A group calling itself the Greater Tarsue Community of Butaw, Sinoe County, Liberia has strongly protested what they refer to as illegal land grab by Equatorial Palm Oil Company.
BAMAKO, sep (IPS) - En medio de la gran inestabilidad política de Malí, un grupo de pequeños agricultores recurren a la justicia para recuperar sus tierras pues, según dicen, fueron adquiridas por grandes inversores privados.
China’s giant sovereign wealth fund is looking to make its first significant investment in the Australian dairy industry, as it tries to lock up food supplies for its growing middle class.
Egypt's Prime Minister received Sheikh Nasser bin Mohamed Al Hageri, the head of the Qatari Hassad Foodstuff Company who is currently visiting Egypt to explore agricultural investments.
A new report by the Liberian NGO Sustainable Development Institute presents testimonies of people affected by Sime Darby operations in western Liberia and highlights the fears of others where the company plans to expand in the coming years.
One of the greatest threats Africa has ever faced is the impact from this new phenomenon of land-grabbing
Cambodia is in the grips of a prolonged land grabbing crisis, a slow-motion calamity that has seen over 2.1 million hectares of land – roughly the total area of Wales – transferred mostly from subsistence farmers into the hands of industrial agriculture firms.
Un projet de 'code de conduite international' pour encadrer les Investissements directs étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique est en circulation auprès des parties prenantes et d’institutions panafricaines, a indiqué jeudi à la PANA à Paris une source proche du dossier.
Small farmers are relocating their fields just to earn compensation from the commercial farmer...
Saudi Arabia has invested around 40 billion riyals in agricultural and livestock projects in the Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and Sudan, says chairman of the agricultural investment committee at the Saudi Council of Chambers.
Laguna Bay Pastoral Company Crop Fund No. 8 is a relatively new player in Australia’s rural property game, backed by the Global Endowment Fund based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Kingdom of Bahrain is seeking to conclude an agreement with the African Union Commission paving the way for the GCC bloc to ensure the food security by utilising the natural resources rich African continent.
