Five men were arrested and beaten on accusations of stealing palm from GVL plantation, but they deny any wrongdoing.

Le Kenya vient de conclure un accord avec la Zambie pour bénéficier d’une allocation de 20 000 hectares de terres agricoles.

Zambia has allocated 20,000 hectares of land to large-scale farmers in Kenya to start growing maize which will be exported in the country.

Un séminaire sous-régional sur la gestion foncière locale, financé par le gouvernement français, se tient au Sénégal du 6 au 10 mars 2023.

ECVC ha publicado hoy una propuesta redactada por campesinxs para una Directiva Europea sobre Tierras Agrícolas.

Aujourd’hui, ECVC publie une proposition paysanne de directive européenne sur les terres agricoles qui vise à combattre la concentration et l'accaparement des terres en Europe

The report details corporate land investments in the Mississippi Delta region, and ways that the growth of speculative farmland ownership exacerbates barriers that farmers face accessing and maintaining land in the region.

Tacama Gold, a company owned by Guyanase and Brazilian businessmen, requested 85,000 acres of land but was given 27,000, so that the venture could be assessed before additional land was given.

Japan’s MYFARM Inc will inject RM210 million into PLS Plantations Bhd’s durian plantation in Pahang, as the company looks to expand from 1,000ha to 10,000ha over the next five years.

El actual proceso de acaparamiento y extranjerización de tierras en Colombia “extenderán hacia el futuro las dinámicas de violencia, despojo y resistencias que se multiplican desde hace más de 50 años”, según un investigador del CEDINS

Investigation reveals how SIAT Nigeria Limited is grabbing host communities' lands and paying them three times less then what local farmers typically pay to neighbouring villages to rent small plots of land for a season.

Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry says a total of 153,659 land agreements, covering 344,061 ha, have been signed since the land market was launched, including nearly 100,000 ha over the past year.

As land becomes more expensive in the US, wealth becomes a deciding factor in who gets cut out versus who has the opportunities and the means to procure land.

The directive outlines how EU institutions can implement fair, democratic and sustainable land policies to combat the economic, ecological and climate crises and guarantee food sovereignty.

Em setembro de 2022 publicamos na prestigiosa revista Land Use Policy um trabalho intitulado “Grilagem de terras na Amazônia brasileira: Roubando terras públicas com aprovação do governo”. Esta série traz o conteúdo em português.

Fayus Nigeria Limited has commenced the development of a 3,000-hectare plantation in Ugbeturu Community, Owan West Local Council in Edo State, Nigeria

WSIB has allocated a total of $400 million into a separate account with UBS Farmland Investors and a Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund IV.

We should be concerned about the financialized logic promoted by investors and mega-farmers, which seeks to extract monetary value from every square inch of farmland.

À l'occasion du Salon de l’Agriculture, Les Amis de la Terre France publient le rapport “La Terre aux paysans, l’agro-industrie hors champ” dénonçant l’accaparement des terres agricoles en France, et appelant à plafonner le nombre d’hectares contrôlables par les multinationales et les agri-managers.

Dans un rapport publié lundi, l'association Terre de Liens s’inquiète de l’accaparement de terres agricoles françaises par des firmes industrielles.

The UN counted 355 SLAPPs from the business community between 2015 and 2022. Individuals and organisations that expose human rights violations, abuses in mining, agriculture and forestry and on palm oil plantations are most often affected.

Small farmers in Brazil are giving up on food crops and risking debt, lured by the big business of soy export.

The war in Ukraine could stimulate a new global land race that could affect the world's agricultural system, says a new study by researchers at the Politecnico di Milano.

Groups call on European governments to honour their responsibilities to the communities affected by their investments in a DR Congo palm oil plantation by taking action to stop the violence surrounding the mediation process.

Les gouvernements européens doivent honorer leurs responsabilités envers les communautés affectées par leurs investissements dans une société d'huile de palme et mettre fin à la violence entourant le processus de médiation.

Palm oil producer Socfin systematically excludes parts of their plantations from certification. This way, they do receive the RSPO certificate, while large parts of their plantations do not meet the environmental and social requirements, analysis by Milieudefensie shows.

An investigation by Mongabay, The Gecko Project and BBC News found villagers across Indonesia gave up their land to corporations in exchange for a share of the palm oil boom but have been left with empty promises. Tom Walker, head of research at The Gecko Project, argues that increasing transparency, accountability and investigations of errant companies are critical steps that could be taken to solve the problem.

Analisa dari Milieudefensie menemukan bahwa Perusahaan Sawit Socfin secara sistematis menyembunyikan sebagian dari perkebunan mereka dari sertifikasi. Dengan cara ini mereka berhasil menerima sertifikat RSPO, sementara sebagian besar perkebunan mereka tidak memenuhi persyaratan lingkungan dan sosial

Une filiale du groupe américain Fayus Inc. a entamé l’installation d’une plantation de palmier à huile sur une ferme de 3 000 hectares située dans la zone de gouvernement local d’Owan Est de l’Etat d’Edo.

One year into the war, a new report reveals how oligarchs and financial interests are expanding control over Ukraine’s agricultural land with help and financing from Western financial institutions.