Women living in the vicinity of eight agro-industrial plantations in Cameroon - HEVECAM, SUDCAM, SOCAPALM, PHP, BIOPALM, SEMRY, RUBBERCAM and SOSUCAM - gathered to discuss the impacts of agro-industrial plantations on women's land rights.
Ethiopia's Mursi tribe says they were imprisoned and tortured to protect Chinese sugar plantations.
Deux filiales de l'émirati Al Dahra Holding bénéficieront d'un prêt de 5 millions d'euros de La Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement pour faire de l'huile d'olive pour l'exportation (1 214 ha)
- La Tribune Afrique
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27 Mar 2020
As Uganda begins a 32 day COVID – 19 lockdown, multinational companies dispossessing more than 35000 natives off their land, have resorted to the use of violence to grab land for poor communities.
- witnessradio.org
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26 Mar 2020
Le Togo va lancer une pépinière d’entreprises dans l’agropole de 165 000 ha situé dans le bassin de la Kara, au nord-est du pays
The World Rainforest Movement (WRM) has accused Singapore-based agribusiness company Olam of making meaningless “zero deforestation” pledges about a major oil palm development in Gabon and neglecting the rights of local communities.
The IMF is said to be making the passage of a law to privatise farmland a condition for emergency assistance to Ukraine to help it cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
The Digoel Agri Group has begun operating in an Indonesia mega project being fought over by investors from around the world earmarked to become the world’s largest oil palm plantation, in a vast project that has been mired in allegations of lawbreaking.
- The Gecko Project
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24 Mar 2020
Le mandat du comité était d’enquêter et d’émettre des recommandations qui résoudraient le conflit entre les propriétaires fonciers, le conseil de la chefferie et la SOCFIN Agricultural Company au Sierra Léone
Dutch flower growers who dominate the flower farms in Kenya are being accused of avoiding taxation while proudly wearing the “fair trade” badge.
Ditengah ancaman krisis pangan akibat wabah Covid19 yang semakin meluas, petani digusur perusahaan perkebunan sawit. PT. Artha Prigel menggusur secara paksa petani di Desa Pagar Batu, Kabupaten Lahat, Sumatra Selatan. Berakibat tewasnya dua petani yang menolak penggusuran.
Le gouvernement du Mali vient d’adopter un projet de loi domaniale et foncière censé apporter des innovations, y compris la constatation des droits coutumiers conformément aux dispositions de la loi sur le foncier agricole