000 ha de terres agricoles bientôt mis en valeur Nouvelle Tribune | 14 jan 2025
Le gouvernement algérien va mettre 122 000 hectares de terres à disposition des investisseurs dès 2025 afin d'accroître la production nationale ainsi que les exportations, notamment des céréales
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Uruguay: Activistas preparan una “gran marcha por el agua” para el 22 de marzo Radio La R | 14 ene 2025
Con 1,2 millones de ha de monocultivo forestal y una extensión similar con soja, la segunda fuente de agua potable más grande de Latinoamérica, la cuenca de la Laguna Merín, está amenazada. Activistas dicen que hay de decidir si la tierra y el agua se usarán para generar empleo y alimentos de calidad, o si seguirán destinadas a la exportación de commodities.
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Los grupos de interés que ocupan la Panamazonía | LIBRO Mongabay | 13 ene 2025
La combinación de concesión de tierras públicas gratuitas, un sistema de explotación laboral y generosos créditos fiscales había creado una economía rural extraordinariamente favorable para las grandes empresas nacionales y transnacionles, que llevan a la expansón de megagranjas, Palma y soya, cómo Agropalma, BBF, el grupo Cosan, Amaggi hasta las grandes traders.
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Brasil: Justiça nega recurso e mantém direitos da Paper Excellence suspensos na Eldorado Poder360 | 09 Jan 2025
Justiça brasileira mantém a suspensão da transferência da Eldorado Brasil Celulose da empresa brasileira J&F para a indonésia Paper Excellence, contrariando sentença arbitral, já que a operação envolve o controle de cerca de 450 mil ha por estrangeiros, o que exigiria autorizações do Congresso e do órgão de terras.
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