A fund that supports Saudi agriculture investments abroad on the condition that at least 50 per cent of the project’s crops be exported to the Kingdom has tripled the value of its loans since 2016.
A study of 1,500 large land deals totalling 37 million hectares - across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and eastern Europe - showed that clearing the land for farming may have emitted about 2.3 gigatonnes of carbon emissions.
Lors de son face-à-face avec la presse le 31 décembre dernier, le chef de l’Etat sénégalais avait dit demandé au «ministre des Finances d’engager des réformes afin qu’il ne soit plus possible d’octroyer des titres fonciers sur les terres arables».
The violence inherent in the colonial plantation model does not spare systems of collective organization, food sovereignty, community care, cultural and language diversity, and ancestral knowledge.
Au Cameroun, les populations rurales accusent la Socapalm, une entreprise de plantation de palmiers à huile, de les déposséder de leurs terres. Elisabeth Asen Somo a mené sa petite enquête.
Norfund reports losses of over $23 million on its investments in the UK company Agrica and its large-scale rice plantation in the Kilombero Valley of Tanzania.
In Colombia, big agribusinesses, cattle ranchers, transnational corporations, and wealthy landowners have been able to claim land that is not theirs by acquiring titles through a legal system farming families have no access to.
Salala Rubber Corporation holds a concession of over 40,000 hectares in central Liberia, but has often been accused of land grabbing and destruction of the locals’ farms
There are 22 impoverished villages of over 2,000 inhabitants surrounding the Salala Rubber Corporation, and all are contending that the company turns over their land of inheritance, which it claimed without their consent years ago.
Enquête inédite à propos d'un scandale foncier au Sénégal sur fond d'exploitation du sol au profit de capitaux étrangers nichés dans des paradis fiscaux.
Members of the Auyu tribe of Papua, Indonesia, are demanding a halt to the operations of palm oil company PT Indo Asiana Lestari (IAL), which appears to be gearing up to clear their ancestral forests. IAL’s concession is part of the Tanah Merah megaproject that is already dogged by allegations that key operating permits have been falsified.
A fund that supports Saudi agriculture investments abroad on the condition that at least 50 per cent of the project’s crops be exported to the Kingdom has tripled the value of its loans since 2016.
A study of 1,500 large land deals totalling 37 million hectares - across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and eastern Europe - showed that clearing the land for farming may have emitted about 2.3 gigatonnes of carbon emissions.
The World Bank and the European Union stand ready to provide technical support and other resources for Ukraine to successfully implement farmland reform, says World Bank economist.
Lors de son face-à-face avec la presse le 31 décembre dernier, le chef de l’Etat sénégalais avait dit demandé au «ministre des Finances d’engager des réformes afin qu’il ne soit plus possible d’octroyer des titres fonciers sur les terres arables».
Le fondateur de Microsoft possède plus de terres agricoles aux États-Unis que n'importe quel propriétaire terrien privé américain, selon The Land Report.
The violence inherent in the colonial plantation model does not spare systems of collective organization, food sovereignty, community care, cultural and language diversity, and ancestral knowledge.
"Le fait que des étrangers s'installe ici, ne pose pas de problème, à condition qu'ils ne fassent pas de production intensive et qu'ils respectent les normes écologiques" explique le porte parole de la Confédération Paysanne en Mayenne
Au Cameroun, les populations rurales accusent la Socapalm, une entreprise de plantation de palmiers à huile, de les déposséder de leurs terres. Elisabeth Asen Somo a mené sa petite enquête.
Norfund reports losses of over $23 million on its investments in the UK company Agrica and its large-scale rice plantation in the Kilombero Valley of Tanzania.
In Colombia, big agribusinesses, cattle ranchers, transnational corporations, and wealthy landowners have been able to claim land that is not theirs by acquiring titles through a legal system farming families have no access to.
Salala Rubber Corporation holds a concession of over 40,000 hectares in central Liberia, but has often been accused of land grabbing and destruction of the locals’ farms
There are 22 impoverished villages of over 2,000 inhabitants surrounding the Salala Rubber Corporation, and all are contending that the company turns over their land of inheritance, which it claimed without their consent years ago.
A Senegalese judge finds no evidence of alleged corruption over the sale of gas contracts to British energy giant BP, an affair suspected of possible links to Senhuile agibusiness project
FirstFarms, controlled by Danish investors, has consolidated its position in the eastern part of Romania, where it owns silos with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, by taking over lease contracts for 400 hectares.
The project led by the South African company will cultivate 60,000 hectares of land in order to produce 300,000 tons of maize and 90,000 tons of soya annually.
A report by Global Witness has found that more than 100 Indonesian palm oil mills supplying agribusiness giants ADM and Bunge have been accused of land and human rights violations and environmental destruction.
Bullish returns from farmland investments are likely to falter in 2021 because of Australia's increasingly prickly trade relationship with our huge agricultural export customer, China.
Aunque hace casi tres años, a través de una tutela, la Corte Suprema le otorgó derechos a la Amazonía y conminó al gobierno y a los entes territoriales para crear una política de protección de nuestros bosques, el zarpazo ambiental de los acaparadores de tierras prosigue sin tregua.
Enquête inédite à propos d'un scandale foncier au Sénégal sur fond d'exploitation du sol au profit de capitaux étrangers nichés dans des paradis fiscaux.
Bill Gates devient le plus grand exploitant agricole privé des États-Unis
Le fondateur de Microsoft possède plus de terres agricoles aux États-Unis que n'importe quel propriétaire terrien privé américain, selon The Land Report.
