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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Le géant italien de l’énergie Eni prévoit d'exploiter 150 000 hectares au Congo pour produire des agrocarburants destinés à l'Europe. Ce projet soulève de graves inquiétudes pour les communautés qui dépendent de ces terres grain.org/e/7399 @cadtm.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @recommon.org
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Another food crisis. What's different this time? War, geopolitics and imperial aggression are the driving force. This crisis requires a new kind of collective response. grain.org/e/7396
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Another food crisis? Yes, but this time it’s different
Another food crisis? Yes, but beyond corporate greed and climate disasters this time it’s linked to war, geopolitics and imperial aggression, requiring a new kind of collective response.
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
En todo Asia, compañías y gobiernos están impulsando dudosos mecanismos de agricultura de carbono. El campesinado debería conocer los graves riesgos y consecuencias a largo plazo antes de entregar el control de sus tierras. grain.org/e/7394
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El engaño de los créditos de carbono: Un nuevo peligro para el campo en Asia
Los campos de Asia están siendo cotizados para proyectos de créditos de carbono. Algunos desplazan a las comunidades mientras que otros les atan a contratos que duran décadas – empujando al campesinad...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 12/05/2026
La empresa emiratí Al Dahra controla 65 mil hectáreas en Europa, con el apoyo de subsidios de la UE. Es el mayor productor de alfalfa del Estado español, y la exporta para el forraje en los Emiratos. Explota zonas golpeadas por la sequía como Lleida. www.eldiario.es/catalunya/fa...
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La familia real de Emiratos Árabes se hace fuerte en el campo de Lleida: "Llegaron con dinero y lo compraron todo"
Agricultores y cargos locales describen cómo un gigante agroalimentario en manos de la monarquía de Abu Dabi ha logrado quedarse con casi todo el sector de la alfalfa en una zona despoblada y envejeci...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 13/05/2026
Vietnam will soon revised its Land Law to ease land use restrictions, granting stronger ownership rights to agribusiness and aquaculture industry to consolidate land as part of the efforts to boost Vietnam shrimp industry export www.vietnam.vn/en/doanh-ngh...
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Shrimp businesses are requesting a relaxation of land use limits to facilitate large-scale production investments.
On the morning of May 9th, a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, led by Minister Trinh Viet Hung, conducted a field survey and held a working session at the industrial shrimp ...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 15/05/2026
Digital justice movements and platform workers challenge Big Tech’s power around the world. The food sovereignty movement is also active on digital issues. To fight back Big Tech we also need to build alliances with those confronting digital trade. grain.org/e/7380
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GRAIN @grain.org · 18/05/2026
Instead of trying to deepen African farmers’ dependency on chemical fertilisers, governments should redirect subsidies and policy initiatives to support agroecology. This can increase food production while protecting soils, water, livelihoods and the climate. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Amid the fertiliser crisis, Africa has a chemical-free option: Agroecology
Amid the looming fertiliser crisis, African states should invest in sustainable agriculture to increase yields and food
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GRAIN @grain.org · 18/05/2026
🔥 GRAIN is hiring! If you want to do research and support movements on seeds, land struggles, climate and the growing corporate control over food systems in Africa, join the team! Deadline to apply: 31 May 2026. grain.org/e/7376 #JobAlert
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Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 15/04/2026
We invite you to join our webinars on land-based geoengineering. We are bringing together civil society actors, researchers, and campaigners to unpack the growing risks and impacts of technologies such as BECCS, biochar, and enhanced weathering. #NoGeoengineering @gfc-forest.bsky.social
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Up to now, 9mn hectares of farmland in the global South were seized for carbon credit deals. This was before carbon markets under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 got under way. Now, the rush for community land could get worse. grain.org/e/7357
Source: https://grain.org/e/7357
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Agribusiness corporations use free trade agreements to restrict farmers' rights to save and exchange seed, so that the companies can make a profit. What has been Latin America's recent experience? grain.org/e/7353
Source:  https://grain.org/e/7353
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GRAIN @grain.org · 22/01/2026
El gigante brasileño de capital privado Patria, junto con un fondo estadounidense, está entrando en el mercado de tierras agrícolas de México tomando el control de la muy controvertida AgroFibra. almomento.mx/con-una-alia... eduardolopezchavez.mx/afores-decid...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 26/01/2026
