Sime Darby to invest $3.1 bln in Liberia project
- Reuters
- 20 May 2011
Company also in talks with the government of Cameroon on a project estimated to be worth $2.1 billion.
Company also in talks with the government of Cameroon on a project estimated to be worth $2.1 billion.
Increasing industrial production of oil palm in sub-Saharan African countries, carried out by foreign corporations, is destroying the livelihoods of thousands of Africans and the biodiversity of ecosystems.
Un documentaire dénonçant les conditions de travail et l’accaparement de terres par la Société PHP, producteur de banane au Cameroun, a été interdit de projection.
Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia.
Bolloré, premier des investisseurs français en Afrique, et Vilgrain, représentant de ces derniers, n’ont de cesse de vanter les bénéfices de leurs activités sur le continent pour les populations.
Mohd Bakke Salleh, president and group chief executive of Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur earlier today that the group has identified 300,000 hectares (ha) of land in Cameroon that could be suitable for palm oil plantation.
Report provides legal analysis of twelve land deals from different parts of Africa, and discusses the contractual issues for which public scrutiny is most needed.
More South African farmers expect to receive land offers in Mozambique as they seek to expand across Africa amid uncertainty over land reform at home, an official from a mostly white farmers group said
Le documentaire de M6 sur la présence chinoise au Cameroun a apporté son lot de questions, notamment sur la problématique du riz au Cameroun.
L’entreprise filiale de la Somdiaa qui appartient au groupe français Vilgrain exploite des champs de canne à sucre dans la Haute Sanaga depuis 45 ans.
Enquête de la chaîne de télévision française M6 sur les activités économiques des Chinois au Cameroun y compris dans les domaines de la peche et la riziculture (4ème partie)