Des ONG demandent à la France de se retirer de l'initiative de la Nouvelle alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire, lancée par le G8, qui selon elles "met en péril les droits fonciers des paysans".
Social movements and civil society organisations are invited to endorse this statement by Monday 1 June 2015.
Investigations reveal that 1,300 people are at risk of losing their land to make way for a sugarcane plantation, which is a flagship project of the G7’s initiative to increase agricultural investment in Africa.
Land-based investments in Africa supported by the G8's New Alliance follow similar patterns to unrealised ambitions of biofuels investments.
La loi ivoirienne sur le foncier rural sera-t-elle réformée pour plaire aux multinationales ?
Une interview avec ZAKARIA SAMBAKHE, de ACTIONAID
- Flamme d'Afrique
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26 Mar 2015
What kind of role should the private sector have in the post-2015 fight against poverty and food insecurity? And how should EU governments ensure it is genuinely inclusive and responsible? Yaekob Metena explores the possibilities.
Africa is seeing a new wave of colonialism as multinational corporations, aided by rich governments and financial institutions, vie to increase their control of land, seeds, water and other resources.
- Left Foot Forward
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06 Mar 2015
The approach taken by Ethiopia and India to reaching development goals and fulfilling environmental promises by leasing or buying large tracts of fertile land affects land, water and indigenous people.
- Digital Journal
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03 Mar 2015
ADECRU revelam que no âmbito da Nova Aliança do G8 foram efectivados negócios de terra com 5 empresas em Moçambique, numa área total de 33.300 hecatres.
STOP PALM OIL
- STOP PALM OIL
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06 February 2015
Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of fertile farmland.
- The Ecologist
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28 January 2015