Watch this beautiful encounter between journalist Dan Saladino with Dr Debal Deb, who for over 30 years, has conserved 1,460 indigenous rice varieties. Every grain saved gifts us resilience in a future of climate chaos, through their diverse adaptations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwhw...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 26/01/2026
Trump's 2025 tariff wars have hurt US farmers, triggering a US$12B bill to compensate their losses. But farmers in Asia are being slammed, too, with devastating market disruptions and new coercive policies. grain.org/e/7347 @usrighttoknow.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social
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US tariff policy bulldozing Asia’s agriculture
In Asia, beyond tariffs, the US is leveraging trade threats to bypass sovereign regulations & reshape food and agricultural standards. This strategy extracts unilateral concessions in favor of US ...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 27/01/2026
🔥 Face aux opérations de replanting engagées par l’agro-industrie filiale du groupe Socfin (Bolloré), les communautés Apouh, Koukoue, Dehane et Ongue sollicitent l’arbitrage de l’Etat pour un espace vital, selon les medias camerounais www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vps... farmlandgrab.org/33265
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EDEA 1ER : DES RIVERAINS BLOQUÉS LORS D’UNE PROTESTATION CONTRE LA SOCAPALM
YouTube video by ÉQUINOXE TV
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GRAIN @grain.org · 07/01/2026
Indonesia's Agrinas Palma Nusantara, a state company led by retired military officers, has become the world’s biggest palm oil player, Bloomberg reports. In just a few months, through a govt campaign, it has amassed 1.7 mn hectares of plantations. farmlandgrab.org/33221
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Indonesia's Prabowo tightens grip on plantations, mines with vast land grab
Indonesia's defense minister has overseen a drive that has brought an area the size of Switzerland under state control, with the central government taking more than 4 million hectares of plantations, ...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/01/2026
La Legislatura de Tierra del Fuego en Argentina habilitó actividades de salmonicultura industrial, priorizando intereses empresariales y retrocediendo en la protección ambiental. Se ignoraron informes técnicos y la voluntad popular para modificar la Ley 1355 agenciatierraviva.com.ar/lejos-del-pu...
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Lejos del pueblo y cerca de las empresas: la Legislatura de Tierra del Fuego habilitó las salmoneras - Agencia de Noticias Tierra Viva
La Legislatura de Tierra del Fuego modificó la Ley 1355 para habilitar las salmoneras, a pesar del rechazo social y de organismos públicos.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/01/2026
Nestlé is embroiled in a new scandal, with its infant formula products being recalled in 60 countries. It already faces legal proceedings in the US due to heavy metals in baby food. This is particularly concerning given its 20% share of the global baby-food market. www.foodwatch.org/en/global-re...
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Global recall of Nestlé baby food: foodwatch criticizes lack of transparency from Nestlé and food authorities
Regarding the global recall of contaminated Nestlé baby products, foodwatch criticizes a lack of transparency on the part of the company and the food authorities.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 09/01/2026
Peasants are at the forefront of the struggle against one the worst free trade deals which is about to be approved, the EU-Mercosur deal. They refuse to be treated as a bargaining chip for the benefit of big corporations www.eurovia.org/press-releas... @mst.org.br @confpaysanne.bsky.social
Source: Confédération Paysanne (https://www.facebook.com/confederationpaysanne)
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GRAIN @grain.org · 15/12/2025
Aunque financiado sobre todo por China, el puerto de Chancay abre las puertas a inversionistas de cualquier bandera. Bajo la desgastada promesa del “desarrollo”, se profundizará el modelo extractivista en América del Sur grain.org/e/7341
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El puerto de Chancay: un dramático impulso para el extractivismo en América del Sur
Aunque financiado sobre todo por China, el puerto de Chancay abre las puertas a inversionistas de cualquier bandera. Bajo la desgastada promesa del “desarrollo”, se profundizará el modelo extractivist...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 09/01/2026
En el Líbano, organizaciones sociales y redes campesinas luchan para detener una nueva ley sobre las semillas que asegura los intereses de las transnacionales. Para más información y sumar su apoyo a esta iniciativa: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @revistasabc.bsky.social
Fuente de la imagen: https://agrimovement.org
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Un nuevo informe muestra cómo el puerto peruano de Chancay, financiado sobre todo por capital chino, reorganiza las rutas de transporte. Además, da paso a nuevos inversores y corporaciones en las zonas donde crece el agronegocio en América del Sur. grain.org/e/7341
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El puerto de Chancay: un dramático impulso para el extractivismo en América del Sur
Aunque financiado sobre todo por China, el puerto de Chancay abre las puertas a inversionistas de cualquier bandera. Bajo la desgastada promesa del “desarrollo”, se profundizará el modelo extractivist...
