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«Le marché ne peut pas régler le problème de l’accaparement des terres» constate Bernard Lehmann, directeur de l’office fédéral (Suisse) de l’agriculture
Activist Maks Bokaev speaks to demonstrators at a protest rally against the sale of land to foreigners in Atyrau, Kazahstan on April 24, 2016. (Photo: RFE)
The US venture capital company, Verdant Frontiers, established Verde Beef in 2014 with 100 hectares of land provided by the Oromia regional government in Adami Tulu, within the Batu (Zeway) area. The farm has since been expanded to 1,300 ha, and holds around 5,000 cattle.
Mt Elizabeth is one of Western Australia eight properties expected to be sold to Chinese property development company Shanghai Zenith. (Photo: Matt Brann)
Denmark's Agricultural Minister Lunde Larsen and Denmark business representatives meet with Indonesia's Investment Board and Chamber of Commerce. Indonesia's Agriculture Minister says his government will allocate two million hectares of land for cattle and maize and sugarcane plantations under the investment deal signed with Denmark.
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal witnessing the signing of agreement between Sokoto State Government and the Henan Province of China.
In this Feb. 26, 2015, photo, a member of the Bunong tribe walks his motorbike in Bousra, in Mondulkiri province, in eastern Cambodia. Despite promised development as part of rubber plantations in the area, many roads in the area are still dirt, sometimes impassable in rainy season. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Prince Sultan Bin Nasser Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has sued three Kenyans he accuses of forging his signature and transferring ownership of a multi-billion shilling company that has leased 100,000 acres at Galana, Kilifi County, to cultivate sugarcane. (Photo: AFP)
Danish farm operator FirstFarms says that it aims by 2020 to increase its farmed area in Slovakia from the current 9,300 hectares to 12,000 hectares.
Du 3 au 20 mars 2016, une « Caravane pour la terre, l’eau et les semences paysannes » a sillonné l’Afrique de l’Ouest, pour faire entendre la voix des paysan/nes de toute la sous-région, mis à mal par des politiques agricoles qui privilégient l’agrobusiness, l’agriculture, la pêche et l’élevage industriels, au détriment des producteurs et productrices, des pêcheurs artisanaux, des agropasteurs. (Photo : Agence Mediaprod)
Nelson García et Berta Cáceres étaient tous deux membres de Copinh, le Conseil civique des organisations populaires indigènes du Honduras, qui défend les droits du peuple lenca, menacé par le barrage d’Agua Zarca, qui bloquerait leur accès à la rivière Gualcarque, fleuve sacré et source majeure d’eau et de nourriture. Photo : Edgard Garrido/Earth First Journal
Romanian grapes are picked by farm workers as US private equity firm Paine & Partners acquired European Union agricultural producer, Spearhead International, which has operations in Romania and several other countries. Photo: AFP
One year after their arrest on March 15, 2015, three food, land, and human rights defenders continue to languish in an Ethiopian jail on the spurious charge of “terrorism”.
