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The great land robbery
- The Atlantic
- 12 August 2019
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.
Le Brésil, géant agricole pas vraiment vert
- AFP
- 11 August 2019
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.
Brothers build multi-million mixed farm in Masindi
- Daily Monitor
- 11 August 2019
US Ambassador visits large-scale farm of Asili Farms, a US owned-company farming maize and oilseed on 13,500 acres in Uganda.
Failed commercial farms
- The Reporter
- 10 August 2019
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
Karuturi, Saudi Star et al labeled poor performers, less responsible investors
- The Reporter
- 10 August 2019
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.
Au Cameroun, Greenpeace Africa plaide pour la sécurisation des terres des peuples autochtones
- Scoops d'Afrique
- 09 August 2019
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.
Bolsonaro ignores fears for Amazon amid record land-grab
- The Australian
- 09 August 2019
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.
Mort d'un activiste congolais : la Belgique interpellée
- Le Vif
- 08 August 2019
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).
UAE investments: Al Ravafed at loss, unfinished irrigation systems, state land lease price secret
- Insider
- 08 August 2019
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
China investing in Brazil ag
- DTN
- 07 August 2019
COFCO announced it will finance the expansion of more than 60 million acres [24 million ha] of soybean production in Brazil.
Former MP, investors evict thousands in Kiryandongo
- The Observer
- 07 August 2019
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.
Pour la transparence dans l’achat des terres agricoles
- Wolters Kluwer France
- 06 August 2019
Le ministre de l’Agriculture s’engage à lutter contre la concentration excessive du foncier agricole entre les mains de sociétés.