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
@bdsmovement.bsky.social @intifada.bsky.social @stopthewall.bsky.social
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GRAIN @grain.org · 05/12/2025
Marks the 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence, new edition of 'Supermarket watch' highlight the vulnerability that women street & market traders endure while making a living and contribute to local economy. grain.org/e/7333 @fian-international.bsky.social @margteixeira.bsky.social
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GRAIN @grain.org · 02/12/2025
La Via Campesina’s member organisation in Palestine was raided yesterday by the Israeli occupation forces. Let’s join our voices and call for the immediate release of all detained Palestinian workers and members of La Via Campesina now! viacampesina.org/en/2025/12/a...
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ALERT! La Via Campesina strongly condemns attacks against its member organisation in Palestine and denounces the arbitrary arrests
Our member organisation operates in full accordance with international law ; its primary role is to support farmers in Palestine.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 18/11/2025
La gigante cárnica Tyson cedió ante una demanda por lavado verde en Estados Unidos. No podrá publicitar sus promesas de “cero emisiones netas” hasta que no sean reales. Y eso es imposible en el sistema alimentario industrial @animallegaldefense.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social aldf.org/article/tyso...
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Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making 'Net-zero' and 'Climate-smart Beef' Claims
Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”
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GRAIN @grain.org · 18/11/2025
Bayer has lost another lawsuit to victims of cancer caused by glyphosate in the US, for a stunning US$611 million in damages. The company has already had to pay out nearly US$12 billion in court cases so far. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Chemical giant Bayer hit with stunning $600 million judgment for hazardous products: 'Reaching the end of the road'
"We’re talking months, not years."
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GRAIN @grain.org · 19/11/2025
Over 70,000 people gathered in Belém parallel to the #COP30 to affirm the struggle against capitalist mode of production that cause the growing climate crisis and unify to bring forward real solution against the crisis. Read further People's Summit declaration viacampesina.org/en/2025/11/c...
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COP 30, Belém: Declaration of the Peoples' Summit
If the organisation is strong, the struggle is strong. For this reason, our main political task is to organise the peoples of all countries and continents.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 19/11/2025
The industrial food system is pushing us beyond 1.5°C, says @ciel.org. “As other sectors decarbonize, the fossil fuel industry is increasingly turning to petrochemicals — of which agrochemicals account for one-third — as a growth market.” www.ciel.org/feeding-the-...
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Feeding the Climate Crisis: How Agrochemicals Undermine 1.5°C - Center for International Environmental Law
The food system alone could push us past 1.5°C. At COP30, leaders must prioritize phasing out fossil-based agrochemicals and supporting agroecology.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 19/11/2025
In Brazil, more and more people are exposing the links between Israel’s defence sector, agribusinesses (such as Netafim, Adama and Mekorot) and the apartheid economy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/from... @bdsmovement.bsky.social @stopthewall.bsky.social
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From the Favelas to Gaza: How militarism and greenwashing shape Brazilian relations, resistance, and solidarity with Palestine
Brazilians have long supported Palestine, but the country’s economic and military ties with Israel continue to deepen. As Israel’s links to Brazil’s domestic inequality, agribusiness, and state violen...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 19/11/2025
La déclaration du Sommet des peuples qui a eu lieu en dehors de la #COP30 à Belem est en ligne : viacampesina.org/fr/declarati...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 07/11/2025
¿Qué tienen en común las luchas de las comunidades y organizaciones campesinas en América Latina y Palestina? Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas #126 ofrece ejemplos concretos, desde las resistencias ante el agronegocio hasta las alternativas: grain.org/es/category/... @bdsmovement.bsky.social
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GRAIN @grain.org · 10/11/2025
Le gouvernement wallon fixe un cap : reconnaître la terre agricole comme un « bien commun stratégique ». farmlandgrab.org/33137 @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @confpaysanne.bsky.social
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Face à la spéculation, la Wallonie veut sanctuariser ses terres agricoles
La note d’orientation présentée au gouvernement fixe un cap : reconnaître la terre agricole comme un « bien commun stratégique ».
