Colonialism brought large-scale farming to Africa. Now, after several decades of independence, and with investor interest growing, African governments are once again promoting large plantations and estates. But the new corporate interest in African agriculture has been criticised as a “land grab”.
The secrecy behind much-touted China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) now lies in tatters with details of how China is plotting the economic takeover of Pakistan published early this week. Major thrust areas of this plan will hugely affect Pakistani agriculture sector.
Cambodia's biggest sugar mill owned by Rui Feng International Co Ltd. has produced half a million tonnes of refined white sugar despite facing accusations of land-grabbing and using its partner firms to circumvent restrictions on the maximum legal size of land a company can hold as an ELC.
Experts say India is hosting this year's annual meeting of the African Development Bank to provide a platform for Indian corporates to invest in Africa, especially in agriculture and mining
The Danish Agribusiness Fund and JB Equity will allow Coexca SA to double its current pork production capacity and establish a new and modern pig farm in the Maule Region of Chile
Leave it to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Hilal Elver, to remind the Zambian government—and all of us—that in agricultural countries such as Zambia the right to food depends on the access of the rural poor to land.
Les entreprises françaises sont prêtes à apporter leurs expertises au développement du secteur agro-industrie en RDC, où il y a une grande potentialité en terme de terres arables, déclare l’Ambassadeur de France
Pour devenir le grenier à riz de l’océan Indien, le Madagascar devra convertir en 10 ans deux millions d’hectares de terres agricoles en Zones d’investissement agricole, selon ses promoteurs
Imaginez un monde dans lequel les consommateurs d’Amérique du Nord et d’Europe refusent d’acheter des produits cultivés sur des terres de peuples autochtones saisies illégalement.
Les populations de Keur Moussa, Ndoyène 1 et 2, Souloffe, Birdiam et Sébikotane, au Sénégal, dénoncent l’escroquerie foncière leur opposant à la famille Filfili
Le CED a lancé une plateforme digitale pour lutter contre les abus et les injustices qui sont monnaie courante dans le secteur du foncier.
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