De l’accaparement des terres au travail forcé, de plus en plus de multinationales se retrouvent sous le feu des projecteurs pour violation des droits humains. Faut-il instaurer une réglementation internationale ?
La Confédération Paysanne du Faso (CPF) tire la sonnette d’alarme sur l'accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso et pointe de doigt le gouvernement
L’objectif principal des entreprises industrielles d’huile de palme est de maximiser leurs profits. Plus elles peuvent contrôler de terres, plus elles peuvent vendre d’huile de palme. Nouvelle brochure de WRM.
Global AgInvesting held its 13th annual gathering in the US with a special optional golf tournament at the exclusive Sleepy Hollow Country Club, bringing together ag investors, asset managers and agribusiness executives.
A joint statement issued by 97 Bunong indigenous families in Mondulkiri province expressed disappointment in the Tribunal of Nanterre in France which overruled their complaints concerning 2,386ha of disputed land with French company Bollore. The families from Pech Chreada district’s Bou Sra commune said they would grant lawyers the right to file an appeal in France.
Korean palm oil giant, Korindo has been rejected from the world's green certification body in the wake of a BBC investigation. Korindo controls more land in Papua than any other conglomerate. The company has cleared nearly 60,000 hectares of forests inside its concessions - an area the size of Chicago or Seoul.
In Japan, concerns are growing that emerging and developing countries, as sources of supply for food and natural resources, will fall under China's sway.
"Depuis 1897 que nous avons cédé nos terres à la Safacam, elle ne nous a jamais fait don même d’une borne fontaine".
Investigation into the controversial palm oil sector in Liberia, the role of Dutch finance and impacts on local communities
The Louisiana State University's AgCenter has signed a collaborative agreement with African Agriculture Inc. to work at the NY-based company's 62,000-acre "farming complex" in St. Louis, Senegal
In this short paper, we discuss the various ways in which scholars and activists of the global food economy/regime/system examine the relationships among producers, the state and capital.
While the governments chant the mantra of "leaving no one behind", it is ironic that they are abetting corporate grabbing of land and resources, which is pushing farmers out of agriculture.