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01 May 2025
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Nigeria: Untapped goldmine that can address farmers, herders feud, unlock livestock potentials Nigerian Tribune | 29 Apr 2025
Benue State has secured funding for a 1000-hectare fodder project which is for export to the United Arab Emirates, and they plan to increase that to 6,000 hectares within the next 2 to 3 years.
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Brazil's government aims to raise $2 billion in financing with new Eco Invest auction Reuters | 29 Apr 2025
The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expects to raise $2 billion in financing through a new auction as part of the Eco Invest Brazil program, focusing on initiatives to recover 1 million hectares of degraded pastures.
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Laos: New Forests buys into Burapha Financial Standard | 29 Apr 2025
With 6000 hectares, the land comprises conservation areas, a plywood mill, and a voluntary carbon project focused on plantation afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation issuing carbon credits
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Tanzania: BBT gets massive AfDB 347bn/- boost Daily News | 28 Apr 2025
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa yesterday launched the Building Better Tomorrow (BBT) Programme’s Project I, which focuses on large-scale farming, with a funding boost of 129.71 million US dollars from the African Development Bank.
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Nigeria: Ekiti women protest over alleged destruction of farmlands by agric firm Premium Times | 28 Apr 2025
The women of the Odo-Oro community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State protested over the alleged destruction of their farmlands by an agriculture firm, Agbeyewa Farms. “They are destroying our lands, they are cutting down our cocoa farms, cutting down our palm trees and destroying what is left of what our forefathers gave to us."
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Sierra Leone: Maconteh communities protest over unpaid land leases by agroforestry firm Care Times | 25 Apr 2025
Six communities in Maconteh Chiefdom, Port Loko District, including Rogbessh, Faidugu, Rokama, Robat, and Kirima have staged a peaceful protest against agroforestry company Rewinding BKM for failing to pay 2024 land lease fees.
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Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal MIT | 25 Apr 2025
The tech behemoth is betting that planting millions of eucalyptus trees in Brazil will be the path to a greener future. Some ecologists and local residents are far less sure.
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BerryWorld & Tropic Cool to launch a new berry project in Rwanda BerryWorld | 24 Feb 2025
Tropic Cool Israel Ltd is establishing “Rwanda Berries”, a 150 ha commercial scale berry farm in Rwanda to export to nearby markets in the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia.
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Les points de vigilance majeurs après le sommet de la COI à Antananarivo Collectif TANY | 30 avr 2025
Le thème du Vème sommet de la Commission de l’Océan Indien était “Sécurité et souveraineté alimentaire : Pour le développement du marché de l’Indianocéanie”. Certaines décisions prises font craindre le pire, en particulier une nouvelle forme cachée d’accaparement de terres.
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Déclaration d’Abidjan : 1er Forum des jeunes africains sur le foncier JVE-CI | 30 avr 2025
Le premier forum des Jeunes Africains sur le Foncier a eu lieu en Côte d'Ivoire du 24 au 26 avril 2025 pour répondre à l’insécurité foncière qui pèse sur les terres paysannes en Afrique.
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1er Forum des jeunes africains sur le foncier : un panel sur le changement climatique, l’extractivisme et la pression foncière Influence Mag | 30 avr 2025
Le 1er Forum des Jeunes Africains sur le Foncier, organisé par les JVE-Côte d'Ivoire, a permis d’explorer la question de la résilience pour les communautés vulnérables, le changement climatique, l’extractivisme et la pression foncière.
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Socfin : l'enquête Bloomberg confirme des violations des droits humains Humundi | 24 avr 2025
Violences sexuelles, accaparements de terres, répression : une nouvelle enquête éclaire les pratiques du groupe agro-industriel, écrit l'ONG Humundi
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Brasil fictício: Propriedade de terra autodeclarada excede área do país em um Pará O Globo | 27 Apr 2025
Cadastro digital obrigatório no país, o próprio dono do imóvel informa os limites da sua fazenda, se tem nascentes, mata nativa e áreas a serem protegidas, o que vem gerando inúmeras fraudes. São 139,7 milhões de hectares das áreas sobrepostas, o que equivalente a quatro Alemanhas.
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