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Agribusiness, a step towards increased food dependency in Africa
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
Throughout the Congo Basin sub-region, whether in Mundemba (Cameroon) or Mboma (Gabon), we see agribusiness increasingly competing with local agricultural economies.
Families in southern Sierra Leone sue to recover land from agriculture companies
- Namati
- 17 July 2016
Landowning families in southern Sierra Leone have commenced legal action in the country’s High Court against African Lion Agriculture Limited and Carmanor (SL) Limited to recover possession of around 2303 acres of land.
República Democrática do Congo (RDC): comunidades se mobilizam para se libertar de um século de plantações coloniais de dendê
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
O colonialismo completou o ciclo e, mais uma vez, essa exploração está sendo justificada como “desenvolvimento”, como se os horrores do sistema colonial de plantações nunca tivessem existido.
RDC: las comunidades se movilizan para liberarse de cien años de plantaciones coloniales de palma aceitera
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
El colonialismo ha vuelto al punto de partida, y una vez más, esta explotación se justifica como “desarrollo”, como si nunca hubieran existido los horrores del sistema de plantación colonial.
RDC : des communautés se mobilisent pour se libérer d’un siècle de plantations coloniales de palmiers à huile
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
Le colonialisme est revenu à son point de départ et, une fois de plus, l’exploitation est justifiée par le « développement ».
DRC: Communities mobilise to free themselves from a hundred years of colonial oil palm plantations
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
Communities in the DRC are organising to liberate their communities from the occupation and exploitation that they have endured for generations.
Land grabbing: Tactics used by European actors abroad
- WRM
- 16 July 2016
European Union (EU) corporate and financial entities involved in land grabbing may be implicated in a variety of human rights abuses.
EU, Ethiopia, Germany launch 3.8 million euro project to support agricultural investments in Ethiopia
- Standard
- 16 July 2016
Today, the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources with support from the European Union and Germany launched a 3.8 million euro project to support responsible agricultural investment in Ethiopia.
Colombia: Intervención ciudadana frente a la Ley ZIDRES
- Grupo Semillas
- 15 July 2016
Solicitamos respetuosamente a la Corte Constitucional declare inconstitucional esta ley, por ser un instrumento jurídico que incentiva la concentración y el control de la tierra en Colombia.
Elite Agro LLC renforce sa présence au Maroc
- Media Marketing
- 15 July 2016
La société émiratie compte exploiter jusqu’à 1 500 ha de vergers au Maroc dans les cinq prochaines années.
Ex-Karuturi flower farm workers yet to get pay
- Citizen
- 15 July 2016
Five workers from the troubled Karuturi Flower Farm in Naivasha have died over the last three months while waiting for their dues after the farm was placed under liquidation and over 3,000 workers sent packing.
China bid for giant Australia farm holding on ice: sources
- Reuters
- 15 July 2016
A China-led consortium seeking to buy Australia's S. Kidman & Co will hold off on a fresh bid for the country's largest agricultural land owner amid concerns it could be derailed by a more protectionist new government, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.