The financiers of destruction
- De Olho nos Ruralistas
- 18 July 2022
How multinational companies sponsor agribusiness lobby and sustain the dismantling of socio-encironmental reglation in Brazil
How multinational companies sponsor agribusiness lobby and sustain the dismantling of socio-encironmental reglation in Brazil
La chaîne de supermarchés belge met en place de grands projets fonciers d’acquisition de terres agricoles, afin de faire produire les agricultrices et les agriculteurs pour ses propres besoins et demandes. Podcast de SOS Faim.
There will be plenty more scuffles between local populations and new global landlords. But, according to the Financial Times, such fights are unlikely to stem the tide of land investment.
Habrá muchos más enfrentamientos entre las poblaciones locales y los considerados nuevos terratenientes globales, según el Financial Times
Relatório inédito revela participação direta de multinacionais no lobby ruralista; além de atuar em associações que financiam o Instituto Pensar Agro, empresas como Bayer, Basf, Syngenta, JBS, Cargill e Nestlé mantiveram 278 reuniões com o alto escalão do governo Bolsonaro
Des accords controversés sont toujours en cours. Elite Agro, un grand propriétaire terrien de Serbie, basé à Abu Dhabi, a signé un accord pour des terres agricoles à Madagascar. African Agriculture (AAGR), basée aux États-Unis, a de grands projets pour la culture de la luzerne au Sénégal et a signé à la fin de l’année dernière des accords pour des terres au Niger.
La Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm) fait régulièrement l’objet d’accusations dans le cadre de ses activités, notamment le non-respect des normes environnementales, une mise à l’étroit des communautés, et une politique jugée esclavagiste à l’égard de ses employés, écrit EcoMatin
The oil palm is native to West Africa, where it plays a vital role in food security and local economies, especially for women. But in Sierra Leone, the arrival of an industrial oil palm plantation has threatened all this.
Romanian private equity company Roca Investments, part of Impetum Group, teamed up with RDF - a farming group developed by Romanian businessmen - to form an investment holding company.
The most effective means of countering corporate power is to restore control of the land and agricultural knowledge to the communities who live on and with the land.
Where village land is formalized to establish wildlife management areas or a large-scale agricultural investment, the interests of powerful actors are often prioritized over those of local communities.
Company owned by the US-based Legacy Group acquires 1,389 acres of farmland to bring its total landholdings in Colombia to 6,372 acres, with a total coffee tree count of 7.2 million.