Sime Darby

Small farmers lose livelihoods as 'controversial' palm-oil producing multinational moves in, report says

Alfred Quayjandi accuses both the Liberian government and Sime Darby of presenting a confused and angry population with a fait accompli, failing to consult local communities and bypassing or snubbing the local administration and traditional chiefs.

Des centaines de villageois et d'habitants des villes du comté de Grand Cape Mount ont attiré l'attention de toute la population libérienne afin de récupérer des terres qu'ils considèrent comme leur appartenant, mais qui ont été saisies et cédées à un groupe agro-industriel malaisien.

Hundreds of villagers and town residents of Liberia’s Grand Cape Mount Country have attracted nationwide attention in their bid to recover what they say is land seized from them and turned over to a Malaysian agro-industrial concern.

Unbeknown to many outside Liberia, Mrs. Johnson Sirleaf’s government may now be sowing the seeds of future conflict by handing over huge tracts of land to foreign investors and dispossessing rural Liberians.

Le gouvernement du Libéria a reconnu que des fraudes et des erreurs répétées ont été commises lors de la négociation de la concession « Sime Darby », dans les Comtés de Bomi et Grand Cape Mount.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf admits of errors in contract but calls on Liberians to respect the agreement and accuses NGOs of creating problems because they want funding from their partners.

The palm oil industry is "at the dawn of a new period of expansion" in part thanks to increasing interest from food groups, which are moving into production to ensure supplies of an increasingly important commodity.

Nous venons d’être informé par voie de presse que le projet de raffinerie d’huile de palme de Sime Darby à Port La Nouvelle était retardé

The West African nation of Liberia is rich is oil, diamonds and timber, but these natural resources have been both a blessing and a challenge for the fledgling democracy.

Radio programme investigates housing conditions for workers on Sime Darby's plantations project in Liberia.

Soumis à des contraintes d’espace, les groupes asiatiques multiplient les accords en Afrique. Si le pari est parfois risqué, les perspectives de la demande mondiale en huile de palme leur laissent entrevoir un fort retour sur investissement.