Cameroon

Feeding the 1 percent
- GRAIN
- 07 October 2014
An IT billionaire's foray into agribusiness paints a disturbing picture of today's farmland financiers.
Venkataramani Srivathsan : "Pour Olam, l'essentiel est d'identifier les maillons les plus rentables"
- Jeune Afrique
- 02 October 2014
"Nous avons appris en Afrique que ce n'est pas parce que le gouvernement vous accorde une concession que vous allez pouvoir travailler comme vous l'entendez. Il faut d'abord obtenir l'autorisation des populations locales."
Cameroon to develop 800 additional hectares of bananas
- blackseagrain.net
- 04 September 2014
A new 800 ha banana plantation is planned in Dehaene in the South region by a subsidiary of France's Compagnie Fruitière.
Lufthansa helps establish $600m biofuel fund
- PEI
- 04 September 2014
German airline Lufthansa in talks with several investment firms about taking on management of a private equity fund that will invest into farmland in Cameroon and Eastern Europe to grow oil crops.
Mbonjo: la malédiction de l’huile de palme au Cameroun
- Info Afrique
- 28 August 2014
Les populations riveraines des plantations de la Société des Palmeraies du Cameroun mènent une bataille tous azimuts pour faire respecter leurs droits violés impunément.
Continued judicial harassment against Mr. Nasako Besingi
- OPHRD
- 19 August 2014
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders calls upon the authorities of Cameroon to put an end to all acts of harassment against Besingi and all other human rights defenders in Cameroon.
When Wall Street went to Africa
- Foreign Policy
- 11 July 2014
A New York tycoon won a sweetheart deal to build a massive "sustainable" palm oil plantation in Cameroon. What followed were accusations of intimidation, corruption, bribery, and deceit.
Land grabber's paradise: Cameroonian environmentalist faces trial
- GRAIN et al
- 17 June 2014
GRAIN, the Oakland Institute and the World Rainforest Movement call on Herakles and the Cameroonian government to drop all charges against Nasako Besingi and his fellow activists and instead engage in good faith with local communities seeking to defend their lands.
Herakles Farms: Champions of illegal deforestation
- Greenpeace
- 27 May 2014
Greenpeace report reveals how US-based Herakles Farms colluded with government officials in Cameroon to illegally export timber that itself was illegally felled in order to establish a palm oil plantation.
Food security is about more than land grabs
- Think Africa Press
- 24 April 2014
Foreign powers are not just engaged in African land. They are also engaged in African food systems, often in damaging ways.
Cameroon: Upheaval in Nguti as impoverished communities urge banishment of Herakles Farms
- All Voices
- 08 April 2014
A demonstration the likes of which had never been seen before in that locality was witnessed in Babensi 2 village April 4 when more than 300 people staged a protest march against the American agro-industrial company.
Databank's fund targets agric projects across Africa
- GhanaWeb
- 01 April 2014
The Ghana-based fund already has investments in farms in Zimbabwe and Cameroon, a fertiliser plant in Madagascar, a beverage company in Zambia and a bakery in Nigeria.