Olam has snapped up a diverse global portfolio of assets that includes rice farms in Nigeria, almond orchards in Australia, dairy operations in Uruguay and coffee plantations in Laos.
Organisations from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo, agree to a "joint position" on the expansion of palm oil in the region.
Amatheon’s Ugandan plans comprise rainfed growing of crops such as maize, soya beans, sunflower, rice and sorghum, and it is actively looking into livestock production.
Les agriculteurs maliens soutiennent les réformes lancées par le gouvernement, mais demandent aussi la fin de blocages dans le règlement des litiges fonciers.
La aprobación por Senado del convenio con China y la posterior visita del Vicegobernador de Río Negro al Dragón asiático reactualizan los incumplidos anuncios de inversiones por u$s 20.000 millones realizados por Néstor Kirchner y de € 1.148 millones el ex gobernador Saiz.
Des villageois protestent contre une compagnie chinoise qu’ils accusent d’accaparer illégalement leurs terres.
Some liken farmland investment to real estate and infrastructure 20 years ago.
The country's cast system has driven many activists in Mauritania to protest the ongoing land grabs by corporations against local farmers who are then forced to work the land they previously owned.
Commercial farming, with its vast tracts of land, is running into problems in Ethiopia’s Gambella region – and local communities are reaping few benefits
Des sociétés étrangères ont signé plus de 60 accords pour développer des plantations de palmiers à huile en Afrique
A mounting body of evidence has shown that the industry has benefited from the violence surrounding the country’s longstanding civil war.
El acuerdo contempla “la cuestión energética, minera, la agricultura, la manufactura y la posibilidad de poder distribuir de mejor manera los productos agropecuarios”, entre otras cosas.