Land deals between African governments and foreign investors threaten farmers' way of life, while investing in farming would increase productivity and wealth, says Ruth Hall
SSI, a Vietnames securities company, has joined forces with LR Group to set up a $150 million fund to invest in agriculture.
Storebrand, the largest private pension fund in the Nordic region, is divesting its shares in eleven of the twelve palm oil companies in which it is invested.
Selon Paul Obambi, président de la chambre de commerce de Brazzaville, « Les terres fertiles que nous avons en Afrique sont encore disponibles. Il faudrait bien que nous puissions attirer un peu plus les investisseurs américains. »
ANZ is financing a Cambodian sugar plantation that has involved child labour, military-backed land grabs, forced evictions and food shortages.
Une loi hongroise stipule que les contrats d'usufruit de terres agricoles conclus entre 1994 et 2001 seront annulés le 1er mai 2014. Plusieurs centaines d'agriculteurs autrichiens, allemands, italiens et néerlandais seraient concernés, pour plus de 200 000 hectares.
A citizen video shows a rare confrontation between authorities and villagers in Bokeo Province, Northern Laos, where villagers gathered to block construction workers from digging up their rice fields for a Chinese investor.
Chinese entrepreneurs are going global ahead of officials. Countries with developed agriculture such as the US, Australia, Chile and Argentina have become their prime destinations.
“We’ve found that they [the government] does not want to give back land to the people because they know the land has a lot of value and will be good to sell in the future.”
Instruit par les scandales liés à l’accaparement des terres arables, l’État sénégalais veut promouvoir une sorte de partenariat public-privé entre différents modes d’exploitations pour l’émergence d’une agriculture moderne et durable.
The Communion of Churches in Indonesia has asked the Indonesian Government to call a halt to the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate project, because it will mean the indigenous Marind people’s local wisdom will be lost.
In order to meet the increasing flow of investment in the horticulture sector, the government has identified five corridors consisting of 50,000 hectares of land.
