A search through the World Bank's archives shines a light on why Africa's post-colonial governments failed to dismantle the plantation model and return lands to their people.

"On the other side is Karuturi flower farms - it has also been taken away"

Communities living within the concessions claimed by PHC have long sought to regain control over their lands and have called for negotiations to determine the conditions under which the company may be allowed to continue to operate.

Zimbabwe's National Social Security Authority says it will begin to shift some of its investments to agriculture value chains such as maize, wheat, soya and export crops such as macadamia and blue berries.

Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA) say they are dissatisfied with the process of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to certify Socfin Agricultural Company's operation in Malen Chiefdom.

The defenders believe that the charges brought against them are linked to their human rights work of mobilizing and empowering communities in Kiryandongo to resist violent evictions by foreign agribusiness companies.

Indonesia is the world's largest exporter of palm oil, and Papua is its newest frontier. A visual investigation suggests fires have been deliberately set on the land by Korean palm oil giant that has been buying up swathes of Asia's largest remaining rainforests for their plantations.

As development banks gather for a global summit, organisations condemn the financing of corporate agribusiness and plantations, and call for public investment in agroecology and local food systems to tackle the climate crisis.

Alors que les banques de développement se réunissent pour un sommet mondial, les organisations condamnent le financement de l'agrobusiness, et appellent à des investissements publics dans l'agroécologie et les systèmes alimentaires locaux.

Mientras los bancos de desarrollo se reúnen en una cumbre mundial, las organizaciones condenan la financiación de los agronegocios y piden inversiones públicas en agroecología y sistemas alimentarios locales.

公共開発銀行は、「公共」の意味するところからも、その名に相応しい「開発／発展」のいかなる議論からも、著しく遠いところにあります。これらの金融機関は、私たちの存在そのものの根幹を成す食と農において、企業によるアグリビジネスへの投資を集中させています。彼らは、それ以外のモデルをサポートするために設立されておらず、そうするための能力も持ってはいません。

Macquarie Group's $300 million takeover bid for a real estate investment trust, which owns vast farms across Australia, could pave the way for more farming deals involving the investment banking powerhouse and the fresh food giant Costa Group.

European MPs issue an interparliamentary statement on the “Finance in common summit”, calling on public development banks to stop "harmful investments", such as those in the oil palm plantation company Feronia in the DR Congo.

Le Centre d’Etudes Pour l’Action Sociale (CEPAS) organise du 09 au 11 Novembre les journées sociales autour du thème : « l’accaparement des terres, défis du foncier en RDC »

Villagers of Illushi community want Skaff International Agro Farms Limited to vacate its operations for the interest of peace, alleging that it illegally acquired the community's lands.