The Siaya county government has given the green light for a new investor -- Lake Agro Limited, a subsidiary of the Rai Group of Companies -- to move into Yala swamp and takeover existing farms.
Elite Foods CEO says his South African company wishes to take advantage of the Northern Province's huge expanse of water and land.
A new Ministerial order states that all large scale agricultural activities beyond five hectares should be oriented to the savannah areas of the country.
"L'accaparement des terres reste une réalité ici avec les grands projets annoncés ou encours de réalisation," explique un participant camerounnais
A three-day campaign called “Land Under Siege,” consisting of a teach-in, a Mass. Hall rally and an organiser training event, was organized by Harvard Undergraduates for Environmental Justice.
« Nous, paysans et éleveurs, allons voter pour celui-là qui mettra fin au bradage du foncier » annoncent les producteurs du Sénégal face aux candidats à l'élection presidentielle
La Socfin, une holding propriétaire de plantations en Afrique et en Asie, dont le groupe Bolloré est actionnaire, s'est désistée mercredi de son appel contre le site Mediapart et deux ONG, poursuivis en diffamation.
The group say they are under threat of losing their land, traditions and customs since the arrival of Socfin-KCD, a firm funded by the French company Bollore
Une audience prévue à Paris dans la procédure qui oppose des paysans cambodgiens au groupe Bolloré, accusé de s'être accaparé leurs ressources, a été renvoyée au 1er octobre en raison de l'absence des demandeurs, dont le visa a été refusé par le consulat français.
Students gathered in front of Harvard’s central administration to urge Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow to divest the University’s $39.2 billion endowment from farmland holdings around the world.
The Russian government has actively supported foreign investment in Siberian agriculture, making 1 million hectares of arable land in the Far Eastern Federal District available to foreign buyers
Two of Washington’s largest tree fruit orchards have been taken over by financial companies, as operators reportedly began to realize the operations would need large capital infusions to renew older orchards and remain competitive.
Sierra Leone's Deputy Minister of Agriculture tells agribusiness lobby that his government is working on a plan to end land disturbances, adding that fees for land leases will be increased in order to lay the long cry of under-payment by land owners to rest.
77 membres de cette ethnie minoritaire vivant au Cambodge assignent en justice la multinationale pour accaparement des terres. Le procès, qui s’ouvre aujourd’hui à Nanterre, devra déterminer la responsabilité de la société française.
International Farming Corp., a Kinston-based agricultural investment company, has raised $404 million in a fund to invest in U.S. farmland.
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Socfin's response on Mbonjo case
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