In December 2008, the Indigenous Bunong Peoples of Bousra Commune in Cambodia awoke one morning to find that some 10,000 hectares of their forest and lands had been conceded by the government to the SOCFIN group
Joint statement endorsed by 93 international, regional and national organizations to mark the “Day of the Landless”
- #NolandNoLIfe
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29 Mar 2018
Investigation uncovers how Harvard University's endowment is involved in a violent case of land grabbing, covering 140,000 ha in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Estamos haciendo un "lavado de cara" de Farmlandgrab.org. Vamos a renovar el diseño del sitio y trasladar nuestro espacio en las redes sociales a los espacios de GRAIN.
Farmlandgrab.org se fait un lifting. Nous allons rafraîchir l’aspect de son site Internet et commencer à partager ses contenus sur les réseaux sociaux de GRAIN.
Farmlandgrab.org is getting a facelift. We are refreshing the design of the site and moving the social media content to GRAIN's accounts.
Jospeh Initiative limited, a company funded by United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) is grabbing about 2000 hectares and forcefully evicting over 2300 families off their land in Uganda
- witnessradio.org
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22 Mar 2018
As comunidades locais, incluindo comunidades de quilombolas (descendentes de escravos negros) e povos indígenas, estão sendo violentamente deslocadas de suas terras tradicionais e enfrentam contaminação das águas e solos, aumento da violência contra seus líderes comunitários, desmatamento e perda da biodiversidade.
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority buys a 3,500 ha farm in Nasarawa State through a joint venture with UFF Agri Investment, a South African company owned by Old Mutual Property
- Economic Confidential
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12 Mar 2018
Les populations rurales craignent l’accaparement par Olam Palm Mouila des terres cultivables et appellent au respect de l’usage de leurs droits coutumiers.
本サイトに掲載していた「国連小農と農村で働く人びとの権利に関する宣言(案)」ですが、2018年12月17日に、国連総会で最終決議がされました。
そのため、ドラフト文の翻訳を一旦削除し、国連総会に最終提出され、採択された決議文と宣言文の和訳と差し替えます。
Over the past four years Hu Keqin, owner of the Reward Group, has quietly snapped up 3,000 hectares of wheat fields in the central Indre and Allier regions of France.
President Emmanuel Macron has promised farmers that he will stop foreign investors buying up land in France, after a Chinese fund purchased swathes of rich agricultural land in the centre of the country.
- Telegraph
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22 February 2018
Après avoir frappé à la porte des banques de développement européennes pour défendre la cause des Pygmées, le militant congolais a été expulsé vers le Sénégal
- Jeune Afrique
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22 February 2018
L’Organisation non gouvernementale "Muyissi Environnement" sillonne les villages impactés par les plantations de palmiers à huile du singapourien Olam au sud du Gabon, principalement dans la province de la Ngounié
- Gabon News
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21 February 2018
Proterra Investment Partners, a private equity firm that was spun-off from agricultural giant Cargill, is raising $ 500 million to expand in Brazil, according to a person with direct knowledge of the subject.
- Bloomberg
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21 February 2018
A segunda edição do Seminário Internacional "Fundos de Pensões, Mercados Financeiros e Especulação do Território" será realizada amanhã, dia 15 de fevereiro, no Centro de Pós-Graduação da Universidade de Nova York.
The initiative launched in 2012 to support African agriculture is accused of favouring multinationals and land grabbing.
- Le Monde
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12 February 2018
Les enjeux alimentaires et agricoles deviennent progressivement de plus en plus tendus, explique Thierry Brugvin
- Témoignages
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10 February 2018
AgCAP has completed the sale of its initial Sustainable Agriculture Fund (SAF) portfolio, which included the sale to institutional and private equity investors of SAF’s three cropping aggregations in Australia.
- Grain Central
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30 January 2018
Groups express support for the French newspapers and NGOs accused of defamation for reporting on the mobilisation of villagers and farmers in West Africa who live near SOCFIN's plantations. The case opened in Paris on January 25.
- CSOs, media
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26 January 2018
C'est la Société camerounaise de palmeraies, SOCAPALM, qui a porté plainte contre plusieurs journaux français dont Médiapart, l'Obs et Le Point. Deux ONG, SHERPA et REACT sont également poursuivis.
Ce jeudi 25 janvier s’ouvrira un procès contre Mediapart, L’Obs et Le Point et deux ONG, Sherpa et ReAct, attaqués en diffamation par la holding luxembourgeoise Socfin, fortement liée au groupe Bolloré.
- Mediapart
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24 January 2018
L’acquisition des actifs meuniers de Mimran pour plus de 300 millions d’euros signe l’arrivée du groupe américain, Seaboard Corporation au Sénégal et en Côte d’Ivoire.
- Jeune Afrique
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24 January 2018
Après avoir documenté de graves violations des droits humains et destruction environnementale au Brésil, accompagnés d’accaparement des terres et de spéculation foncière, une délégation internationale se rend en Europe afin d’explorer ces liens
One of the people most active in driving Chinese investment in Australian farmland, David Goodfellow, is switching camps to help build a $1 billion Canadian investment portfolio.
- Farm Online
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15 January 2018
Kiev keeps putting off land reforms, despite pressure from the IMF and investors.
- Bloomberg
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04 January 2018
El régimen tiene una estrategia de compra en todo el mundo para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria de sus 1400 millones de habitantes; cultivan 10 millones de hectáreas en el exterior.
- La Nación
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23 December 2017
Two farmers from Central Kalimantan, Indonesia were shot inside oil palm plantation of PT. Bumi Sawit Kencana (BSK), a subsidiary of Wilmar Group. They were shot by police officer assigned to secure the plantation area.
Des associations de la communauté anuak exhortent les gouvernements éthiopien et indien à arrêter leurs négociations avec Karuturi Global Ltd et à faire en sorte que l’entreprise quitte définitivement Gambela et les autres régions d’Éthiopie.