The manner in which African Agriculture acquired rights to operate within the Ndiael Reserve has raised eyebrows. Local herders, whose livelihoods depend on the reserve’s resources, now face displacement and restricted access to water and grazing lands.
Donor-designed forest carbon projects and private sector companies like Burapha Agro-Forestry are facing insurmountable challenges from an age-old problem: land tenure insecurity.
Un nouveau business, porté notamment par des multinationales françaises, est en train de voir le jour dans le bassin du Congo, et en particulier au Congo-Brazzaville : de gigantesques plantations forestières sont créées pour générer des crédits-carbone valorisables sur le marché volontaire du carbone ou destinés à compenser des émissions de CO2
The Qatari agricultural company plans to inaugurate a farm that extends over 100,000 hectares and produces 200,000 tonnes of powdered milk annually.
A military drone fell in the Big Island of Brăilei, in the area of the Filipoiu Farm within the Al-Dahra Agricost holding. The incident is considered by specialists to be the most serious for Romania since the beginning of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine.
The Butler Valley leases terminated by Arizona's governor only amount to about one quarter of Fondomonte’s total farm holdings in Arizona prior to October. Besides the 3500 acres that the company leased from the state, it privately controls almost 10,000 acres more further south and closer to Vicksburg.
Farmers from different communities in the Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State took to the streets in protest against the alleged decision of the state government to take over their farmlands for leasing to a Chinese company.
Facing a civil lawsuit over killings allegedly carried out by its security staff at a pineapple plantation near Nairobi, food company Fresh Del Monte is claiming it cannot be sued in Kenya because it is registered in the Cayman Islands.
