AIM-listed Paragon acquires 10% shareholding in Paragon Volta Limited, which is in the process of finalising a sublease over 5,000 ha close to the River Volta in Ghana from a much larger farm land estate.
Les pays arabes du Golfe sont de plus en plus préoccupés par leur sécurité alimentaire, souligne « The Economist »
The Russian farm operator unveiled a loss of $18.1m for 2013, compared with earnings of $7.49m in 2012 – the only profitable year in the company's nine year history.
African Land Limited sold itself on the back of a promise that its rice farms in Sierra Leone could turn “a tidy profit of 15% a year”.
El sufrimiento que para los habitantes locales han representado los últimos estertores de la división de Karaturi en Kenia no hace más que evidenciar que los supuestos "beneficios de las inversiones extranjeras", como se repite en el catecismo neoliberal, son una dramática mentira.
In return for corporate investment and aid, African states are reforming policies to make it easier for corporations to operate in their farming sectors.
Citizens of Sinoe County have filed a complaint to the RSPO, an overall body of Palm Oil Worldwide, to stop Golden Veroleum Liberia's (GVL) ongoing operations of land clearing in their towns and villages.
Le gouvernement veut favoriser l’installation d’investisseurs étrangers qui se consacrent à la production agricole destinée essentiellement à l’exportation. Reportage
El proyecto tiene un hilo conductor que le une con otras acciones de las ONG implicadas, que es evitar el acaparamiento de tierras en Guinea Bissau.
La empresa Agrogeba desplaza a unos 600 campesinos de sus arrozales en Guinea Bissau sin darles ninguna compensación
El evento pretendió ofrecer argumentos, análisis e interpretaciones del proyecto de Ley de Baldíos , por parte de las organizaciones de base, organizaciones nacionales y organizaciones de cooperación internacional
Critics of the initiative, however, fear the commercialisation of agriculture will not benefit small-scale farmers
Critics of New Alliance say private investment and improvements in rural infrastructure will not liberate people from poverty
Pledges by African governments will make it easier for companies to do business through the easing of export controls and tax laws, and through governments ringfencing huge chunks of land for investment.
Companies with bad environmental records are increasingly turning to a little-known nonprofit called TFT to make sure they meet commitments to improve their practices. It remains to be seen if this is just a PR move.
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