The Overseas Investment Office has granted consent for Weihai Station to buy 595 hectares of land at 152 Baker Rd, Waikaretu - about 100km southwest of Auckland, New Zealand.
The issue of indiscriminate allocation of community land to companies in the Niger Delta region has been brought to the front burner by stakeholders on environmental and human rights issues in the area.
South Korean-owned Welt Bio Co. Ltd. is investing $40 million in a black pepper plantation in Mondulkiri, Cambodia, which is being described as the largest in the world.
Who walks away from fertile agricultural land available to lease for as little as $1 per year per hectare? Recent reports indicate international investors are doing just that across sub-Saharan Africa.
The Ethiopian Agricultural Investment Land Administration Agency has terminated its lease contract with the controversial, Indian based agribusiness giant - Karuturi Global Ltd.
Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Co (SALIC), an arm of the state-owned Public Investment Fund, is looking to buy land in Sudan to grow fodder, after purchasing a 20% stake in a Brazilian beef exporter.
French owned plantation firm Socfin has restarted talks with indigenous villagers affected by its plantations in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia, with the UN saying the process could be replicated across a region dominated by agro-industrial firms.
Le gouvernement cède des licences d’exploitation des terres des populations indigènes à des entreprises privées pour les plantations de palmiers à huile.
«La loi de 2004 dit, clairement, que le Sénégal doit moderniser son agriculture, sécuriser ses acteurs, en mettant en place des droits transmissibles et qu’on peut donner en garantie à des institutions, pour avoir des financements»
Tête de file de la mobilisation contre l’accaparement des terres, la Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes du Mali fait le bilan de l’année 2015 sur les directives sur des régimes fonciers de la FAO
La Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Co, une branche du fonds public d’investissement saoudien a indiqué son intention d’acheter des terres arables au Soudan pour la culture de fourrage.
La compensation foncière suscite beaucoup de polémique au Sénégal depuis quelques années. Des témoignages recueillis sur le terrain permettent de mesurer l’enjeu social et économique de la question.
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