Alternative investment management firm Blue Sky is targeting North American institutional investors with a new strategy that will invest in Australian agriculture and related industries.
The Government of The Gambia and Zoeve Seed Company sign MOU on a farming project that will commence with 1000 hectares for rice production.
Amid massive land grabbing, land-use conversions and plunder of natural resources in the region by foreign and local investors, peasant organizations and land reform advocates vowed to further advance the struggle for genuine agrarian reform at a recently concluded two-day conference here.
La Commission européenne dispose d’un pouvoir discrétionnaire pour enclencher la suspension des avantages commerciaux en cas d'accaparement de terres mais ne s'en sert pas, selon la FIDH
"Behind the impetus for this law are the interests of Monsanto, Nestlé, Syngenta, Cargill and other corporations that want to take our lands."
LICADHO, a Cambodian human rights group is releasing its land concession dataset and renewing its call for the government to fully disclose all concessions.
«L'accaparement des terres, c'est un enjeu majeur à travers la province pour le modèle québécois d'agriculture,» renchérit Pierre Lemieux, premier vice-président de l'UPA.
El gobierno de Bolivia y productores del país acordaron ampliar las inversiones y la frontera agrícola, a cambio de subir de dos a cinco años el período de verificación de la Función Económica Social (FES) de la tierra.
14 foreign companies submitted letters of interest at a public call to lease the 4,435 hectares of farmland owned by Macedonia's state company Dzumajlija.
Landlessness in Asia has worsened due to massive land grabbing, land-use conversions and plunders of natural resources carried out by private investors (domestic or foreign).
Les populations riveraines des plantations de la Socapalm de Dibombari manifestent devant les installations de la structure productrice d’huile de palme jusqu’à samedi prochain, avant de passer le relais aux riverains de Mbongo qui entreront en scène lundi.
Un des organisateurs de la manifestation a affirmé à la BBC que leur mouvement sera étendue aux autres plantations du pays dans le but d'exiger la rétrocession des terres aux exploitants.
