L’organe de la Table ronde pour une huile de palme durable chargé de recevoir des plaintes a reconnu que Golden Veroleum Liberia enfreint régulièrement les normes relatives au consentement libre, préalable et éclairé (FPIC)

La question de l’accaparement des terres et de l’eau est devenue un problème lancinant qui affecte les communautés rurales et la petite paysannerie. Le Maroc n’échappe pas à ce fléau.

A corporation led by Africa’s richest man, has announced plans for a huge expansion of agricultural plantations.Secretive billionaire Aliko Dangote intends to invest nearly $5 billion in expanding oil palm, soy and sugarcane production in Nigeria.

Pour la troisième année consécutive, des citoyens et des militants de diverses associations belges, françaises et luxembourgeoises ont mené une action publique lors de l’Assemblée générale des actionnaires du groupe agro-industriel SOCFIN.

Following the many paths of where investment dollars go to fund agricultural commodities in SE Asia can be a challenging but not impossible prospect.

Investment in agricultural production and trade often harms the rights of local and indigenous peoples while failing to contribute significantly to economic development, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Institute.

Nearly 150 homes destroyed in the latest incident in conflict between indigenous Batin Sembilan residents and former Wilmar company.

There's been considerable disquiet over the presence of foreign buyers in the farmland market place, but the stats on the extent of foreign ownership and the emerging trends are far from clear.

İçlerinde La Via Campesina’nın da yeraldığı bir grup örgüt, Birleşmiş Milletler Gıda ve Tarım Organizasyonu (FAO) genel direktörü Jose Graziano da Silva ve Avrupa Kalkınma ve Yatırım Bankası (EBRD)’nin politikalarını protesto için bir imza metn hazırladılar.

Minutes from the Karuturi Global Limited Q2 FY2012 results conference call.

Two issues are bound to feature in New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser's talks in Beijing next week: New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra’s market power in the China domestic market and Chinese investment intentions within New Zealand.

Unregulated large-scale land acquisition in south Sudan by foreign companies threatens the rights of the people, with an area bigger than Rwanda earmarked for use by outside businesses, a report from Norwegian People's Aid warns.

"I know you will think why should President Obama meddle in the affairs of other countries," writes Devlinder Sharma. "I agree, but at least he can stop the American agribiz and finance companies from indulging in offshore farmland grab."

China’s search for new land has led Beijing to aggressively seek large land leases in Mozambique over the past two years, particularly in its most fertile areas, such as the Zambezi valley in the north and the Limpopo valley in the south.

Une vingtaine d'organisations et alliés des communautés affectées par les plantations de palmiers à huile et d'hévéas du groupe Socfin expriment leur mécontentement face à la décision du Norges Bank Investment Management de ne pas se retirer de l’actionnariat de Bolloré SE et de la Compagnie de l'Odet SE

Communities are calling for a resumption of dialogue with a view to resolving the land conflicts and compensating the damage suffered.

In Cambodia, the Bunong people’s sacred forest became a rubber plantation as the government took their commune’s land and leased it to French firm Socfin-KCD and its Cambodian private partner.

Trente organisations demandent aux gouvernements responsables de la supervision des banques de développement de prendre des mesures pour réparer les préjudices causés aux communautés par leur investissement dans PHC/Feronia.

Thirty CSOs call on the governments responsible for overseeing the development banks to take action to redress the harms caused to the communities from their investment oil palm plantation company PHC/Feronia.

According to research by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, which analysed 170 commodities, palm oil and cobalt are at “extreme” risk of land grabs

Uganda's Non-Governmental Organization Bureau has suspended 54 organizations for alleged 'non-compliance', including Witness-Radio, which has been defending several communities whose lands have been grabbed by foreign agribusinesses.

Aminata Fabba, Chairlady of the Malen Land Owners Association, spoke out at the First Peoples’ Hearing of Mano River CSO Platform in Liberia about the abuses here community in Sierra Leone is facing at the hands of SOCFIN.

Thousands of families are being violently evicted from their farms to make way for foreign-owned plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda.

Food companies doing business in Africa risk becoming bogged down in decades-long legal disputes over land that could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a new report from ODI.

Human Rights Watch call for Cambodian government to unconditionally release prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny who was arrested on August 15, 2016. Other affected land communities have also been heavily harassed through arbitrary arrests, detention, and criminal prosecution.

Earthsight report exposes the secrecy and collusion in industrial agriculture which are threatening the Congo Basin’s forests. This post details findings from The Republic of Congo.

Abu Dhabi-based Jenaan Investment has a new joint venture with the government of Sudan to farm 10,000 ha there to produce fodder for livestock in the UAE.

American farmland is becoming popular with overseas investors—and that’s making people nervous. Italian buyers purchased 102,000 acres, New Zealand bought around 18,000, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates went in on more than 15,000 acres.

“In these supposedly win-win contracts, I would like to know what our communities are gaining. On the contrary, we are losing and even dying a slow death.”

“On their own these commitments are never going to stop deforestation. And there is a danger that zero deforestation policies are distracting attention and diverting resources away from the law enforcement and governance reforms that are needed.”