Más violencia por la empresa SOCAPALM y la fuerza policial contra el pueblo indígena Apouh à Ngog (Apouh) que intenta recuperar parte de sus tierras. Desde 2010 la filial del grupo europeo Socfin se ha adueñado de más del 90% de la tierra de la comunidad, 3700 hectáreas, transformadas en plantaciones de palma.
The "Green Pakistan Initiative" is fast tracking Gulf agribusiness deals. Saudi & UAE firms are investing billions in Pakistani farmland, while local communities warn of land grabs & water shortages.
Near the edge of the Sahara Desert, in Egypt’s West Minya, Chinese drillers bore deep into the earth, tapping groundwater to irrigate a once 500-hectare stretch of desert – now home to the world’s largest beet sugar factory, owned by UAE investors.
New report points to a surge in demand for land in the Global South, where large tracts of land are suitable for carbon projects, but land tenure systems are often insecure or informal.
L'accumulation d'énormes quantités de terres par un petit groupe de propriétaires fonciers alimente les inégalités et la crise climatique, selon un nouveau rapport qui appelle à une redistribution des terres et à des réformes fiscales mondiales pour inverser la tendance
"Whereas the Bank’s push for large-scale agribusiness is global, the African continent is its central target"
The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.
Madagascar's Minister of Foreign Affairs tells UAE business leaders that "with 36 million hectares of arable land, there is immense potential for agribusiness and agricultural transformation” in her country
Un mémorandum d’entente signé le 25 mai entre le gouvernement de Madagascar et l’entreprise israélienne LR Group pour la production de riz, de maïs et de soja à travers quatre des 23 régions du pays passe mal.
Australian farmers aren’t the only ones cheering the rocketing price of almonds and beef from the simmering trade tensions between the US and China – a cohort of fund managers is also in the money.
Durian farmers in Malaysia’s Pahang state are preparing for a legal fight to protect farmland they say is being seized by a newly-established company without proper authority.
Some villagers say they are being pressured to give up fertile land traditionally used for subsistence farming for a project called the Malipati Agrihub, with no clear benefit or consent from the broader community.
The World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman found that the IFC failed to follow its own safeguards, enabling widespread harm to land rights, community health, cultural heritage and women by the Salala Rubber Corporation.
The Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Obi has ordered all parties in a land dispute involving 21 Tiv communities, the Nasarawa State government, and the Nigerian Army to maintain the status quo and preserve the disputed 10,000 hectares of ancestral farmlands pending the determination of the suit.
"Oman’s food-security programmes and water technology can link with East Africa’s arable land and examples are Kenya’s tea and coffee farms and Tanzania’s horticulture," the Chairman of East African Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture says
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