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GRAIN @grain.org · 16h

Next month, Kenya’s High Court will deliver judgement in a landmark case that could reshape the country’s food system, writes Claire Nasike. It's about whether Kenyan farmers can save, share and sell seeds. Unbelievable? Read on: progressive.international/wire/2025-10...

Seeds of Discontent: Kenya’s Seed Law Undermines Farmers’ Resilience

Kenya’s seed law privileges seed multinationals while weakening the country’s food system’s genetic diversity and marginalising the very people who feed the country.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 18h

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

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...

farmlandgrab.org

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GRAIN @grain.org · 21h

Green Development Advocates vient de publier une étude sur "les illégalités manifestes qui sous-tendent la problématique foncière de la plantation de Socapalm Edéa" (Socfin/Bolloré) gdacameroon.org/media/attach... @asso-sherpa.bsky.social @survie.bsky.social @lessoulevements.bsky.social

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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d

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 · 1d

Pese a la sequía México entregará entre 400 y 518 millones de metros cúbicos de agua a Estados Unidos bajo su Tratado de aguas. En los siguientes cinco años el país entregará 2 mil millones de metros cúbicos de agua, perjudicando a comunidades campesinas e indígenas holanews.com/mexico-asegu...

GRAIN @grain.org · 1d

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) (@corporateeurope.org)

Synthetic fertilizers poison our food system, deplete our soil, and put food prices in the hands of a few corporations. Fertilizers poison our bodies, water, and air. They are linked to cancer, birth…

bsky.app

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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d

Center for International Environmental Law (@ciel.org)

⚠️ Big Ag has a dirty secret. More than half of fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. Industry claims we need fertilizers to feed the world — but we can feed the world without fossil fuels. 👉Read…

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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

Chemical fertilisers are presented as necessary to feed the world. But did you know that they ruin our soils, pollute people’s water & air and push up food prices? The global food system's addiction to chemical fertilisers must be broken! grain.org/e/6903
#GlobalFertilizerDay @afsafrica.bsky.social

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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d

This weekend, youth, local officials and rural communities in Benin, led by Jinukun and FAEB, held a peaceful march against UPOV and GMOs, and for agroecology. #StopUPOV @gmwatch.bsky.social @wominafrica.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1ZG...

Foire agroécologie : le réseau JINUKUN et la FAEB mènent une marche pacifique dans le Couffo

YouTube video by Prime News TV Monde

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GRAIN @grain.org · 4d

¿Por qué denunciamos el agronegocio? Porque está controlado por bancos y corporaciones que prioriza ganancias sobre la vida, promueve transgénicos, pesticidas y despojo de territorios viacampesina.org/es/brasil-po... @mst.org.br @brasildefato.com.br.web.brid.gy

Brasil: ¿Por qué debemos luchar contra el agronegocio? Series CIRADR+20 - Via Campesina

¿Por qué debemos criticar el modelo del agronegocio? Esta pregunta persiste tras los polémicos episodios ocurridos en torno a la IV Conferencia Universitaria en Defensa de la Reforma Agraria (JURA), c...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 4d

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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GRAIN @grain.org · 5d

Nestle quits dairy industry pact that pledged to cut methane emissions. Guess this means that corporations are so powerful now they don't even care about greenwashing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @iatp.bsky.social @1teresaanderson.bsky.social @publiceye.ch @corporateeurope.org

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

www.bloomberg.com

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GRAIN @grain.org · 5d

Despite widespread objections, Malaysia Agriculture and Food Security Ministry continues to push for the country to accede to UPOV 1991. Malaysia Food Sovereignty Forum lay out how this will result in higher seed prices and systematicly erode rights of farmers.
m.malaysiakini.com/columns/756630

COMMENT | Upov int'l agreement threatens farmers' rights, biodiversity

Govt urged to reject foreign seed control, protect agricultural sovereignty.

m.malaysiakini.com

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GRAIN @grain.org · 5d

@civileats.com have done a great investigation into the links between the federal govt and the food industry under Trump's second presidency (so far)
civileats.com/2025/10/07/i... @ipes-food.org @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social

The Industry Ties Within Trump’s Food and Ag Leadership

Many of the president’s top officials at USDA, EPA, HHS, and FDA have connections to chemical, agribusiness, or fossil fuel interests.

civileats.com

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 6d

⏰ Just one day to go!

