Selu Africa Limited, which is at the final stages of acquiring a lease, will put in an initial 80 million US Dollars to open up 20,000 acres of land for irrigation over a three-year period
Farmers cried out for help on Tuesday, July 23, as a P2-billion palm oil plantation project threatened to displace them and their families in three villages in Negros Occidental, Philippines.
China's Asia Tobacco Industry Group says it will will build a crop oil processing plant, a cattle farm, a plant to produce feed for cattle and various aquatic species, and a fertiliser processing plant, as well as supporting farmers to cultivate bananas and sugarcane.
The project aims to develop an integrated food security systems that will combine food production, logistics and market hubs spanning 150,000 hectares across the country
Several farmers in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, have lost land or grazing rights to a huge commercial citrus farming project
Le groupe français Bolloré est accusé depuis des années de ne pas exercer son devoir de surveillance en ce qui concerne les violations des droits humains autour des plantations de caoutchouc et de palmiers à huile en Afrique et en Asie. En raison d’un manque de volonté de dialogue à ce sujet, l’ASIR a décidé de recommander l’exclusion de l’entreprise.
Cette vidéo explore le phénomène inquiétant de l’accaparement des terres agricoles en France.
For years, the French Bolloré Group has been accused of failing to fulfil its duty of care regarding human rights abuses in connection with rubber and palm oil plantations in Africa and Asia. Given the company's unwillingness to engage in dialogue on this issue, SVVK has decided to recommend the company's exclusion.
Ce documentaire de 69 minutes (sous-titres EN/FR) de Magdalena Krukowska relate les abus commis par la société belge SIAT en Afrique de l’Ouest (Ghana et Côte d’Ivoire)
«Il y a simplement eu des accords de partenariats économiques dans lesquels des entreprises rwandaises sont venues explorer des possibilités d’investissement dans le domaine agricole», a précisé Jean-Patrick Nduhungirehe, ministre rwandais des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale.
Les riverains du village Apouh, au Cameroun, n’entendent pas reculer sur le replanting annoncé de la Socapalm, tant qu’ils ne seront pas rentrés dans leurs droits.
The host communities of oil palm companies in Edo State are alleging injustice, violations of rights and devastation of their environment by the companies.
The Egyptian Countryside Development Company and the Italian Ambassador to Egypt discussed cooperation and strategies to attract Italian investments to the lands and sectors of the 630,000 ha agricultural project.
The Eco Zamba program – an SNPC-led reforestation initiative – will plant trees on up to 40,000 ha to combat greenhouse gas emissions while the remaining 10,000 ha will be used to develop the country’s agricultural sector.
Nine communities housing Tiv farmers in the Obi and Awe Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State have rejected a proposed large-scale farm project on 10,000 hectares of land in the area by the state government.
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