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03 Apr 2025
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As IFC delayed a damning report on a Liberian rubber plantation, the owner sold the business ICIJ | 02 Apr 2025
Advocates for 22 communities affected by the problems told ICIJ the sale allowed Socfin and the IFC to minimize their responsibility for addressing harm done to workers and plantation residents, adding to longstanding criticisms of the World Bank's handling of damages caused by projects it finances.
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Open letter of civil society organisations to the Cameroonian authorities | 02 Apr 2025
On March 25, 2025, the people living in Apouh A Ngog village in the Litoral Region of Cameroon witnessed a brutal and traumatising act of intimidation : heavily armed government forces, including heavily armed soldiers and gendarmes arriving to supervise the replanting of oil palms by staff of SOCAPALM, part of the multinational corporation Socfin Bolloré.
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Brazil's Eike Batista eyes new $500 mln Gulf investment in 'supercane' project Reuters | 31 Mar 2025
The UAE-supported project aims to grow a specially bred sugarcane variety for aviation biofuel on 70,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil
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Japan to bar acquisition of farmland by soon-to-leave foreigners The Mainchi | 31 Mar 2025
Japan will bar foreigners from acquiring farmland if their visas are set to expire soon, in a bid to prevent misuse of such land amid high prices for rice and other food items, the farm ministry said.
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Stolen heritage: the unending agony of Mbome’s land loss | 28 Mar 2025
In Mbome Ngwandang, Cameroon, a decade-long struggle unfolds as a rural community fight to reclaim their ancestral land from agro-industrial grip.
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Ancestral land under siege: Apouh à Ngog’s desperate struggle against SOCAPALM News Upfront | 28 Mar 2025
The conflict between the European agro-industrial giant SOCAPALM and the community of Apouh à Ngog, in Cameroon, has taken a dark turn as 30 armed security forces fire tear gas against villagers determined to protect their land. Report from News Upfront.
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Tether expands ownership in Latin American agricultural firm Adecoagro to 70% Cryptonews | 27 Mar 2025
Adecoagro, which farms 210,400 hectares in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay for sugar, dairy and ethanol production, has entered into a transaction agreement with Tether Investments, part of the Tether Group, which runs the world’s largest stablecoin.
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Uzbekistan denies claims of land sales to China Times of Central Asia | 18 Mar 2025
Despite persistent rumors, only 4% of Chinese investment in Uzbekistan goes into agriculture. Foreign investors cannot purchase land, it can only be leased for a maximum of 25 years through open auctions.
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Mormon Church buys three-farm North Star Aggregation Grain Central | 17 Mar 2025
The Utah-based Mormon Church has added a large-scale dryland cropping operation in the renowned Golden Triangle region of northern New South Wales to its growing Australian agricultural portfolio.
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Interview de M. Etamane, riverain de la Socapalm Edéa | 02 avr 2025
Témoignage d'un petit agriculteur sur le conflit qui oppose des villageois d'Apouh À Ngog, qui réclament un espace vital, à la Socapalm
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Lettre ouverte des organisations de la société civile aux autorités camerounaises | 02 avr 2025
Le 25 mars 2025, les habitants du village Apouh À Ngog, dans la région du Littoral au Cameroun, ont été témoin d'un acte brutal et traumatisant: des forces gouvernementales composées de militaires, de gendarmes lourdement armées ont investi le village pour encadrer le replanting du palmier à huile par le personnel de la SOCAPALM, partie de la multinational Socfin Bolloré.
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Socapalm Edéa : le vent de la contestation souffle de nouveau sur Apouh La Voix du Koat | 28 mar 2025
Le programme de relance du replanting par la Socapalm, filiale camerounaise du groupe Socfin, a provoqué l’ire des villageois qui dénoncent une occupation illégitime de leurs terres. Entre mémoire coloniale, inertie administrative et luttes sociales, Apouh cristallise les tensions d’un héritage foncier jamais résolu.
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Un gigante cripto invertirá USD 600 millones en la Argentina para quedarse con el control de Adecoagro Infobae | 27 mar 2025
El Grupo Tether se quedará con el control de Adecoagro, la empresa agroalimenticia argentina que también opera en Brasil y Uruguay, mientras está acumulando acciones de Bioceres
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