Join our event with @canclimateaction.bsky.social, @actioncontrelafaim.bsky.social – and amazing speakers – to hear about the demands of farmer and peasant movements for #COP30 in Brazil, and how can they shape the #climatejustice agenda 🙌

👉 ipes-food.org/rising-up-to...

RISING UP TOGETHER | Join the webinar

As COP30 approaches in Brazil, it’s time to converge. A webinar on uniting climate movements with farmer and peasant struggles at COP30.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 6d

The combined trends of corporate consolidation, restrictive intellectual property laws, and trade-driven policy have created a deeply unjust agricultural system and undermine the foundation of food sovereignty: farmers’ rights to save, share, and develop seeds www.counterview.net/2025/10/from...

From seed to soil: How transnational control is endangering food sovereignty

News & Views from Alternative Quarters

www.counterview.net

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GRAIN @grain.org · 6d

"Plus de 26 000 ha, pendant 13 ans, on les donne à une personne, il les met dans sa poche, il en bénéficie et il n'en parvient même pas à exploiter 1 000 ha !" s'exaspère Doudou Mboup, délégué des travailleurs, en résumant cet accaparement de terres qui dure trop longtemps
youtu.be/p6ca_LwASiE

Licenciements abusifs et salaires impayés : Colère à la ferme de la teranga

YouTube video by SENEGAL DIRECT TV

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GRAIN @grain.org · 6d

🔥 Sénégal: Les travailleurs de la Ferme de la Teranga - 26 000 ha détenus par la société américaine African Agriculture, Inc - sont 10 mois sans salaire. Ils ont saisi la justice mais cela traîne, laissant des familles dans la précarité. farmlandgrab.org/33080 @oaklandinstitute.org

Licenciements abusifs et salaires impayés : colère à la Ferme de la Teranga

La situation à la Ferme de la Teranga - 20 000 hectares detenus par la société amércaine African Agriculture Inc - suscite l’indignation générale. Les travailleurs, pour la plupart en contrat à durée ...

farmlandgrab.org

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GRAIN @grain.org · 7d

A new report details the scale of foreign investment in Australian farmland. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China ranks second (6.57mn hectares). farmlandgrab.org/33078

Top 20 foreign owners of Aussie farmland revealed

A new report details the size and scale of foreign investment, with more than 49mn hectares of Aussie farmland now in overseas ownership. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China r...

farmlandgrab.org

GRAIN @grain.org · 7d

Corteva is splitting its seeds and agrichemicals business. The new seed company, temporarily dubbed SpinCo, holds the Pioneer brand and is expected to hit US$10 billion in sales this year.
cen.acs.org/business/agr... @etcgroup.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social

Corteva grew out of what used to be known as Pioneer HiBred Corn Company (Photo credit: Corteva)

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GRAIN @grain.org · 7d

Following the work of Nate Halverson and @revealnews.org, @sentientmedia.org‬ shows how corporate farms like Fondomonte LLC of Saudi Arabia are taking water (and land) away from communities: sentientmedia.org/arizona-dese... @ninaelkadi.com

In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm

YouTube video by Sentient

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GRAIN @grain.org · 8d

Following Norway, now the Netherlands' largest public pension fund has divested from Caterpillar - the US-based farm machine manufacturer - due to its connection to Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251001-dut... @oaklandinstitute.org

Dutch pension fund sells Caterpillar shares over US firm’s alleged arms supply to Israel

The Netherlands’ largest civic pension fund said it sold off its Caterpillar shares due to the alleged involvement of the American equipment manufacturer in supplying the Israeli army, according to…

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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GRAIN @grain.org · 8d

La deforestación y acaparamiento de tierra realizada por comunidades menonitas para plantar maíz transgénico está amenazando territorios indígenas en Yucatán - México www.yucatan.com.mx/yucatan/2025... @greenpeace.org @etcgroup.bsky.social

Península de Yucatán, zona crítica por tala de menonitas y maíz transgénico: Semarnat

Gobierno federal alerta sobre deforestación y transgénicos en Yucatán; operativos buscan proteger los maíces nativos y la biodiversidad.

www.yucatan.com.mx

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