Investigation finds Rabobank acquired farmlands in Romania that had been sold without the knowledge or consent of the farmer owners.

Nasako Besingi de l’ONG SEFE a été condamné ce jour par le tribunal de Mundemba. Il faisait l’objet d’une série de plaintes pour diffamation introduites par la société SGSOC, une filière de la société américaine Herakles Farms

Nasako Besingi of the NGO Struggle to Economize our Future Environment (SEFE) was sentenced today for defamation by the SGSOC Company, a subsidiary of Herakles Farms of the US.

La holding belge s’était lancée sur le marché boursier d’Alternex Paris et Bruxelles pour financer son projet de création d’une exploitation industrielle de 3 000 hectares de cacao en Côte d’Ivoire.

Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, “one of the world’s largest farmland holders”, allegedly used bankruptcy for fun and profit.

Journal of Peasant Studies issue focusing on agrarian social movements in Brazil, includes struggles for land.

Le gouvernement français vient d'accueillir le groupe Bolloré - dont les filiales sont accusées de pratiquer l'accaparement de terres en Afrique - parmi le très select club des "sponsors" pollueurs de la COP21.

A day after a judge suspended operations of a palm-oil company suspected of causing a massive fish die-off on a Guatemalan river, three community leaders were abducted by company workers and an outspoken local teacher was murdered.

Ethiopian authorities should drop charges and release three local activists charged under repressive anti-terrorism law after trying to attend a workshop on food security, say six international organisations.

Series of video clips by filmmaker Kalyanee Mam explore the social and environmental issues related to deforestation, land grabbing, industrial agriculture, and overfishing in Cambodia.

Investors have turned to farmland as part of a sweeping push into physical assets — everything from lumber, hotels and apartments to parking meters, bridges and highways.

If Black Soil Capital Partners gets its way, the fields of Heilongjiang will be consolidated under long-term leases from farmers, giving way to a modern, industrialized US-style business model.

Au Congo, des investisseurs malaisiens prévoient un investissement de 350 milliards de francs Cfa dans un projet agro-industriel.

New TIAA-CREF fund will invest in “high quality farmland assets” across North America, South America, Australia and parts of Europe with a focus on major grain exporting regions.

Farmers from drought-parched California are finding greener pastures in the Pacific Northwest -- and so are buyers from China.

Les Bunongs réclament une réparation en nature, espérant récupérer leur terre, ainsi que plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’euros de dommages et intérêts chacun.

Emile Elmalem, le Directeur général des Grands moulins de Dakar (Gmd), a été emporté par un scandale financier dans lequel on retrouve Benjamin Dummai, ancien Directeur général de Senhuile Sa.

‘Land grabs’ stands tall as a major development challenge in Africa. Millions of agriculture dependent families are forced to leave their fertile lands for multinational companies who occupy the lands for business purposes.

Cette étude documente les répercussions de l'accaparement des terres sur les moyens de subsistance et sur la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique de l'Ouest.

"Les gens parlent d'accaparement des terres [mais] je dirais que la Socapalm a restitué des terres à l'État camerounais," déclare Michel Deumega Noulowe, PCA de la Socapalm

La Via Campesina denounces the International Land Coalition for calling for mitigating the negative effects of landgrabbing, rather than insisting that landgrabbing be stopped.

Les appétits fonciers en cours pourraient plonger le Sénégal dans l’insécurité alimentaire, la pauvreté, mais surtout la violence. Sud Quotidien fait le point de la situation.

China is on the hunt for new food sources to feed its one and a half billion people and its central government has ordered $3 trillion be spent securing food and farmland overseas.

State-controlled Felda Global Ventures Bhd (FGV)said it needs more land bank and has been looking outside Malaysia for some time to boost its portfolio, including Africa, Myanmar and Indonesia.

Across Southeast Asia, a dramatic reconfiguring of land rights, livelihoods and economies is underway, with profound and disturbing implications for the future.

There have been more than 29 indigenous killed in just three regions of Tumpinambá lands in the state of Bahía, between 2013 and 2015.

The hard reality is that there is a sound business case to be made for commercial interests to aggressively attempt to control the very foundation of the food chain, the land itself.

Avec de tels projets, l’accaparement de terres par des investisseurs internationaux pour mener des opérations de compensation carbone, phénomène déjà observé, pourrait s’aggraver.

À l’heure même où ce clinquant numéro de CQFD sort des presses, les sinistres actionnaires du groupe Bolloré sortent de leur assemblée générale annuelle et des milliers de paysans sortent d’une série d’occupations de plantations en Afrique de l’Ouest.

India can ill-afford to be tainted by accusations of complicity in land deals that disadvantage the people of Africa given the role it sees for itself in promoting co-operation among countries in the south.