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Coopération sino-camerounaise : les explications de la Chine sur ses acquisitions au Cameroun
- ACP
- 16 August 2019
Le gouvernement chinois corrige : les acquisitions de terres agricoles au Cameroun ne concernent "que" des concessions.
India's largest producer of cut roses initiates insolvency proceedings
- The Hindu
- 14 August 2019
Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process has been initiated against Bengaluru-based Karuturi Global, which owns large rose farm holdings in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Pune and Bengaluru.
Pourquoi aucune mesure n'est-elle prise pour arrêter l'assassin du défenseur foncier Joël Imbangola Lunea?
- RIAO-RDC et al
- 14 August 2019
Vingt-quatre jours se sont écoulés depuis que le défenseur des droits foncier Joël Imbangola Lunea a été brutalement tué par le chef de la sécurité de la compagnie canadienne d'huile de palme Feronia Inc. à Bempumba en RD Congo
Why is no action being taken to arrest the killer of DR Congo land defender Joël Imbangola Lunea?
- RIAO-RDC et al
- 14 August 2019
Twenty-four days have passed since land defender Joël Imbangola Lunea was brutally killed by Canadian palm oil company Feronia Inc.'s chief of security at Bempumba, in the Province of Equateur of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Impact investorAgDevCo expands into Cote d’Ivoire with €8.7M palm oil and cashew investment
- Global AgInvesting
- 12 August 2019
UK-based investor AgDevCo has expanded its geographic reach into Cote d’Ivoire with an €8.7 million investment in DekelOil, an agribusiness leader in the West African palm oil and cashew sectors.This investment brings AgDevCo’s portfolio to more than 40 active investments totaling $170 million across sub-Saharan Africa.
The great land robbery
- The Atlantic
- 12 August 2019
The shameful story of how 1 million black families have been ripped from their farms. A war waged by deed of title has dispossessed 98 percent of black agricultural landowners in America.
Le Brésil, géant agricole pas vraiment vert
- AFP
- 11 August 2019
L’augmentation croissante des exportations agricoles du Brésil suscite des craintes d’une nouvelle avancée de la frontière agricole brésilienne, au détriment de la forêt amazonienne, « poumon de la planète », et d’autres écosystèmes menacés.
Brothers build multi-million mixed farm in Masindi
- Daily Monitor
- 11 August 2019
US Ambassador visits large-scale farm of Asili Farms, a US owned-company farming maize and oilseed on 13,500 acres in Uganda.
Failed commercial farms
- The Reporter
- 10 August 2019
Birhanu Fikade of "The Reporter" sat down with Atkyelesh G.M. Persson (PhD) to learn about her findings on large scale FDI that failed to deliver the desired results in Ethiopia
Karuturi, Saudi Star et al labeled poor performers, less responsible investors
- The Reporter
- 10 August 2019
Scholar and employee of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Atkyelesh G.M. Persson, recommends that the government, private sector and academia further investigate the potential damages large scale farms have perpetrated in Ethiopia and beyond.
Au Cameroun, Greenpeace Africa plaide pour la sécurisation des terres des peuples autochtones
- Scoops d'Afrique
- 09 August 2019
A l’occasion de la célébration de leur journée internationale, Greenpeace Afrique se joint aux peuples autochtones du Cameroun pour demander le respect des droits à leurs forêts, face aux entreprises responsables d’accaparement des terres.
Bolsonaro ignores fears for Amazon amid record land-grab
- The Australian
- 09 August 2019
A record amount of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest was cut down or destroyed last month, fuelling concerns that under President Jair Bolsonaro, illegal miners and farmers are involved in a free-for-all land grab.