Compagnie Fruitier in Ghana hopes that issues of land allocation to local farmers would be expedited to avoid the problem of encroachment on lands already allocated.
Residents of 22 indigenous Kpelle communities, dispossessed of their customary land, cultural sites, and livelihoods, have filed a groundbreaking legal action against the Salala Rubber Corporation (Socfin group) and the Liberian government.
Zambia plans on attracting overseas investment in export agriculture by opening up 100,000 ha and by using a $300 million World Bank loan to improve roads, electricity and dams.
Organisations call for a halt to IFC’s financing of industrial agriculture as it undermines the diversified, agroecological food systems that support food sovereignty
Des organisations demandent l’arrêt du financement par la SFI des projets d’agrobusiness industriel qui sapent les systèmes alimentaires agroécologiques diversifiés sur lesquels repose la souveraineté alimentaire.
Organizaciones solicitan que se detenga la financiación de la CFI a los agronegocios industriales que socavan los sistemas alimentarios diversificados y agroecológicos que fortalecen la soberanía alimentaria.
The partnership is expected to remove bureaucratic obstacles that hinder easy access to lands for agricultural and industrial investments.
The Zambian farming company, backed by Norfund and the World Bank's IFC, has been sold by South Africa's Zeder Investments to a group of businessmen.
The World Bank’s private sector arm approved a US$200M loan to agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company under the guise of “sustainable development.
Combined, land formalisation and large-scale agro-investments lead to a systematic dispossession of village land.
Zambeef will use the funds to upgrade its feed mill, animal housing, purchase new equipment and develop 1,000 hectares of irrigation land, among other activities.
A major loan was approved this week for an industrial food producer operating in Brazil, despite concerns that the money would ultimately fund activities that contribute to deforestation.
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