In the lead up to the sixth European Union – African Union Summit, small, rural farmers from umbrella organisations in Africa and Europe are calling for coherent policies that protect small-scale African and European agriculture.
As matérias representam ameaça às garantias constitucionais e selam um pacto do parlamento com a especulação imobiliária, a grilagem de terras e a destruição da Amazônia e do Cerrado para avanço do agronegócio.
El reclamo por Lago Escondido puso la lupa en la extranjerización de la tierra
Aujourd’hui, on compte 730 fonds d’investissement spécialisés dans le secteur de l’alimentation et l’agriculture, qui gèrent plus de $120 milliards, contre seulement environ 50 fonds en 2005
Sauvons la forêt et l’Oakland Institute ont envoyé une pétition de 72 643 signatures à trois organisations des Nations Unies - le PNUD, le PAM et l’Unicef - afin de les alerter sur leurs relations d’affaire avec le Groupe Bolloré, qui est accusé de corruption et, via sa filiale Socfin, de liens avec l’accaparement de terres.
The Bolloré Group is involved in rubber and oil palm plantations through its 39.4 percent shareholdings of SOCFIN, which controls close to 400,000 hectares of concessions for plantations in Asia and Africa.
Should Kenyans allow people to run Mumias Sugar who are accused of mass eviction by their sugarcane plantation companies in neighbouring Uganda?
La journaliste Lucile Leclair publie aujourd’hui au Seuil, une enquête exclusive sur l’accaparement de milliers d’hectares de terres par des multinationales de l’agroalimentaire et de la cosmétique.
The Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana has approved a $50m commitment to PGIM’s US agriculture fund.
Camvert SA, an agricultural production company controlled by Cameroonian business mogul Aboubakar al Fatih, recently signed an investment agreement with the API, Cameroon’s agency in charge of the promotion of private investments.
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) is buying into TIAA-CREF’s global farmland funds with a $456m investment.
An EU audit found that the Czech Republic's former prime minister, the billionaire Andrej Babiš, had improperly kept control of his food and farming conglomerate Agrofert while in office.
