Already, investors in Brazil, Guyana's neighbour to the south and south west, have indicated their willingness to invest in the intermediate and Rupununi savannahs.
A broad alliance from World Bank to G8, from governments to multi-national corporations promotes large scale agriculture to improve food security, to create jobs and to bring development to rural communities.
Shock waves are running down the spine of judges and lawyers in Limbe and Buea following a leak of a letter written by Herakles Farms to the Presidency requesting that it intervene in pending Court Cases against the company.
About a hundred farmers and indigenous peoples voiced out their opposition to the expansion of oil palm plantations in Philippines with nine companies from Malaysia and Indonesia, have signaled their intention to invest in Mindanao.
CDC Group plc, the UK Government's Development Finance Institution, has expressed its intention to lead the Offering with a minimum US$10 million investment.
Groups urge World Bank President to act swiftly to ensure the release and safety of Ethiopian land and environmental activist who worked for the Bank as a transaltor for its Inspection Panel in Ethiopia
Some six years after about 2,000 families were pushed off 19,000 hectares of land that was converted to plantation for sugarcane, which is processed into sugar used by Coca-Cola.
Resignation of CEO is latest setback to the project in north-eastern China's Jilin province meant to diversify food sources for Singaporeans and help improve safety standards for Chinese consumers.
A Mauritius sugarcane firm Omnicane is set to invest $250 million into sugarcane plantations in northern Ghana
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Pétition de Sauvons la forêt « Bolloré a pris nos terres. Et maintenant notre liberté. » Des paysans d’Afrique et d’Asie accusent la holding luxembourgeoise Socfin de s’être accaparée leurs terres pour ses cultures d’huile de palme. Ils ont lancé une série de blocages dans les plantations pour que l’actionnaire principal Bolloré s’emploie à faire respecter leurs droits et restituer leurs terres. Soutenons leur action !
Dans le bras de fer qui les oppose à Senhuile et ses patrons italiens, les populations du Ndiael ont trouvé l’occasion rêvée de porter un coup dur à la société d’agrobusiness implantée sur 20 000 hectares de leurs terres.
D'un coût initial d'investissement de $100 millions, cette société dénommée "El Firma" sera basée dans l'ouest algérien, où les deux partenaires vont implanter une ferme pilote intégrée s'étendant sur près de 6.000 ha.
Le financement du parc agro industriel de Bukanga Lonzo pour un montant de 82 Millions de dollars américainscas est le cas le plus grave de malversation financière et détournement des deniers publics de l’histoire récente du Congo
Obró a sabiendas de que en el Poder Judicial están pendientes juicios por la titularidad de las tierras y de que existen dos decretos del Poder Ejecutivo que muestran que las tierras ya son del Estado desde 1967.
La organización alertó que el acaparamiento de tierras y la expansión de la agricultura intensiva están empeorando la situación de ciertas poblaciones locales.
En un país con muy poca tierra cultivable como Mauritania, empresas extranjeras compran al gobierno grandes extensiones de tierra (lo que se conoce como acaparamiento de tierra) provocando la ruina de pueblos enteros y su desplazamiento
En la sesión de hoy, jueves 5 de noviembre de 2015, el Congreso Nacional ha dado otra bofetada al Estado de Derecho y a la coherencia, al legitimar la apropiación ilegal de Marinakue por parte del Grupo Riquelme.
Los esfuerzos corporativos para privatizar los derechos de agua concitan una robusta resistencia popular en las comunidades de todo el mundo, que afirman su derecho a decidir cómo se utilizan los recursos hídricos
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