The African Peoples Tribunal demands that African governments ensure that the human rights of freedom of speech, expression, and association of citizens and persons who brought cases of abuses before the tribunal are respected and protected
Indiana-based Teays River Investments has agreed to acquire family-owned Grimmway Farms – the self-proclaimed largest carrot producer in the world – for an undisclosed sum.
- Bakersfield
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29 November 2020
«Un groupe de militants liés à XR a coloré les bâtiments du McDonald’s, de H&M, de Burger King, de Nespresso, du Crédit Agricole, de Starbucks, de Crédit Suisse, d’UBS et de Socfin afin de dénoncer leurs agissements écocides, meurtriers, esclavagistes et immoraux»
- La Liberté
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27 November 2020
In Liberia, human rights have allegedly been violated on rubber plantations managed from Switzerland. Instead of taking up mediation offers, the Socfin group prefers to act against its critics.
- Bread for all
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26 November 2020
Olam se présente comme « le plus grand producteur durable d’huile de palme sur une concession d’une superficie totale de 202 000 ha au Gabon. »
- Agence Ecofin
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25 November 2020
Taking a look at the importance of securing Indigenous communities’ land rights and the global push for privatization that can deprive those communities of access to their land.
- Mongabay
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25 November 2020
Although discussions are still in the preliminary stages, CEO of Go-Invest, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, said the Chileans want to invest heavily in large-scale agricultural projects.
- Guyana Chronicle
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24 November 2020
Global inequality experts blame the upward trend of land inequality partly on the increased interest from corporate and financial actors, such as investment funds, in agricultural land investments.
Researchers find control over the land has become far more concentrated both directly through ownership and indirectly through contract farming, which results in more destructive monocultures and fewer carefully tended smallholdings.
- Guardian
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24 November 2020
La Région bruxelloise va acheter, "dans les mois et les années à venir", des terres agricoles dans les Brabants wallon et flamand afin de préserver la biodiversité et de favoriser une agriculture locale qui pourrait nourrir une partie de la population bruxelloise
In 2019, the government allocated 54 square miles of Maruzi Ranch land to Hillside Agricultural Investment Ltd under a 50-year lease, to be used for the establishment of Palm Oil production.
- The Cooperator
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23 November 2020
TIAA is unusual among financial firms for its aggressive pursuit of farmland, paving the way for financial wealth controlled by companies and individuals to takeover and dispossess rural communities of their farmland.
- NFFC, NAMA, ActionAid
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20 November 2020