A new report from Friends of the Earth finds that the EU is importing the equivalent of 1,212,050 square kilometres to meet its demand for food, contributing to climate change, biodiversity loss and land-grabbing.
Major asset managers, cowed by the cost, the risk and the controversy involved in investing in farmland, are joining forces to increase investment in the historically under-capitalised sector.
Africa remains a target for land-grab developments worth billions; regional dialogue in Yaoundé focuses on the need for speed
Without strong interventions led by rural women themselves, corporate land deals will continue to perpetuate and deepen existing gender inequalities and contribute to increased levels of resource scarcity, poverty and conflict.
L’ambition du Gabon de devenir le premier producteur africain d’huile de palme d’ici 2017 s’appuie sur deux investisseurs déjà présents, le Belge SIAT Gabon et le Singapourien Olam. Le pays met en avant un million d’hectares de terres cultivables disponibles pour cela.
Rights groups criticise 'veritable death sentence' against Mam Sonando for speaking out against controversial land grabs
Villagers have been forced from land with little or no compensation, harassed and extorted by both sides as land is parcelled off to domestic and foreign firms including from China and Thailand
The Federal Government and Singapore's Olam, which has 6,000 hectares under cultivation of rice, announce collaboration towards managing the impact of an imminent rice crisis in Nigeria.
As histórias de empreendedores brasileiros que estão investindo numa economia que vem crescendo mais de 5% ao ano na última década.
Executive summary of Swedwatch's report on the Swedfund-supported Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone
Des manifestations de paysans ont dégénéré cette semaine en Birmanie. Les affrontements entre les quelque 400 agriculteurs, qui battaient le pavé pour réclamer l’arrêt des expropriations de leurs terres, et la police, ont fait un mort et une cinquantaine de blessés.
"Il faut veiller à ce que les achats de terres soient conformes à des normes éthiques et socialement responsables, notamment en reconnaissant les droits des utilisateurs locaux, en organisant des consultations avec les communautés locales et en versant un dédommagement juste, au prix du marché, pour les terres acquises," selon la Banque mondiale.
