Commercial farming, with its vast tracts of land, is running into problems in Ethiopia’s Gambella region – and local communities are reaping few benefits
Des sociétés étrangères ont signé plus de 60 accords pour développer des plantations de palmiers à huile en Afrique
A mounting body of evidence has shown that the industry has benefited from the violence surrounding the country’s longstanding civil war.
El acuerdo contempla “la cuestión energética, minera, la agricultura, la manufactura y la posibilidad de poder distribuir de mejor manera los productos agropecuarios”, entre otras cosas.
This Study from the European Parliament discusses the human rights issues raised by large-scale land deals for plantation agriculture (‘land grabbing’) in low and middle-income countries.
Le chef du gouvernement marocain appelle à une meilleure allocation du foncier public vers des projets sérieux
Une discrimination positive doit être faite au profit des opérateurs nationaux, au risque de confier notre alimentation à des privés : ce qui serait grave pour le pays et notre économie.
" Denunciamos as concessões arbitrárias de grandes extensões de terra pelo Conselho de Ministros, sem que tenha havido o mínimo de consulta junto das comunidades atingidas, como são os casos da Portucel, Lúrio Green, Chikweti, entre outros projectos".
Plans to convert eight million hectares of land for palm oil production on Palawan island in the Philippines have been met with opposition from environmental and social advocacy groups, with a petition to cease development sent to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights by an anti-palm oil expansion group.
The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary announce intention to convert eight million hectares of land to oil palm cultivation across the Philippines, including the island of Palawan. The announcement has proved controversial.
ADECRU denounces the concession of large tracts of land to Portucel, Lúrio Green and other companies without the least consultation with affected communities.
Agribusiness executive David Goodfellow is heading up a project for Zhejiang RIFA Holding Group to build an Australian livestock property portfolio of similar scale to Macquarie Bank's big Paraway Pastoral business.
Communities in the Collingwood Bay area of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea are fighting plans for mining on their customary land after winning a court victory against illegal leases for logging and oil palm held by Malaysia's KLK.
La Ley de Tierras tampoco recoge los planteamientos que ellos plantearon en su momento a la Asamblea, como la de establecer mecanismos reales para evitar el acaparamiento de la tierra.
“There are foreign investors that would like to own their own land and bring products out under their own brand, if only investment companies were permitted,” says CEO of Mitsui.
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