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Plantations Feronia: Un prêt de 10 millions d’argent belge à haut risque
- Apache
- 28 January 2021
Ce prêt à l’agribusiness, marqué par un conflit terrien violent, questionne en profondeur la politique de développement voulue par BIO et l’état belge.
Development finance as agro-colonialism: European development bank funding of Feronia-PHC oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- RIAO-RDC et al.
- 28 January 2021
A new report by an alliance of civil society organisations chronicles one of the most scandalous failures of development bank investment in agriculture.
Financement du développement sous forme d’agro-colonialisme: le financement des plantations d’huile de palme de Feronia-PHC en République démocratique du Congo par les banques européennes de développement
- RIAO et al
- 28 January 2021
Un nouveau rapport d'une alliance d'organisations de la société civile dévoile l'un des échecs les plus scandaleux des investissements des banques de développement dans l'agriculture.
En Mayenne, les terres agricoles intéressent de plus en plus d'étrangers
- France Bleu
- 11 January 2021
"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
European development bank involvement into Congolese palm oil company perpetuates racism of colonial-era land grab
- WRM
- 15 November 2020
Communities living within the concessions claimed by PHC have long sought to regain control over their lands and have called for negotiations to determine the conditions under which the company may be allowed to continue to operate.
Uganda: The criminal trial of the eight land rights defenders failed to take off
- Witness Radio
- 13 November 2020
The defenders believe that the charges brought against them are linked to their human rights work of mobilizing and empowering communities in Kiryandongo to resist violent evictions by foreign agribusiness companies.
Public Development Banks need to change to really contribute to inclusive and sustainable development
- European MPs
- 10 November 2020
European MPs issue an interparliamentary statement on the “Finance in common summit”, calling on public development banks to stop "harmful investments", such as those in the oil palm plantation company Feronia in the DR Congo.
Development banks must be held accountable for their disastrous oil palm plantation investments in the Congo
- GRAIN
- 24 September 2020
The Feronia case, and other development bank investment failures, shows that there is a need to overhaul development finance institutions practices and to consider whether it might be better to just shut them down entirely.
Côte d’Ivoire agriculture project secures Atradius-backed financing
- GTE Review
- 04 September 2020
Israeli and Dutch firms, backed by the Dutch export credit agency, have signed a €108mn deal to construct four agriculture production and training centres across Côte d’Ivoire. The scheme is devised by Green 2000, an Israel-headquartered company that specialises in agriculture projects. It involves the construction of four agriculture services and training centres, which provide land, facilities and machinery for producing fruit, vegetables, fish and other products.
Raped off their land: hallowing tales of Kiryandongo evictees
- Observer
- 01 September 2020
Numerous women say they were raped by workers of three multinational companies that have been evicting people off a chunk of land in Uganda measuring about 37.8 square miles to establish large scale commercial farms.
Agilis Partners speaks out on land grabbing allegations
- Uganda Tribune
- 27 August 2020
Agilis Partners has released a statement denying all allegations of land grabbing and assuring the public and its stakeholders that they have not evicted anyone from their land.
Nigeria: CHI Limited supports CBN’s backward integration program to boost country’s dairy industry
- FBA
- 25 August 2020
FrieslandCampina WAMCO and Neon Agro have agreed to acquire 10,000 hectares of land each, while Irish Dairy are to develop 4,000 hectares for their local milk production project.