Depuis 2021, la Socapalm – qui est détenue majoritairement par la Socfinaf, une holding luxembourgeoise détenue en partie par le groupe Bolloré – replante des palmiers pour rajeunir sa plantation à Edéa, au Cameroun, créant d'énormes difficultés pour les communautés riveraines.
- Collectif
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17 February 2025
The Emirati company Aqua Bridge recently won the race to acquire Greek producer Avramar, which until early last year was the biggest bass and bream farmer in the world.
- IntraFish
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17 February 2025
Fish farming giant Mowi has bought two uninhabited islands off Scotland's west coast for the siting of new salmon farms.
Toesca Permanent Crops II aims to invest US $350mn in a portfolio of permanent crops based on regenerative and sustainable practices, in Chile, Peru and other Latin American countries.
Tajikistan leased around 18,000 hectares of its land to China for cotton, rice, grain, and corn cultivation for a 49-year contract. The agreement was part of a broader initiative to strengthen economic ties between the two countries.
- Global Voices
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18 November 2024
Institutional investors are driving movement in Australia's poultry farm property market, underscoring sustained demand for agricultural assets that offer steady, passive income.
- Grain Central
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04 November 2024
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will add 46 farms covering 41,554 acres — or about 65 square miles — in eight US states to its vast portfolio, further bolstering its standing as an agricultural “titan.”
- Salt Lake Tribune
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12 October 2024
Hawke’s Bay apple orchards have been changing hands amid a shake-up to the industry, with the latest significant sale featuring a Dutch newcomer buying a 62-hectare Ongaonga block.
Several farmers in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, have lost land or grazing rights to a huge commercial citrus farming project
Allegations of illegal activity and land-grabbing against Indonesia’s second-largest palm oil company continue to mount as a new report reveals the firm’s violations appear to be more extensive than initially documented.
Serbian companies Industrija mesa Matijevic, Delta Holding, Almex DOO, Coric Agrar DOO and LoginEKO (owned by a married Slovenian couple), along with Al Dahra Holding LLC and Elite Agro LLC from the United Arab Emirates are currently the largest landowners in Serbia, according to a Forbes Serbia report.
Canada's public worker pension fund manager PSP Investments has made a significant stride in Australia's agricultural sector by acquiring a majority stake in Ellerslie Free Range Farms, a leading egg producer, for $180 million.
Joe Lewis, the main shareholder of Australian Agriculture, a company that owns about 1 per cent of the Australia’s land mass, has pleaded guilty in a US court to insider trading.
- IN Queensland
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29 January 2024
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.
- The Crimson
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09 November 2023
Millets acquired through a partnership with India will be produced at Tacama Landing along the Berbice River as the country strives to achieve its ambitious food security goal.
- News Room
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17 October 2023
RRG Nature Based Solutions LLC has so far acquired lands for carbon farming projects in Morocco and Colombia.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative to Liberia, Mariatou Njie, wants the government to serve as a gatekeeper in the area of agricultural investment.
- Daily Observer
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19 April 2023
Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali offered India 200 acres of land for exclusive cultivation and production of millets in honour of the United Nations declaring the year 2023 as the International Year of Millet
The deal is the second $100 million-plus farming transaction involving offshore investors this year, highlighting the global appeal of prime Australian farmland.
NFFC says that a new “land grab” is underway in the US, with Wall Street investors, pension funds, and other financiers looking for a safe place to park their money and turning to farmlands as their preferred investment.
- Cowboy State Daily
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17 January 2023
Episode 1 of a new podcast that highlights the different layers of oppression women face once industrial plantations invade their territories.
- WRM & WONARPI
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17 January 2023
Hacienda tiene sobre la mesa una propuesta para que las socimis puedan adquirir fincas agrícolas, más allá de los activos inmobiliarios de naturaleza urbana en los que actualmente pueden invertir.
Más de 100 organizaciones denuncian a la RSPO durante su 19ª asamblea general por el lavadoverde de la destrucción del medio ambiente, los abusos de los derechos humanos y laborales y el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de la industria del aceite de palma
- Declaración colectiva
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30 November 2022
Plus de 100 organisations dénoncent la RSPO lors de sa 19ème assemblée générale pour avoir écoblanchi la destruction de l'environnement, les violations des droits humains et du travail et l'accaparement des terres par l'industrie de l’huile de palme.
- Déclaration collective
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30 November 2022
In September 2022, two large contingents of national police and military were dispatched to oil palm plantation concession areas of the Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) in Lokutu and Boteka.
- RIAO-RDC
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10 November 2022
Scotland’s richest man, an oil giant, an earl, and private equity and property firms are among those developing carbon credit projects that critics say are pushing up land prices and allowing companies to “greenwash” their image.
- The Ferrett
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18 August 2022
« Il veut investir dans le secteur de l’agriculture. Il ne s’agit absolument pas d’acquérir des milliers d’hectares pour y faire nous-même des cultures, mais de fournir un appui technique et financier aux agriculteurs locaux, dans le respect des meilleures pratiques »
- Jeune Afrique
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24 June 2022
The National Land Commission team will hold public hearings for three days in Siaya on plans to allocate the Yala Swamp to a private investor.
A Ghanaian-owned agribusiness has acquired a 356 hectare irrigated commercial farm developed by AgDevCo.
- Food Business Africa
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17 January 2022
El Grupo Bolloré, uno de sus mayores proveedores de servicios, está acusado de corrupción y, a través de una filial, de acaparar tierras.
- Salva la Selva
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17 January 2022