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Zambian families evicted from commercial farms
- CAJ News
- 26 October 2017
Dozens of rural families have been left with no shelter or source of livelihoods following mass acquisition of land by commercial farmers.
Dongbu insurance arms to commit $40 mn to farmland/timberland fund
- Korean Investors
- 26 October 2017
South Korea’s Dongbu Group will commit 45 billion won ($40 million) to a timberland and farmland fund managed by Boston-based Hancock Natural Resource Group..
Sénégal: Les travailleurs de SENEGINDIA dans les rues : «Les Indiens nous font travailler comme des esclaves » (vidéo)
- Galsen 221
- 26 October 2017
Les travailleurs de SENEGINDIA sont descendus dans les rues ce mardi pour dénoncer ce qu’ils qualifient d’esclavage
Campanha Não ao ProSavana: Declaração dos povos
- Campanha Não ao ProSavana
- 25 October 2017
Reuniram-se na Maputo na III Conferência Triangular dos Povos organizada pela campanha Não ao ProSavana nos dias 24 e 25 de Outubro de 2017 cerca de 200 pessoas do Moçambique, Brasil e Japão com objectivo de reflectir de forma profunda e democrática o modelo de desenvolvimento de Moçambique.
No to ProSavana campaign: Peoples’ declaration
- No to ProSavana campagin
- 25 October 2017
The 3rd Peoples’ Triangular Conference organized by the No to ProSavana Campaign on 24-25 October 2017 gathered 200 members of the campaign from Mozambique, Brazil and Japan to profoundly and democratically reflect on Mozambique's development model.
Moçambique: missionárias contra os "ladrões de terras"
- IHU
- 24 October 2017
"Os proprietários das empresas estrangeiras (bem como moçambicanas), uma vez obtida uma concessão do governo, apossam-se pedaço por pedaço, hectare por hectare da ‘cachamba’ comunitária"
Camponeses querem travar o ProSavana
- VOA Portugues
- 24 October 2017
Receia-se que o ProSavana implemente o modelo de monoculturas e latifúndios voltados para o mercado externo, tal como ocorreu no Brasil.
SenegIndia : Les travailleurs décrètent 48 heures de grève
- Leral.net
- 23 October 2017
Selon les syndicalistes, il y a des gens qui travaillent dans la société, qui exploite 1500 ha pour produire des pommes de terre, sans contrat et les journaliers restent parfois deux semaines sans être payés
Interview with Geoffrey Morley, Director, Cross Agriculture Ltd, bronze sponsors of the Agribusiness Congress East Africa in Kampala
- Agri-East Africa
- 23 October 2017
"We currently manage over 50 000 acres of agricultural land in East Africa and are growing over 20 different crops."
Mozambique, los latidos de la tierra
- Noticias de Navarra
- 21 October 2017
La estación de autobuses inaugura una muestra sobre el paso del suelo africano a manos de multinacionales.
Quatre ONG de solidarité claquent la porte des Etats généraux de l’alimentation
- Le Monde
- 20 October 2017
« C’est ahurissant que l’on ne parle ni de problème structurel, ni des conséquences négatives des activités » des sociétés implantées en Afrique, notamment en matière d’accaparement des terres
Saudi makes food security play through Black Sea grain joint venture
- Food Navigator
- 20 October 2017
Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Investment Company has joined the UAE's Al Dahra in a US$1.3bn joint venture to make agribusiness acquisitions in 10 countries in the Black Sea region, including the acquisition of farmland.