Des accords controversés sont toujours en cours. Elite Agro, un grand propriétaire terrien de Serbie, basé à Abu Dhabi, a signé un accord pour des terres agricoles à Madagascar. African Agriculture (AAGR), basée aux États-Unis, a de grands projets pour la culture de la luzerne au Sénégal et a signé à la fin de l’année dernière des accords pour des terres au Niger.
- Les Actualités
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17 July 2022
La Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm) fait régulièrement l’objet d’accusations dans le cadre de ses activités, notamment le non-respect des normes environnementales, une mise à l’étroit des communautés, et une politique jugée esclavagiste à l’égard de ses employés, écrit EcoMatin
The oil palm is native to West Africa, where it plays a vital role in food security and local economies, especially for women. But in Sierra Leone, the arrival of an industrial oil palm plantation has threatened all this.
- China Dialogue
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15 July 2022
Romanian private equity company Roca Investments, part of Impetum Group, teamed up with RDF - a farming group developed by Romanian businessmen - to form an investment holding company.
- Romania Insider
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14 July 2022
The most effective means of countering corporate power is to restore control of the land and agricultural knowledge to the communities who live on and with the land.
- Agrarian Trust
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13 July 2022
Where village land is formalized to establish wildlife management areas or a large-scale agricultural investment, the interests of powerful actors are often prioritized over those of local communities.
- Andalou Agency
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13 July 2022
Company owned by the US-based Legacy Group acquires 1,389 acres of farmland to bring its total landholdings in Colombia to 6,372 acres, with a total coffee tree count of 7.2 million.
The undertaking will be carried out alongside PSP Investments’ local operating partners on more than 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of farmland and timberland.
Mennonites are linked to expanding farmland acquisition and deforestation - not always with the right paperwork - in the Yucatan Peninsula
An Iranian official says that Venezuela has agreed to provide one million hectares of agricultural land for Iran’s overseas cultivation projects to secure food.
- Iran International
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10 July 2022
Uno de los principales riesgos de fraude en la Política Agrćiola Commún es el problema del acaparamiento ilegal de tierras, que implica la concentración de tierras agrícolas y subsidios de la PAC en manos de grandes empresas e inversores, especialmente en áreas montañosas y estados miembros de Europa del Este.
- Agroinformación
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10 July 2022
En los últimos 10 años se desarrolló un fuerte acaparamiento de tierras para soja transgénica, maíz transgénico y trigo, a los que se suman nuevos rubros del agronegocio: plantaciones de arroz y monocultivos de eucalipto.