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Declaration: No to abuse against women in industrial oil palm plantations

We said it in Mundemba, Cameroon, we reiterated it in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, we re-affirm this in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: the abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm plantations must STOP!
Liberia passes landmark law to secure ancestral land rights

Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory,
Liberia : la très attendue loi foncière enfin promulguée

La loi autorise pour la première fois des ressortissants étrangers à faire l’acquisition de parcelles de terrain, à condition que celles-ci soient utilisées dans le but déclaré lors de l’achat.
Selon Transparency International, le titre foncier est un foyer de corruption le plus dévastateur au Cameroun

Selon Ti-c, les principaux problèmes que rencontrent les populations en matière foncière, dont l’accaparement des terres, ont pour dénominateur commun le titre foncier.
Move to acquire lands in Sudan for farming

The Government of Bangladesh has decided to acquire land in Sudan in a bid to explore commercial farming opportunities in the Northeast African country.
Hassad merges its agricultural portfolio with Australian firm

Qatar's Hassad Foods continues the strategic repositioning of its Australian agricultural investments, securing an agreement to transfer its agricultural portfolio to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.
Harvard purchases 741,000 acres and creates conflict with local communities

The US university, through its endowment fund, maintains a business chain with Brazilian companies and its subsidiaries to circumvent Brazilian law, according to a report.
The village women taking on the palm oil giant

Award-winning Cameroonian journalist Madeleine Ngeunga and Fern’s Indra Van Gisbergen recently visited villages in the shadow of Socapalm’s oil palm plantations to see if the issues driving the dispute between locals and the company are being resolved.
Saudi Arabia's Salic is said to be close to Ukraine farming deal

Saudi Arabia’s state-run Salic is nearing a deal to buy Mriya Agro Holding Plc, which would take the Salic-operated farming area in Ukraine to just over 200,000 hectares.
Les mégaprojets agricoles dans le sud de l’Algérie, sont-ils une tromperie ?

Il parait que de richissimes hommes d’affaires algériens ont bénéficié des terres agricoles avec des superficies de 10 000 ha, mais jusqu’à présent aucun investissement n’a été réalisé.

Declaration: No to abuse against women in industrial oil palm plantations

We said it in Mundemba, Cameroon, we reiterated it in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, we re-affirm this in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: the abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm plantations must STOP!

21 Sep 2018 WRM, GRAIN et al

Liberia passes landmark law to secure ancestral land rights

Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory,

21 Sep 2018 Reuters

Preparation of an international guidance document on agricultural land investment contracts

A UNIDROIT Working Group is currently developing, in collaboration with FAO and IFAD, an instrument on agricultural land investment contracts.

21 Sep 2018 Unidroit

Imposer la vérité face aux tout-puissants: Ces villageoises qui s'opposent au géant de l'huile de palme

La journaliste camerounaise Madeleine Ngeunga et Indra Van Gisbergen de Fern se sont rendues dans des villages aux abords de deux plantations de palmiers à huile de la Socapalm afin de déterminer si les problèmes à l'origine des différends entre les habitants et la société étaient en passe d'être résolus.

20 Sep 2018 Fern

Liberia : la très attendue loi foncière enfin promulguée

La loi autorise pour la première fois des ressortissants étrangers à faire l’acquisition de parcelles de terrain, à condition que celles-ci soient utilisées dans le but déclaré lors de l’achat.

20 Sep 2018 AFP

Selon Transparency International, le titre foncier est un foyer de corruption le plus dévastateur au Cameroun

Selon Ti-c, les principaux problèmes que rencontrent les populations en matière foncière, dont l’accaparement des terres, ont pour dénominateur commun le titre foncier.

17 Sep 2018 Le Messager

Chinese investors shift agriculture practices in North

Widespread contract farming for Cavendish bananas to export to China began in the North of Thailand two years ago, along with a large-scale plantation owned by a Thai-Chinese joint venture.

17 Sep 2018 The Nation

Move to acquire lands in Sudan for farming

The Government of Bangladesh has decided to acquire land in Sudan in a bid to explore commercial farming opportunities in the Northeast African country.

