This publication draws on the work undertaken by members of the ‘Land Tenure and Development’ Technical Committee set up by French Agency for Development (AFD).
Même si les communautés congolaises peuvent obtenir gratuitement et perpétuellement des concessions forestières, elles ne sont pas à l’abri de l’accaparement des terres.
Australia's Trade Minister Andrew Robb has engaged in a fiery exchange with controversial radio broadcaster Alan Jones over foreign investment in agriculture.
This story from Ghana’s Volta Region is a warning to landowners in Africa and irresponsible African leaders who are carelessly mortgaging future generations’ inheritance during this global rush for land in Africa.
In an analysis of almost 73,000 concessions in eight tropical forested countries, more than 93 percent of these developments were found to involve land inhabited by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Over 55 million hectares of land in Africa have been “grabbed” since 2000, according to research presented at a conference on Wednesday.
L'alliance des paysans monte à Paris mais déplore l'absence d'un représentant de Socfin, basée au Luxembourg.
Les représentants africains et cambodgiens sont venus demander au groupe Bolloré et à la Socfin de rétrocéder des terres et de stopper les expansions foncières.
Membre de la Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes du Mali, Charlotte Zama appelle à l’aide du Pape François et du Vatican pour arrêter l'accaparement des terres.
The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to lease as much as 640,000 square kilometers of farmland, or more than one-quarter of the central African nation.
American Samoan farmers have repeated their fears to the Governor that foreign farmers are buying up land and cashing in on government programmes to the detriment of locals.
There's no question that after five years of investing about $60 billion in the Australian resources and power sectors, the focus of Chinese investment is now on food.
