The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) is very pleased that the Government announced that, as of December 2017, the rules around foreigners buying NZ farmland have been tightened up.
Pátria investimentos, in which the Blackstone Group owns 40%, has made its first investment in a Brazilian agricultural farm located in Luís Eduardo Magalhães, a municipality in Western Bahia, for an undisclosed amount.
Ask a land rights defender if there is a human right to land, and she will likely say “Yes", without a doubt. But, ask a human rights lawyer and you might get a more ambiguous response.
BrasilAgro might face the risk of losing access to clients and an overvaluation of its land portfolio because of its sustainability impacts.
Entidades elencaram 12 propostas consideradas prejudiciais para os camponeses e se articulam para ações conjuntas.
China’s Hunan Dakang International Food and Agriculture Co, which has acquired controlling stakes in two Brazilian soy companies, is next looking to enter the beef business in the country, its chairman told Reuters on Wednesday.
Il y a un an, le gouvernement colombien signait la paix avec les FARC-EP. Mais les paysans des régions où se déroulait la guerre voient leurs terres spoliées par les entreprises agro-industrielles soutenues par le gouvernement. Ils luttent en créant des « zones de biodiversité », racontent les auteurs de cette tribune.
Le président de la Banque africaine de développement a fustigé les conditions d’accès aux terres agricoles en Afrique.
The Ethiopian Horticulture and Agricultural Investment Authority says it is negotiating with Karuturi Global over a request to continue operations in Ethiopia, after long disagreement with the company about its 100,000 hectare farm project in Gambela Region.
The Senegalese president has finally given in to the pressure put by villagers who opposed the granting of 10,000 hectares to Afri Partner, a company owned by Moroccan businessman Anas Sefrioui.
Deux militants qui enquêtaient sur des accusations d’accaparement de terres de paysans par un maire de l’île de Negros ont été abattus aux Philippines, ont déclaré mercredi les autorités, aggravant le «climat d’impunité» dénoncé par les ONG.
Dans le cadre des évènements marquant le 57ème anniversaire de l’indépendance de la Mauritanie, le président a inauguré une extension d’une ferme agricole s’étendant sur une surface de 2 200 hectares
