Cameroon peasants criticize large companies
- Jiji
- 28 August 2019
Emmanuel Elong, a farmer from Cameroon, criticized land grabbing by foreign companies at a side event during the 7th African Development Conference (TICAD7) in Yokohama City.
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World Bank allocates Ukraine $200 mln for agricultural development project
- UKInform
- 28 August 2019
The World Bank and the Finance Ministry of Ukraine signed an agreement to raise a loan in the amount of USD 200 million for the programme Accelerating Private Investment in Agriculture.
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Is nationalisation and state custodianship of land a solution? The case of Mozambique
- Amandla!
- 26 August 2019
The attainment of democratic rights – including the right to access, control and defend land – must be defended and advanced through everyday struggles; laws and policies on their own won’t make significant change
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As the Amazon burns, we call on Harvard to cease its investment in farmland
- Medium
- 26 August 2019
Fires in the Amazon are the direct result of human activity. Harvard’s stake in agribusiness contributes to this crisis, says students of Divest Harvard
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Scandale foncier à Mbane : Tahirou Sarr encore à la manoeuvre
- 23 August 2019
Plusieurs villages traditionnels de la commune de Mbane, au Sénégal sont à risque d'être déguerpis par la Société d’intermédiation Financière et de Commerce qui vient de racheter un bail pour un terrain de 8.000 ha
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La certification RSPO est un écoblanchiment en Afrique
- FOE Africa
- 22 August 2019
Les groupes Amis de la Terre Afrique ont décrit la convergence des entreprises de plantation de palmiers à huile sous l’égide de la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable comme promoteurs d’écoblanchiment.
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CDC appoints independent team to investigate the death of Joël Imbangola Lunea
- CDC
- 22 August 2019
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed an independent team to investigate the death of Mr Joël Imbangola Lunea, that took place on 21 July 2019 in Bempumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Combler le fossé de l’information : comment l’accès aux contrats fonciers peut servir les droits des communautés
- CCSI
- 21 August 2019
OpenLandContracts.org publie un note d’information pour les organisations de la société civile sur l’accès aux contrats fonciers
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Mega-plantations in Southeast Asia: Landscapes of displacement
- LaoFAB
- 20 August 2019
This article reviews a wide body of literature on the emergence and expansion of agro-industrial, monoculture plantations across Southeast Asia through the lens of mega projects. While they have been contested by customary land users, smallholders, civil society organizations, and even government regulators, their displacement and transformation of Southeast Asia’s rural landscapes will likely endure for quite some time.
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China warned it should not pin its hopes on Russian soybeans plugging supply gap caused by US trade war
- SCMP
- 19 August 2019
Russian soybean exports to China are likely to remain low for the next few years despite efforts by Chinese companies to set up farms there.
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Coopération sino-camerounaise : les explications de la Chine sur ses acquisitions au Cameroun
- ACP
- 16 August 2019
Le gouvernement chinois corrige : les acquisitions de terres agricoles au Cameroun ne concernent "que" des concessions.
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India's largest producer of cut roses initiates insolvency proceedings
- The Hindu
- 14 August 2019
Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process has been initiated against Bengaluru-based Karuturi Global, which owns large rose farm holdings in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Pune and Bengaluru.
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