A new report claims that European demand for biofuels is not to blame for land acquisitions in poorer countries. But evidence suggests that the issue is more complex than the biofuels industry would like us to believe.
Mais de 200 representantes de associações de camponeses de seis países estão reunidos em Maputo na II Conferência Internacional Camponesa sobre Terra para estudar estratégias para "deter a usurpação de terra dos camponeses" pelo setor privado.
Shares in Equatorial Palm Oil soared 40% after the palm oil minnow revealed it was in talks over a takeover by Malaysia-based giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong, which would gain a foothold in Africa through a deal.
O presidente da UNAC, Augusto Mafigo confirmou em declarações à RFI a preocupação dos agricultores moçambicanos no tocante aos futuros projectos de optimização agrícola alegadamente.
Os responsáveis do ProSavana garantem que nenhum agricultor vai perder a sua terra por causa do programa e sublinham que todos os investidores deverão respeitar a lei de terras moçambicana.
A relação entre os pequenos agricultores moçambicanos, comunidades rurais e os investidores estrangeiros tem sido caracterizada pelo surgimento de focos de conflitos de terras resultantes da falta de transparência na atribuição de espaço a estes últimos e a sua consequente usurpação.
Le projet d’agrobusiness de Daewoo Logistics qui envisageait un bail emphytéotique de 99 ans sur 1,3 m d’hectares au Madagascar en 2008 revient dans les actualités.
Local groups call on governor of Jambi province to cancel PT Asiatic Persada’s permit after Wilmar’s sale of the company stalls IFC-mediated talks.
"Le Parlement européen a choisi le juste milieu", analyse Olivier De Schutter, "mais il envoie un signal très clair au marché : plus d’huile devra encore être produite et plus de pressions seront encore exercées sur les terres dont la valeur va encore augmenter."
Five years after it was proposed, Daewoo Logistics' agribusiness project, which envisioned a 99-year lease of 1.3 million ha in four regions of Madagascar, has now returned to the news.
En este punto nos encontramos ahora, cuando el ya bien conocido y denunciado fenómeno de acaparamiento de tierras está encontrando en el Banco Mundial, la Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y en algunas ONG una inverosímil legitimidad bajo el eufemismo de inversión agrícola responsable.
Mikhail Orlov, after having sold his Russian farming operations and shifted focus to Zambia, is back with a 4,800 cow dairy farm project in Chechnya.
Five members of Malen Affected Land Owners Association arrested by police for allegedly destroying oil palms of Luxembourg-based SOCFIN say they are being unfairly targeted by those profiting from the plantation.
Le groupe Bolloré poursuit en diffamation Basta ! suite à la publication d’un article de synthèse sur l’accaparement des terres, en octobre dernier.
Panel on food and agriculture included a discussion about ‘land grabs’, large and small farm models, and how investment in Africa could be increased, but also guided and regulated.