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GRAIN @grain.org · 04/11/2025
COP30’s Agri Zone, sponsored by Bill Gates, will be a major venue for agro-greenwashing next week. Delegates will be dazzled by Nestlé, Bayer, Yara and even Netafim, accused of involvement in Israel’s genocide economy www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/03/a... @bdsmovement.bsky.social @desmog.com
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Agribusiness gets its turn to co-opt the climate COP in Brazil
Agribusiness has chainsawed its way over the past few decades to make Brazil the leading exporter of meats and animal
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GRAIN @grain.org · 04/11/2025
Indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant women of Latin America are calling on organizations and social movements around the world to sign to this declaration rejecting carbon market projects in their territories. wrm.us9.list-manage.com/track/click...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 04/11/2025
Kenya has banned imports of milk powder, supposedly to protect the 'local' dairy industry. It also plans to waive taxes on animal feed and ban street hawking of milk. Who really stands to benefit? Powerful interests, including Danone. www.facebook.com/share/p/17V1... @margteixeira.bsky.social
Smallholder dairy farmer milking a cow in Embu, Kenya. Photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The humble chicken is the new frontier of corporate control in Africa. Just like patented seeds, hybrid chicks pushed by Bill Gates lock farmers into a cycle of dependency. It's corporate takeover, not development. grain.org/e/7317
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Who rules the roost? Corporate vs community poultry in Africa
Ghana was once self-sufficient in chicken. Then imports pushed by the World Bank decimated local farms. Now 90% of its poultry needs are imported. Today, the chicken business across Africa is fast bec...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 21/10/2025
Witoon Lianchamroon of BIOTHAI is facing charges of defamation filed by the giant Thai company Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF). This #SLAPP lawsuit designed to silence protest and undermine efforts to hold CPF accountable for Blackchin tilapia outbreak that has devastated Thai farmers and fishers.
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Monica Vargas C. @monicavarcoll.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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GRAIN @grain.org · 20/10/2025
Africa has a wealth of indigenous chicken diversity, but it's under threat from corporate takeover. Gates Foundation and others are replacing local breeds with “more productive” hybrids, owned by 3 companies in the US and Europe. Time to fight back! grain.org/e/7317 @timschwab.bsky.social
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GRAIN @grain.org · 15/10/2025
Groups led by Let's Liberate Diversity are mapping initiatives to support farmers' seed systems around the world. Participate: English: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=en français: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=fr Español: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=es Info: liberatediversity.org
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GRAIN @grain.org · 15/10/2025
Au Canada, les paysans dénoncent des modifications proposées à la loi sur les semences, qui cherchent à eliminer leur droit de reproduire des semences de fruits, légumes et plantes ornementales ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219... @nfucanada.bsky.social @infogm.bsky.social @saveourseeds.bsky.social
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GRAIN @grain.org · 16/10/2025
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is swindling Liberian communities whose lands were grabbed by Golden Veroleum. Despite admitting responsibility, there will be no compensation, and now that RSPO has lifted a stop-work order the company will expand operations. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/roun...
Liberian workers being transported in a Golden Veroleum Liberia truck. Photo credit: Marco di Lauro via EJAtlas
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GRAIN @grain.org · 13/10/2025
A few corporations control the dirty business of chemical fertilisers, with annual sales of US$76bn. Nitrogen fertilisers alone are responsible for one in every 40 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year. grain.org/e/7284 @iatp.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social #GlobalFertilizerDay
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GRAIN @grain.org · 13/10/2025
New legal analysis by Green Development Advocates presents "the blatant illegalities underlying the land issue at the Socapalm Edéa plantation in Cameroon" (Socfin/Bolloré) gdacameroon.org/media/attach... @heks-ch.bsky.social @greenpeaceafrica.org @business-humanrights.org @mongabay.com
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GRAIN @grain.org · 14/10/2025
Join BIOTHAI, GRAIN, SAF and TCJA today in a public dialogue on “Agro-Industrial Concentration and the Climate Crisis” 🗓️ Date: 14 October 2025 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bangkok time Online via Zoom Meeting 👉 Register in advance: biothai.net/join Public livestream via Facebook Live 📺 Page: BIOTHAI
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GRAIN @grain.org · 14/10/2025
Communities in Madagascar face pressure from Tozzi Green, an Italian company which leased farmland from authorities to produce & sell carbon credits from "its" plantations. Update from @collectiftany.bsky.social : farmlandgrab.org/33091 @reddmonitor.bsky.social @recommon.org @cicrocevia.bsky.social
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Madagascar: A glace at the situation of the inhabitants of the Ihorombe region whose lands have been leased by the state to the company Tozzi Green
Officials of the Malagasy state have leased land in three municipalities of the Ihorombe region to the company Tozzi Green for 30 years. Numerous studies have shown the pressures and manipulations exe...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 15/10/2025
Despite making up nearly half of global agricultural workforce, women own less than 15% of farm land and are paid almost 20% less than their male counterparts. On this International Rural Women Day, read daily struggles of rural women from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America grain.org/e/7261
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GRAIN @grain.org · 10/10/2025
New dataset from GRAIN shows how free trade agreements are used to push countries to adopt laws that criminalise seed saving and undermine food sovereignty. The UAE is now using it to push UPOV to their trading partners like Cambodia, Malaysia and Mauritius. grain.org/e/7316
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