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Momath Bâ, directeur des opérations de Senéthanol : « Si le projet était arrêté, ce serait dommage pour Fanaye»
- Walf Fadjri
- 03 November 2011
Momath Bâ revient pour Walf sur les effets sociaux que le projet pourrait induire.
Kleptocratic capitalism, climate finance, and the green economy in Africa
- Pambazuka
- 02 November 2011
One of the manifestations of the greed of Africa's domestic plutocrats and their imperial overlords is the massive land grab that we are witnessing today.
AC signs up to Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland
- Aquila Capital
- 02 November 2011
Aquila Capital Green Assets, part of the Aquila Group, is pleased to announce today that it has become an official signatory to the recently launched Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland.
Bunge to invest in palm plantation company
- PR Newswire
- 02 November 2011
Under the terms of the agreement, Bunge will acquire 35% of PT Bumiraya Investindo, a subsidiary of TPS Food, which has 25,000 ha in palm oil concessions in Indonesia.
Big money warms to farmland
- DTN
- 01 November 2011
Pension funds and other corporate owners have spent only a tiny fraction of the billions of dollars they could invest in farmland, but they are definitely kicking the tires on potential purchases.
Workers protest broken promises by foreign palm oil company
- Sky FM
- 01 November 2011
Radio programme investigates housing conditions for workers on Sime Darby's plantations project in Liberia.
Accaparramento delle terre: rivolta in Senegal contro un progetto italiano per i bio-carburanti
- greenreport.it
- 31 October 2011
La cessione di 20.000 ettari di terre a degli investitori italiani di Senethanol, senza una vera consultazione con la popolazione, ha provocato una rivolta nella comunità rurale di Fanaye, nella vallata del fiume Senegal.
La fiebre de cultivos perturba África
- El País
- 31 October 2011
La carrera internacional para explotar tierras fértiles en el continente amenaza el equilibrio en el reparto del agua y espolea protestas de comunidades campesinas
The Southern Sudan pie
- Norwegian Aid
- 31 October 2011
Foreign interests into the South Sudan pie have managed to secure some 5.74 million hectares of land for agribusiness concerns namely agriculture, forestry, biofuels, eco-tourism and carbon trading.
Karuturi denies plan to share land with Indian farmers
- Addis Fortune
- 31 October 2011
Karuturi Agro Products Plc has refuted reports that the company subleased farm land to Indian farmers, claiming instead that the Indian farmers were hired solely for consultancy services.
Regulating the rush for land
- IPS
- 31 October 2011
The adoption by the UN Committee on World Food Security of international guidelines to regulate land grabs has been pushed to next year
Sénégal: Dérives foncières du pouvoir
- Afrique en ligne
- 31 October 2011
La boulimie foncière est telle que, aujourd'hui, la question foncière elle-même est devenue une bombe sociale à retardement.