There is a tendency to regard forestland as free fertile land that could be easily allocated to investors. (Photo by Rod Waddington)
Family members and supporters of those accused in the Curuguaty massacre case pray in front of the courthouse in Asuncion, Paraguay, during a mass, July 10, 2016. | Photo: EFE
Israel owns 400,000 acres [161,874 ha] in Ethiopia, used to produce flowers that are exported to the Netherlands, according to Prof. Nader Noureddine.
India will enter into a government-to-government pact with Mozambique to buy pulses from farmers, for export back to India, without taking control of their land. (AP)
Farmers protest in front of the Agricultural Land Management and Statistics Department in Twante Township, Rangoon, on June 8, 2016, demanding that the vice president’s central land dispute committee resolve their claim regarding 900 acres of confiscated farmland. (Photo: Pyay Kyaw / The Irrawaddy)
Selon l’Union tunisienne de l’agriculture et de la pêche le nouveau code de l’investissement permettra aux structures financières étrangères non agricoles d’acquérir et d’exploiter des terres agricoles en Tunisie
"People do not have access to their lands. The leasing contracts with Addax are still valid and enforced, even if Addax does not cultivate the land at the moment."
Workers unload oil palm fruit in Banten Province, Indonesia. The important crop is the target of a new report alleging harsh labor conditions. PHOTOGRAPH BY DADANG TRI, BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES
Bill Kayong, a dedicated land rights activist and member of the opposition party in Malaysia’s Sarawak state, was killed in a drive-by shooting while waiting at a traffic light in broad daylight. Image via Twitter.
Les agrocarburants européens conduisent au déplacement de populations et à la destruction de leurs moyens de subsistance.
William Asiko, durecit of GROW Africa, previously worked for the Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation.
«Pendant que les actionnaires de SOCFIN se partagent les bénéfices, nous ne bénéficions que de miettes dans nos villages», regrette Pierre Mpouma, habitant du village Mpongo, dans Le Quotidien de l’Économie (LQE) en kiosque le mardi 21 juin 2016.
Houy Mai, a villager from Oddar Meanchey province, speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh yesterday about families that have lost land to sugarcane plantations across the country. (Photo: Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily)
“In Tanzania, it is as if we don’t exist,” said Salumu Kundaya Kidomwita, 60, a Barabaig cattle herder living within SAGCOT’s Kilombero crop cluster. “It is as if this is not our country.”(Photo: Dana Ullman / GroundTruth)
Measure 1, which would have loosened century-old corporate farming restrictions in North Dakota, failed on Tuesday, 75.7 to 24.3 percent. (Photo: NDFU)
Le mouvement brésilien de paysans sans terres (MST) quitte une ferme de Michel Temer après l'avoir occupée pendant 5 jours (Pedro Kirilos / Agência O Globo)
Charles Beigbeder : « Nous réfléchissons à la création d'un fonds agricole mondial » - Eugénie Martinez