Twenty-one farmers were granted bail by a Myanmar court on Tuesday after being jailed over a land-grab dispute with the military that has highlighted acute challenges faced by the rural poor.
A Myanmar company is building the first of several planned agricultural industrial parks in Ayeyarwady region aimed at attracting foreign and local investment into agriculture.
A Swiss investor who "hails from one of the richest families in the world" is planning to construct a 150 acre dairy farm in Ambewela, Sri Lanka with an investment of Rs 900 million.
Pelo mundo, mais de 30 milhões de hectares foram adquiridos por apenas 490 proprietários. E o Brasil é um dos principais protagonistas.
Les mouvements sociaux d’Afrique et d’Europe s’organisent pour une meilleure gouvernance en Afrique et un nouveau cadre de partenariat avec la France qui excluent l'accaparement des terres agricoles.
In its Zero Deforestation Commitment published today, SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to manage and develop its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri while protecting the environment, respecting local communities and providing full transparency.
De “última fronteira agrícola do país” a projeto abortado pelo governo por falta de verbas, Matopiba segue nos planos dos investidores, continua sendo um desafio para povos e comunidades tradicionais e uma ameaça para o cerrado
A number of Vietnamese billionaires decided to pour money into agriculture projects. Trinh Van Quyet, the second richest billionaire, has got the nod from Thanh Hoa provincial authorities for a project to grow 1,300 hectares of sugarcane and rubber.
Miembros de la Federación Nacional Campesina (FNC) comentaron que un total de 160 familias ocupan las tierras de Guahory en Caaguazú, tratando de producir en el sitio.
Les mouvements sociaux exigent l’arrêt immédiat de l’accaparement des terres en Afrique
Pension fund giant TIAA is investing its clients’ funds in farmland and agribusinesses tied to environmental and human rights abuses in Latin America.
Indonesia central government has recognized the rights of nine indigenous communities to the forests. That movement still has long way to go, the nine “customary forests” encompass a total of 13,100 hectares. By comparison, Indonesia’s nine biggest oil palm firms in 2013 had planted nearly 2 million hectares.