farmlandgrab.org | Sierra Leone

Land owners are protesting against lease agreement with large scale investor
- Green Scenery
- 03 October 2011
Since Monday evening more than a hundred land owners are blocking the Socfin operation area
Agric. Ministry boosts rice production for food security
- Awoko
- 21 September 2011
Dutch-owned Genesis farms is producing Nerica rice seeds on 220 acres of land leased for 20 years in Port Loko District, Sierra Leone.
Palm oil fuels land grabs in Africa
- Pambazuka
- 15 September 2011
As foreign investors descend on Africa to develop large-scale palm oil plantations, the survival of local people is being threatened as they lose control of the land and water on which they depend for their food production and livelihoods
L’accaparement des terres en Afrique de l’Ouest continue
- PPP
- 09 September 2011
En Afrique de l’Ouest le phénomène des terres fertiles bradées à des investisseurs étrangers a atteint des dimensions dramatiques, comme le montre un rapport du conseil des églises de l’Afrique de l’Ouest ACCEAO, partenaire de Pain pour le prochain.
Sierra Leones Hungerfalle
- Neues Deutschland
- 19 July 2011
Landraub von Multis für die Ethanol-Produktion verschärft die Ernährungslage
La production d’éthanol menace toujours les terres africaines: Le projet d’Addax Bioenergy en Sierra Leone suscite la polémique
- Afrik.com
- 11 July 2011
Sécurité foncière et alimentaire versus développement énergétique, la polémique est (r)ouverte.
En Sierra Leone, des communautés trahies par une entreprise suisse
- Le Courrier
- 09 July 2011
Des enquêtes d’ONG confirment que le projet de la société Addax Bioenergy dans la région de Makeni ne profite pas aux populations locales.
Sierra Leone: controverse sur des accords fonciers pour du biocarburant
- AFP
- 06 July 2011
Un projet de plantation de canne à sucre pour produire de l'éthanol et du biocarburant en Sierra Leone, présenté comme le plus grand investissement agricole dans ce pays ouest-africain, soulève des craintes sur la sécurité alimentaire et les droits fonciers des paysans.
The new African land grab
- Al Jazeera
- 01 July 2011
African farmers do need investment and support. They desperately need decent roads and access to local markets, processing equipment to add value to their own diverse farm produce, storage and drying facilities to prevent post-harvest losses, and basic amenities such as schools and health centres and water wells to improve rural lives, so that farming communities can thrive. But foreign investors are not in business to provide any of these things.
Sierra Leone opposition urges scrapping of land deals
- AFP
- 29 June 2011
A leading Sierra Leone opposition party has called on the government to cancel major land deals signed with international investors, saying they were taking away the livelihood of peasant farmers.
Sierra Leone Environment Protection Agency investigates Addax environmental activities in Makeni communities
- Standard Times
- 28 June 2011
Full force delegation headed by the EPA Executive Chairperson, Madam Haddijatou Jallow, visited the Addax operational areas and got first hand information from the community people.
Study reveals alarming facts about plantation of Addax Bioenergy in Sierra Leone
- Bread for all
- 15 June 2011
The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food today published the Independent Study report on the sugarcane project of the Geneva based firm Addax Bioenergy.