The 1317 hectare farm was sold in 2014, on the advice of the Overseas Investment Office, to Ceol & Muir, a company established with the help of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria and Asian Peasant Coalition welcome Indonesian President's announcement to ban new oil palm permits but reiterate call to stop oil palm plantations.
Ramakrishna Karuturi has mocked plans to sell off his Naivasha-based flower farm, saying the liquidation procedure will not affect his ownership of the land, which is held through separate subsidiaries.
Special issue of World Development suggests a key feature of Brazilian and Chinese engagements in African agriculture is the role of state–business relations in shaping and steering development, suggesting new forms of developmentalism.
While Duterte intends to liberalize the entry of foreign investments in the country, he said he does not want to touch the constitutional limit on foreign land ownership.
Un projet de loi sur les propriétés privées titrées en cours de discussion au niveau ministeriel contient un article qui cherche à donner les mêmes droits d’accès à la propriété foncière aux Malgaches et aux étrangers.
Empresas que se instalaram em Moçambique através de projetos exportados pelo Brasil avançam sobre as terras dos camponeses enquanto o país, em crise, se afasta dos programas de cooperação.
The development of an oil palm plantation, which was thought to have been pretty much abandoned by the American company that ran it, has resumed in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, according to satellite data released by Greenpeace.
A group of community leaders from Colombia, Liberia, Indonesia and Peru have been raising awareness in Europe of the human and environmental impact of palm oil plantations on their communities. Radio interview with Ali Kaba of Liberia's Sustainable Development Institute.
Des investigations récentes de Greenpeace montrent que les forêts camerounaises et libériennes sont elles aussi menacées par les activités de la Socfin.
Four years on, what has been done to realise these principles? What are the current debates surrounding implementation of the VGGT? What challenges and obstacles have emerged, and how are they being addressed and resolved in different contexts?
A la tête de 200.000 hectares de plantations, Luc Boedt, CEO de Socfin, défend sa politique agricole en Afrique, souvent critiquée par des ONG.
