The great land robbery
    The shameful story of how 1 million black families have been ripped from their farms. A war waged by deed of title has dispossessed 98 percent of black agricultural landowners in America.
    • The Atlantic
    • 12 August 2019
    Le Brésil, géant agricole pas vraiment vert
    L’augmentation croissante des exportations agricoles du Brésil suscite des craintes d’une nouvelle avancée de la frontière agricole brésilienne, au détriment de la forêt amazonienne, « poumon de la planète », et d’autres écosystèmes menacés.
    • AFP
    • 11 August 2019
    Brothers build multi-million mixed farm in Masindi
    US Ambassador visits large-scale farm of Asili Farms, a US owned-company farming maize and oilseed on 13,500 acres in Uganda.
    • Daily Monitor
    • 11 August 2019
    Failed commercial farms
    Birhanu Fikade of "The Reporter" sat down with Atkyelesh G.M. Persson (PhD) to learn about her findings on large scale FDI that failed to deliver the desired results in Ethiopia
    • The Reporter
    • 10 August 2019
    Karuturi, Saudi Star et al labeled poor performers, less responsible investors
    Scholar and employee of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Atkyelesh G.M. Persson, recommends that the government, private sector and academia further investigate the potential damages large scale farms have perpetrated in Ethiopia and beyond.
    • The Reporter
    • 10 August 2019
    Au Cameroun, Greenpeace Africa plaide pour la sécurisation des terres des peuples autochtones
    A l’occasion de la célébration de leur journée internationale, Greenpeace Afrique se joint aux peuples autochtones du Cameroun pour demander le respect des droits à leurs forêts, face aux entreprises responsables d’accaparement des terres.
    • Scoops d'Afrique
    • 09 August 2019
    Bolsonaro ignores fears for Amazon amid record land-grab
    A record amount of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest was cut down or destroyed last month, fuelling concerns that under President Jair Bolsonaro, illegal miners and farmers are involved in a free-for-all land grab.
    • The Australian
    • 09 August 2019
    Mort d'un activiste congolais : la Belgique interpellée
    Joël Imbangola, membre de l'organisation congolaise de défense de l'environnement et des droits de l'homme RIAO-RDC, a été tué au nord-ouest de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC).
    • Le Vif
    • 08 August 2019
    UAE investments: Al Ravafed at loss, unfinished irrigation systems, state land lease price secret
    The agricultural company Al Ravafed Serbia, a majority-owned company of the same name from the United Arab Emirates, operated 3,500 ha in Karadjordjevo in 2018 with a loss of more than two million euros
    • Insider
    • 08 August 2019
    China investing in Brazil ag
    COFCO announced it will finance the expansion of more than 60 million acres [24 million ha] of soybean production in Brazil.
    • DTN
    • 07 August 2019
    Former MP, investors evict thousands in Kiryandongo
    Kiryandongo Sugar, allegedly owned by some Indians, Agilis, owned by an American called Philip Investor, and Sole Agro Business Company, also owned by Indians, have been named in the evictions of thousands of people in the western districts of Kiryandongo and Masindi in Uganda.
    • The Observer
    • 07 August 2019
    Pour la transparence dans l’achat des terres agricoles
    Le ministre de l’Agriculture s’engage à lutter contre la concentration excessive du foncier agricole entre les mains de sociétés.
    • Wolters Kluwer France
    • 06 August 2019

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