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Cameroun: Expropriation et indemnisations, la presse invitée à faire bouger les lignes
- Koaci
- 09 May 2018
Au Cameroun, les populations locales sont de plus en plus victimes d’expropriation forcée selon le Réseau de lutte contre la faim (RELUFA)
Investissements étrangers chinois dans l’agriculture, quelles réalités ?
- Commodafrica
- 09 May 2018
Les investissements de la Chine dans l’agriculture à l’étranger ont quintuplé entre 2010 et 2016 pour atteindre $3,3 milliards en 2016, souligne une nouvelle étude du gouvernement américain.
Bolloré perd définitivement son premier procès en diffamation intenté à Bastamag
- Basta !
- 09 May 2018
Après cinq ans de procédure, la Cour de cassation vient de désavouer totalement et définitivement le groupe Bolloré qui attaquait le site Bastamag en diffamation.
African Palm Corp. signe un nouvel accord avec le Congo
- Boursica
- 08 May 2018
Les opérations d'African Palm Corp. s'étendront désormais en Guinée-Bissau et dans la République du Congo, conférant à la société un accès à 4,5 millions d'hectares de palmiers, selon un communiqué du groupe
Algeria to open farming concessions to foreigners
- Reuters
- 08 May 2018
Algeria plans to offer foreign investors concessions for farm land for the first time, according to an official document, as the oil producer seeks to boost food output and reduce reliance on imports.
African Palm Corp. signs new agreement with the Congo, adding millions of hectares of palm trees to its growing West African portfolio
- PRNewswire
- 08 May 2018
African Palm Corp.'s operations will now extend into Guinea-Bissau and the Republic of the Congo, giving the Company access to a total of 4.5 million hectares of palm trees
L’Algérie ouvre la concession des terres agricoles aux étrangers
- Agence Ecofin
- 07 May 2018
Les investisseurs étrangers, particuliers ou personnes morales, peuvent désormais se voir attribuer des concessions sur les terres agricoles en Algérie. Un droit jusque-là réservé aux nationaux. C’est ce que rapporte Algérie Online.
Video: Land grabbing in Angola – a growing threat
- LWF
- 07 May 2018
A new land law was passed to protect small-scale farmers and rural communities. But often the legal procedure is not respected and farmers lose the land on which their livelihood depends.
Sierra Leone's small towns learn to fight against land grabs
- OZY
- 07 May 2018
Courts are beginning to rule in favor of the displaced communities, and companies are feeling pressured to offer compromises.
How a trade row may split the fortunes of two U.S. farm companies
- Reuters
- 07 May 2018
The threat of steep tariffs on soybeans, wheat and corn from an escalating U.S.-China trade dispute may decide the survivor among the two largest real estate funds in the hard-hit U.S. farm sector.
Anxiety grips long-suffering workers as Karuturi farm assets advertised for sale
- The Star
- 07 May 2018
More than 3,000 former workers of the troubled Karuturi flower farm in Kenaya were surprised to learn of the sale of the firm's after property in the media.
Indigenous organisations outraged by Ethiopian government's new land deal with iconic land grabber Karuturi
- ASO
- 07 May 2018
A new report by ASO provides an assessment of the Karuturi project and the other land deals that the Ethiopian government has promoted in Gambela over the past decade through its land policies