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The committee has also suggested imposing a blanket ban on genetically modified organism (GMO) foods, crops and seeds. (Photo courtesy of Living Green Magazine)
Speaking on behalf of the joint civil society organizations, Ms. Aissata Dia condemned the airplane spread of fertilizer by Senhuile Company which may cause health hazard for people, livestock and the environment.
A peaceful march demonstration, with livestock, is in the agenda of an action plan to address the aggression from what they call “these invaders from Italy”.
Chief Gorgui Sow, of the village of Daymane, said ''The Activities of this Senhuile company deprives us of access to the majority of pastures and sources of food, water and firewood. Women, in particular, have returned to the Middle Ages, they are forced to travel long distances to access these resources.''
As they prepare a protest march, these populations launched an advocacy campaign and questioned on the Senegalese President Macky Sall on the issue of the Senhuile agribusiness project that is grabbing and destroying their land. (Photo: Wetlands Africa)
Dr Andre Homberg of Tabarak Investment Bank signing a memorandum of understanding with Zimbabwean VP Joice Mujuru on 18 April 2014
Il y a moins de deux ans, le bétail de cet éleveur sénégalais trouvait là des pâturages à perte de vue. Mais l'entreprise Senhuile l'a envoyé paître ailleurs, défrichant, creusant, clôturant tout autour du village.
A technical committee formed by Nepal's Ministry of Agricultural Development has recommended barring foreign investment and land ownership in primary farm production. (Photo: BBC)
Srouch, 13, sits on a tractor carrying labourers in and out of the sugar plantation in Cambodia, where he was working to substitute for his sick father, April 2014. (Photo: Matilde Gattoni/The National)
Almarai, the largest dairy producer in Saudi Arabia, has recently received the first shipment of feed estimated at 39 thousand tons coming from farms owned by the company in Argentina. (Photo: Al Riyadh)
Le Projet Sen Huile provoque d’intenses turpitudes dans le Ndiael où les populations s’offusquent que les bouleversements environnementaux occasionnés par le démarrage des travaux de Sen Huile
In March 2013, Serbia's Finance and Economy Minister Mla?an Dinki? and representatives of agro-industrial company Al Dahra signed a USD 400 million joint venture agreement. (Photo: B92)
Avangard, Ukraine's largest egg producer, is a 77% owned by Ukrlandfarming PLC, which is a Cyprus registered company controlled by Ukrainian oligarch Oleg Bakhmatyuk (above). US grain giant Cargill bought a 5% stake in Ukrlandfarming in January 2014. (Photo: Kiev Post)
Après concertation, les participantEs ont décidé, au vue de ces nouvelles encourageantes, de suspendre le Village des Sans Terre tout en restant extrêmement vigilent des suites et de la réelle application de ces engagements.
Grand port céréalier de Noble Group en Argentine. En acquérant une part majoritaire dans le groupe de négoce, le géant chinois Cofco renforce sa présence sur le marché mondial. - Photo Noble Group
A new survey of 223 asset managers, pension plans and pension consultants with combined assets of $13.4 trillion says that investments for defined-benefit contributions would focus on assets protected against inflation, such as farmland. Photo: Reuters/Mike Segar
