Why do peasant farmers lose out when they produce for the palm oil industry? A publication based on experiences from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.
Dole Sunshine Co, which grows pineapples and other produce across more than 30,000 hectares of farmland in the Philippines, says it plans to increase its farm production area in the country
The Danish farming company FirstFarms announced that it reached an agreement to sell its assets in northwestern Romania, some 2,400 ha of land, for nearly EUR 14 mln, Profit.ro reported.
Dairy giant Fonterra has sold two joint venture farms in China to Singapore-based AustAsia Investment Holdings for US$115.5m.
Stanbic Bank, in Kenya, is now free to auction assets of Karuturi Ltd over a debt of USD 16.6 million after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by its shareholders and guarantors.
De l’accaparement des terres au travail forcé, de plus en plus de multinationales se retrouvent sous le feu des projecteurs pour violation des droits humains. Faut-il instaurer une réglementation internationale ?
La Confédération Paysanne du Faso (CPF) tire la sonnette d’alarme sur l'accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso et pointe de doigt le gouvernement
L’objectif principal des entreprises industrielles d’huile de palme est de maximiser leurs profits. Plus elles peuvent contrôler de terres, plus elles peuvent vendre d’huile de palme. Nouvelle brochure de WRM.
Global AgInvesting held its 13th annual gathering in the US with a special optional golf tournament at the exclusive Sleepy Hollow Country Club, bringing together ag investors, asset managers and agribusiness executives.
A joint statement issued by 97 Bunong indigenous families in Mondulkiri province expressed disappointment in the Tribunal of Nanterre in France which overruled their complaints concerning 2,386ha of disputed land with French company Bollore. The families from Pech Chreada district’s Bou Sra commune said they would grant lawyers the right to file an appeal in France.
Korean palm oil giant, Korindo has been rejected from the world's green certification body in the wake of a BBC investigation. Korindo controls more land in Papua than any other conglomerate. The company has cleared nearly 60,000 hectares of forests inside its concessions - an area the size of Chicago or Seoul.
In Japan, concerns are growing that emerging and developing countries, as sources of supply for food and natural resources, will fall under China's sway.
