Peasant group described as a mockery of UN-declared International Year of Family Farming the illegal arrest of peasant leader and his family in Hacienda Looc.
Almarai has recently received the first shipment of feed estimated at 39 thousand tons coming from farms owned by the company in Argentina.
"The key drivers are the expansion of industrial logging trade, land grabs by agribusiness and mining projects."
Both the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo have vowed to increase their participation in the Committee on World Food Security.
Farmers express alarm over alleged massive land-use conversion, which targets productive agricultural lands supposed to be covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.
Over nine thousand farmers and pastoralist in St. Louis in the north of Senegal are facing possible evictions from their land as multi-national agro-industries scramble for agricultural land in the region.
La extranjerización de los Esteros del Iberá y su impacto en el medio ambiente y la vida de sus pobladores es un tema recurrente.
“Ese sería el motivo real disfrazado de un plan de recuperación de tierras del estado detentados en forma ilegal por sojeros brasileños”, dicen
Il y a moins de deux ans, le bétail de cet éleveur sénégalais trouvait là des pâturages à perte de vue. Mais l'entreprise Senhuile l'a envoyé paître ailleurs, défrichant, creusant, clôturant tout autour du village.
A União Nacional dos Camponeses, UNAC exige do governo moçambicano uma resposta à carta enviada, solitando a paralisação da implementação do projecto "Prosavana".
The policies of the World Bank are encouraging land grabs in the developing world, writes Anuradha Mittal.
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has assured his Coalition colleagues there will be no changes to foreign investment rules on farmland as part of a trade deal with China.
Le Projet Sen Huile provoque d’intenses turpitudes dans le Ndiael où les populations s’offusquent que les bouleversements environnementaux occasionnés par le démarrage des travaux.
As the spring meetings of the World Bank get under way, 180 organizations demand that the World Bank end its Doing Business rankings and its support of the rampant theft of land and resources from some of the world’s poorest people.
Alors que les réunions de printemps de la Banque Mondiale vont s’ouvrir, 180 groupes demandent que la Banque mette fin à ses classements Doing Business et à ses activités soutenant l’accaparement des terres et des ressources naturelles.
