Land is life. But for millions of small-scale farmers and food producers, including indigenous communities, access to land and resources is undermined by monopoly control of landlords and big corporations. Support "No Land, No Life" campaign.
The decision by the government to invite and accommodate investors in large scale farming has divided the nation into two alliances: the government-investor versus NGO-smallholder farmers.
Les expropriations foncières en Mauritanie ne visent que les terres contrôlées par les Noirs du pays, négro-africains et haratines, toujours au profit de la couche arabe beydane (maures blancs).
Kuban Agricultural Holding is in talks to sell a stake with a number of Asian funds and investment companies, including Chinese firm CIC, which is interested in Basic Element's livestock division.
Il “land grabbing”, testualmente "accaparramento della terra" da parte di multinazionali nei Paesi in via di sviluppo, è una piaga che non sembra fermarsi. Per aiutare i contadini della Tanzania, tra le vittime di questo fenomeno, ActionAid ha lanciato un appello.
European food companies are illegally grabbing land from smallhold farmers in Africa as part of the G8 New Alliance project, says an Action Aid report published this month.
An official of Davao City, Philippines said Monday that a Malaysian company is set to develop a 1,000-hectare property for oil palm in Marilog District.
DanChurchAid, CARE Denmark and MS calls for more transparency of pension investments in African agriculture.
Senhuile SA, il controverso e contestassimo consorzio agro-alimentare italo-senegalese di proprietà del Gruppo Finanziario Tampieri di Faenza è finito di nuovo sotto i riflettori.
Ce guide vise à attirer des investissements dans l'agriculture tout en assurant que ceux-ci contribuent à sortir les gens de la pauvreté, participent au développement rural et protéger l'environnement.
This week members of the Private Sector Mechanism (PSM) were at the UN FAO Head Quarters in Rome to give their views on how new Principles on Responsible Agricultural Investment can be used to respond to the urgent need to increase global investment in farm production.
On Monday, March 23th the World Bank's Conference on Land and Poverty begins in the US. But farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and others denounce the whole exercise as a sham that is all about accelerating corporate land grabs and robbing the poor that the Bank was founded to assist.