Video: West African women defend traditional palm oil
- GRAIN
- 18 May 2016
New video shows how rural women in West Africa are working to protect traditional palm oil production in the face of land grabbing by industrial oil palm plantations.
New video shows how rural women in West Africa are working to protect traditional palm oil production in the face of land grabbing by industrial oil palm plantations.
The Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles – West Africa invites you to join the West African Caravan for Land, Water and Seeds, which will mobilize 15 countries of the sub-region in March 2016
Invited by Synergie Paysanne, civil society in West Africa discusses strategies against land grabbing, 23 -25 September 2014 in Cotonou, Benin.
The state government has recently acquired land in Shongai, Benin Republic as part of effort to increase arable farmlands beyond the state’s boundaries for food production.
Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective? Not really, says GRAIN.
February 2012 workshop in Ouidah, Benin brought together over thirty participants from farmer organisations and NGOs in West and Central Africa to share experiences and analysis of land grabs.
Overview of the palm oil sector in West Africa - major players (Siva, SIAT, Sime Darby, SIFCA, Bolloré, Olam...), hectarage under foreign corporate control, etc.
New study by SNV and the Royal Tropical Institute looks at rising farmland acquisitions by domestic agro-investors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Benin has vast untapped lands that could be used to produce palm oil and increase the output of agricultural products, the state-owned Office de Radiodiffusion et Television reported today, citing Geng Wenbing, Chinese ambassador to Benin.
The participants will explore emerging trends in agriculture in GCC states and Africa and debate on how to turn them into mutually beneficial business relations between the two sides.
MCC is playing a key role in commodifying Africa’s farmlands
"Our country has rich agricultural resources, which could provide steady food security to Saudi Arabia," said Akinde Rene Robert