France Télévisions, poursuivi en France par le groupe Bolloré après la diffusion d’un reportage s’intéressant à une société de production d’huile de palme dont Bolloré est actionnaire, est assigné pour diffamation au Cameroun pour ce même magazine
L’entreprise turque TOYA vient de s’engager à développer les cultures de coton sur 20.000 ha et de maïs sur 10.000 ha dans la zone de Macina au Mali.
Um comunicado de mais de 80 organizações não governamentais de todo o mundo denuncia a "irregularidade" de um mecanismo de diálogo implementado pelos gestores do controverso programa ProSAVANA.
Meeting notes how land conflicts as a result of agribusiness expansion are proliferating throughout SE Asia and urges pause in the hand out of licenses while community and indigenous peoples’ land rights are secured.
In its letter to the RSPO, Plantaciones de Pucallpa claims to have divested all its palm oil estates, land, related activities and equipment and PdP has no involvement in the Palm oil industry.
Les intellectuels congolais acquièrent la propriété de terres agricoles qu’ils ne souhaitent ou ne peuvent exploiter au détriment des populations rurales qui perdent ainsi leur unique moyen de subsistance. C’est ce que dénonce l’ONG Tropenbos International.
PT Nabire Baru plantation encroaches on the customary lands of the Yerisiam Gua peoples, who have written letters and protested peacefully against the project for the last four years. In 2012, the company was reported to have cleared 32,000 hectares in Nabire province.
Olam has started developing a second 13,500 ha fully irrigated paddy farm on a greenfield site in Ondorie, Nasarawa State.
Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno said he will meet with leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to help Chinese investors set-up a 6,000 ha tea plantation within the rebels' controlled territory in Mindanao.
As the global rush for land intensifies, provoked in particular by the demand for alternatives to fossil fuels, governments across Southeast Asia have welcomed investments by both local and foreign agribusiness companies
The amount of agricultural land owned by Chinese interests has soared above 3 million hectares, more than double the 1.46 million declared by the Australian Taxation Office last month, according to a Fairfax Media analysis of reported land sales.
A worrying number of land grabs in developing countries involve European companies or are backed by European money – from banks, equity and pension funds, for instance.
A case study of the situation in Lamu, Isiolo and Siaya Counties by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)
Este vídeo de animação mostra como um fundo global agrícola usou uma complexa estrutura corporativa para evitar as restrições brasileiras a investimentos estrangeiros na agricultura do país.
Por todo el mundo, hay campesinos que están perdiendo sus tierras, en ocasiones violentamente, a manos de grandes compañías y especuladores que consideran la tierra agrícola como lucrativa inversión.
