La médiation risque d’être un échec si des mesures fortes ne sont pas prises pour assurer un processus adéquat, sur, indépendant et réellement inclusif pour les communautés locales et de leurs représentants.

‘The Gecko Project’ asegura que varias multinacionales trabajan con First Resources, un proveedor supuestamente sostenible acusado de talar 95.000 hectáreas de bosque en el último lustro

L'eau du lac Guiers, ressource vitale menacée. Une entreprise américaine l'exploite intensivement pour l'agro-export, ignorant les besoins croissants de Dakar et les risques environnementaux

El Gobierno busca regular la posesión y uso de tierras de extranjeros en la frontera agrícola. Expertos lo ven viable, pero piden que no se asfixie la inversión del exterior.

Ardo Sow, membre du CRAFS, dénonce l'accaparement des terres par African Agriculture Inc, une société américaine détenue par Frank Timis, au Sénégal

African Agriculture Inc., une société d'investissement basée dans un espace de travail partagé Regus au neuvième étage de Park Avenue à New York, cultive 300 hectares (740 acres) de luzerne vert émeraude à l'est de Saint-Louis dans une réserve naturelle désertique appelée le Ndiael. La ferme tire son eau du lac de Guiers voisin, alimenté par un canal venant de la rivière. Seule réserve d'eau douce du Sénégal, le lac fournit la moitié de l'eau de Dakar, la capitale du Sénégal.

Bloomberg exposé on Frank Timis' plan to turn Les Fermes de la Teranga (ex-Senhuile) into a major source of animal feed for the Gulf States and the implications for Dakar's water supply

Russia could provide North Korean farmers with agricultural land in the Far East, a scheme that one expert said could be a DPRK attempt to improve its food situation and earn cash for the regime.

The President talked about his country’s over 5 million hectares of arable land and said he was seeking credible partnerships for investment in large-scale food production

As part of the initiative, development bank BNDES could set up a fund to attract foreign capital, and Japan, South Korea, China and Saudi Arabia have shown interest backing investments of this type.

One of the world’s largest palm oil producers, First Resources, appears to have secretly controlled a network of companies that have been clearing rainforests in Indonesia for more than a decade, an investigation by The Gecko Project has found.

Impact Ag Partners recently joined SLM Partners to launch the SLM Agri Carbon Fund – a new investment vehicle to back regenerative agriculture and carbon storage in Australia.

Équiterre, la Fédération de la relève agricole du Québec, la Coopérative pour l’Agriculture de Proximité Écologique, Protec-Terre et Vivre en Ville joignent leur forces et lancent l’Alliance SaluTERRE dans le but de protéger les terres et les activités agricoles du Québec des nombreuses menaces qui mettent en danger notre autonomie et notre sécurité alimentaires

Zimbabwe's President says he brought his Minister of Agriculture to Riyadh to follow-up on discussions held recently in Harare about signing an MOU for the production of grain for export to Saudi Arabia.

The Minister of Water Resources has appealed to state governments and communities to provide land for a Presidential directive to cultivate 500,000 ha of irrigable agriculture across Nigeria's twelve River Basins.

“We have aggressive ambition, not only to grow the business but also to expand it. The key partner we want to bring in is Malaysia," says the CEO of PHC Monique Gieskes.

En partenariat avec 17 organisations de Harvard et du monde entier, la Coalition Stop Harvard Land Grabs tente de mettre fin aux investissements réalisés par l’Université dans les ressources naturelles et exige des solutions régénératrices aux dommages causés par ces exploitations.

The Stop Harvard Land Grabs Coalition reiterated calls for the University to provide reparations to residents impacted by former holdings in Brazilian farmlands at an annual hybrid panel on Wednesday.

Au Congo-Brazzaville, le projet BaCaSi mené par TotalEnergies pour compenser ses émissions de gaz à effets de serre prévoit la plantation d’acacias sur 38 000 hectares de terre. Alerté par la Commission diocésaine Justice et paix de Pointe-Noire (CDJP), le CCFD-Terre Solidaire se mobilise pour obtenir une meilleure prise en compte des populations impactées par le projet.

The increased need for cropland would result in “a race for prime spots”, especially in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa

Chairman of Agriculture and Food Security Committee in Parliament, Hon Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, informed colleague parliamentarians that Socfin’s contract had elapsed, but still tilled the land at the expense of the state and local community.

A six-month investigation by Gideon Sarpong, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Audrey Travère has uncovered the extent to which the relentless exploitation of rubber and palm oil resources by Socfin is fueling deforestation and displacement of indigenous populations in Nigeria and Ghana.

El futuro de la agricultura ucraniana debe dar prioridad a los pequeños agricultores, la transparencia del mercado de tierras, la sostenibilidad medioambiental y la lucha contra el cambio climático

Human rights organizations and parliamentarians from West African countries and Zambia in East Africa have expressed interest in Sierra Leone’s new land laws and efforts to resist and negotiate better terms with international companies.

Charles Eghobamien, CEO of Sunora Foods, says his company will commit about US$100 million to develop a 15,000 hectare oil palm plantation as well as, crop processing and water bottling facilities in Edo State, Nigeria

The Vice President of Zimbabwe received a delegation from Ali Gholami Vegetables and Fruits LLC, a specialist in the procurement and supply of a wide variety of fresh products for the Gulf region.

For seven months, the leader of the Awyu Tribe indigenous people, underwent a trial process under lawsuit case regarding Environmental Feasibility of the Oil Palm Plantation Development Plan in an area of 36,096.4 hectares by PT Indo Asiana Lestari (PT IAL), which is located in the customary territory of the Awyu Tribe, South Papua Province, Indonesia.

Saroafrica is in the process of acquiring SIAT, a company with over 140,000 ha of oil palm and rubber plantations in Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria.

Pour la Confédération paysanne, les Amis de la Terre, le mouvement des Amap et Terres de liens, cette nouvelle forme de portage du foncier risque de s’avérer contre-productive, en favorisant la concentration foncière en France.

The company behind the Mennonite project, Terra Invest Suriname & Guyana, is looking to obtain 30,000 hectares for approximately 1,000 Mennonite families, but could go as high as 90,000 hectares.