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Roses bloom, then thorns pop up
- The Telegraph
- 19 July 2016
To Karuturi, who has also offered to grow up to one million tonne of lentils for India on farm tracts leased in Ethiopia, the Mozambique model is an example of "political correctness."
Polémique autour du foncier à Ronck (Saint-Louis) : la Direction de Sen Huile et les populations à couteaux tirés
- Leral.net
- 18 July 2016
Une dizaine de villages de la commune de Ronck (Sénégal) qui s’activent dans la riziculture sont montés au créneau pour alerter l’Etat après une tentative d’expropriation de leurs terres par Sen Huile
Why is the EU funding Ethiopia's repression of land rights defenders?
- Thomson Reuters Foundation
- 18 July 2016
Opponents of the Ethiopian government’s policies have faced violence, but the EU has continued to provide funding for its commercial land deal projects.
KKO International prospecte à Madagascar
- Boursier.com
- 18 July 2016
Le cacaotier belge KKO International envisage de s'implanter à Madagascar, où il cherche 400 à 500 hectares de terres pour la culture de cacao
Agroindústria, um passo para a dependência alimentar da África
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
Em toda a sub-região, seja em Mundemba (Camarões) ou em Mboma (Gabão), observa-se que a agroindústria compete cada vez mais com economias agrícolas locais.
La agroindustria, un paso hacia la dependencia alimentaria de África
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
En toda la sub-región, ya sea en Mundemba (Camerún) o en Mboma (Gabón), se observa que la agroindustria compite cada vez más con las economías agrícolas locales.
L’Agrobusiness, un pavé vers la dépendance alimentaire en Afrique
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
Dans toute la sous-région, que ce soit à Mundemba (Cameroun) ou Mboma (Gabon), on observe cette concurrence grandissante de l’agro-industrie face aux économies agricoles locales.
Agribusiness, a step towards increased food dependency in Africa
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
Throughout the Congo Basin sub-region, whether in Mundemba (Cameroon) or Mboma (Gabon), we see agribusiness increasingly competing with local agricultural economies.
Families in southern Sierra Leone sue to recover land from agriculture companies
- Namati
- 17 July 2016
Landowning families in southern Sierra Leone have commenced legal action in the country’s High Court against African Lion Agriculture Limited and Carmanor (SL) Limited to recover possession of around 2303 acres of land.
República Democrática do Congo (RDC): comunidades se mobilizam para se libertar de um século de plantações coloniais de dendê
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
O colonialismo completou o ciclo e, mais uma vez, essa exploração está sendo justificada como “desenvolvimento”, como se os horrores do sistema colonial de plantações nunca tivessem existido.
RDC: las comunidades se movilizan para liberarse de cien años de plantaciones coloniales de palma aceitera
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
El colonialismo ha vuelto al punto de partida, y una vez más, esta explotación se justifica como “desarrollo”, como si nunca hubieran existido los horrores del sistema de plantación colonial.
RDC : des communautés se mobilisent pour se libérer d’un siècle de plantations coloniales de palmiers à huile
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
Le colonialisme est revenu à son point de départ et, une fois de plus, l’exploitation est justifiée par le « développement ».
DRC: Communities mobilise to free themselves from a hundred years of colonial oil palm plantations
- WRM
- 17 July 2016
Communities in the DRC are organising to liberate their communities from the occupation and exploitation that they have endured for generations.
Land grabbing: Tactics used by European actors abroad
- WRM
- 16 July 2016
European Union (EU) corporate and financial entities involved in land grabbing may be implicated in a variety of human rights abuses.
EU, Ethiopia, Germany launch 3.8 million euro project to support agricultural investments in Ethiopia
- Standard
- 16 July 2016
Today, the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources with support from the European Union and Germany launched a 3.8 million euro project to support responsible agricultural investment in Ethiopia.