17 Sep 2018 Daily New Nation

Kebbi farmers allege takeover of farmlands

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria decries the takeover of 14,000 ha of farmlands by the Kebbi State government to give to a company for cassava planting

17 Sep 2018 Daily Trust

Foreign farm tax to drive agri REITs: Pitcher Partners

Under a proposal from Australia's federal government the 15 per cent concessional rate of withholding tax for foreign investors in agricultural land will be lifted to 30 per cent by July 1 next year.

17 Sep 2018 AFR

Hassad merges its agricultural portfolio with Australian firm

Qatar's Hassad Foods continues the strategic repositioning of its Australian agricultural investments, securing an agreement to transfer its agricultural portfolio to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.

17 Sep 2018 Gulf Times

Palma da olio: le piantagioni maledette del Congo orientale

Guardiani delle piantagioni di palma da olio che tormentano la popolazione, salari bassi e contratti fantasma: ecco la denuncia dei leader comunitari raccolta dalle ong nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo.

17 Sep 2018 Osservatorio Diritti

Mini-dossier : Le parlement allemand controle PHC/Feronia

Une délégation du parlement allemand vient d'effectuer une mission de contrôle des activités de l’entreprise Plantation et Huilerie du Congo PHC/Feronia. Reportage de Radio Okapi.

14 Sep 2018 Radio Okapi

Harvard farmland acquisitions criticized as unethical

A new report accuses Harvard University’s endowment of contributing to “environmental destruction,” and the displacement and harassment of communities in its pursuit to acquire $1 billion worth of farmland worldwide over the past decade.

14 Sep 2018 Chief Investment Officer

'I ran away but she sat there... Then they smiled and shot her'

Front Line Defenders identifies the root causes of violence in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Philippines, where more than 80% of the human rights defenders killed globally over the last four years were murdered.

14 Sep 2018 The Journal

Harvard purchases 741,000 acres and creates conflict with local communities

The US university, through its endowment fund, maintains a business chain with Brazilian companies and its subsidiaries to circumvent Brazilian law, according to a report.

13 Sep 2018 Brasil de Fato

The village women taking on the palm oil giant

Award-winning Cameroonian journalist Madeleine Ngeunga and Fern’s Indra Van Gisbergen recently visited villages in the shadow of Socapalm’s oil palm plantations to see if the issues driving the dispute between locals and the company are being resolved.

12 Sep 2018 Fern

Saudi Arabia's Salic is said to be close to Ukraine farming deal

Saudi Arabia’s state-run Salic is nearing a deal to buy Mriya Agro Holding Plc, which would take the Salic-operated farming area in Ukraine to just over 200,000 hectares.

12 Sep 2018 Bloomberg

Cargill quits farming ties to big Temora agribusiness as new investors flood in

The intensifying US-China trade war, plus our comparatively cheap agricultural land are among key reasons overseas investor groups have ramped up buying interest in rural Australia this year.

12 Sep 2018 NQR

Harvard’s farmland holdings come under fire in new report

A new report details the web of companies with which Harvard Management Company, the university’s investment arm, directly invests in farmland around the world, risking conflict with communities from California to Brazil.

10 Sep 2018 Harvard Crimson

Journée internationale des monocultures au Gabon

Le président de Muyissi environnement à Mouila, Ladislas Désiré Ndembet, invité de l'émission Focus sur La voix de la Dola

10 Sep 2018 La voix de la Dola

Les mégaprojets agricoles dans le sud de l’Algérie, sont-ils une tromperie ?

Il parait que de richissimes hommes d’affaires algériens ont bénéficié des terres agricoles avec des superficies de 10 000 ha, mais jusqu’à présent aucun investissement n’a été réalisé.

08 Sep 2018 Maghreb Emergent

Harvard University accused of land grab & violation of indigenous people's rights: study

The university's endowment fund, meant to support educational and research goals, was misused to acquire 850,000 hectares of farmland across 5 continents during the past 10 years.

08 Sep 2018 Down to Earth

Québec : Les libéraux veulent freiner la vente de terres agricoles à des fonds d'investissement

Sans le nommer directement, Philippe Couillard s’est engagé à « limiter » les activités de rachat de terres agricoles de l’un des cofondateurs de la CAQ, Charles Sirois, qui dirige le fonds d’investissement Pangea.

07 Sep 2018 Journal du Quebec

Harvard’s foreign farmland investment mess

The university’s holdings in developing markets have proved to be more trouble than they’re worth.

07 Sep 2018 Bloomberg