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05 Jun 2025
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China’s agritech brings water to Egypt’s giant beet sugar factory in Sahara Desert SCMP | 04 Jun 2025
Near the edge of the Sahara Desert, in Egypt’s West Minya, Chinese drillers bore deep into the earth, tapping groundwater to irrigate a once 500-hectare stretch of desert – now home to the world’s largest beet sugar factory, owned by UAE investors.
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Green grabbing: Lack of land rights promotes unjust climate action | 04 Jun 2025
New report points to a surge in demand for land in the Global South, where large tracts of land are suitable for carbon projects, but land tenure systems are often insecure or informal.
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World Bank uses climate crisis as cover for land-grabbing, Oakland Institute says Mongabay | 03 Jun 2025
"Whereas the Bank’s push for large-scale agribusiness is global, the African continent is its central target"
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US pension fund TIAA linked to brutal land grabs and evictions of farmers in Brazil Common Dreams | 03 Jun 2025
The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.
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Madagascar seeks UAE investment to counter US tariff risks The National News | 02 Jun 2025
Madagascar's Minister of Foreign Affairs tells UAE business leaders that "with 36 million hectares of arable land, there is immense potential for agribusiness and agricultural transformation” in her country
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Here’s how this fundie is making money from the land AFR | 02 Jun 2025
Australian farmers aren’t the only ones cheering the rocketing price of almonds and beef from the simmering trade tensions between the US and China – a cohort of fund managers is also in the money.
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Malaysian farmers consider legal action to protect 2,400 ha durian farmland from new company’s takeover MSN | 02 Jun 2025
Durian farmers in Malaysia’s Pahang state are preparing for a legal fight to protect farmland they say is being seized by a newly-established company without proper authority.
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Tensions escalate as Zimbabwean villagers resist land takeover Bulawayo 24 | 01 Jun 2025
Some villagers say they are being pressured to give up fertile land traditionally used for subsistence farming for a project called the Malipati Agrihub, with no clear benefit or consent from the broader community.
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Nasarawa court orders status quo on disputed 10,000 hectares of Tiv land Guardian | 30 May 2025
The Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Obi has ordered all parties in a land dispute involving 21 Tiv communities, the Nasarawa State government, and the Nigerian Army to maintain the status quo and preserve the disputed 10,000 hectares of ancestral farmlands pending the determination of the suit.
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Food security explored between Oman and East Africa Zawya | 29 May 2025
"Oman’s food-security programmes and water technology can link with East Africa’s arable land and examples are Kenya’s tea and coffee farms and Tanzania’s horticulture," the Chairman of East African Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture says
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Les accaparements de terres illustrent les inégalités de richesse croissantes et le besoin de réforme FIAN International | 03 jui 2025
L'accumulation d'énormes quantités de terres par un petit groupe de propriétaires fonciers alimente les inégalités et la crise climatique, selon un nouveau rapport qui appelle à une redistribution des terres et à des réformes fiscales mondiales pour inverser la tendance
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Madagascar: un protocole avec une entreprise israélienne réveille la crainte d'une spoliation des terres RFI | 02 jui 2025
Un mémorandum d’entente signé le 25 mai entre le gouvernement de Madagascar et l’entreprise israélienne LR Group pour la production de riz, de maïs et de soja à travers quatre des 23 régions du pays passe mal.
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Cameroun : l’accaparement des terres par des spéculateurs internationaux préoccupe le gouvernement https://www.alwihdainfo.com/Cameroun-l-accaparement-des-terres-par-des-speculateurs-internationaux-preoccupe-le-gouvernement_a141332.html | 28 mai 2025
Les acquisitions de terres à grande échelle en Afrique ont comme effets collatéraux : la corruption en matière de gestion des ressources naturelles, des revendications contradictoires sur ces ressources, et la non-reconnaissance des régimes fonciers coutumiers.
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Conflit foncier à Edéa 1er : Au cœur d’une bataille des « shérifs » Le Messager | 13 mai 2025
Enquête en trois parties sur le conflit autour de la Socapalm (filiale du groupe Socfin) à Edéa, au Cameroun.
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Activités de la Socapalm dans les villages d’Edea : les cris de détresse des populations riveraines. Tribune de l'Info | 16 nov 2024
Le mécontentement de ces riverains venus des villages Apouh à Ngong, Dehane, Ongue et Koukoue a clairement été exprimé au cours d’une conférence de presse organisée le 13 novembre 2024, par et le Réseau des Acteurs du Développement Durable en collaboration avec Green Peace Africa.
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