The Italian multinational Tozzi Green has begun planting trees on land that local residents claim was stolen from them

Alors qu’une nouvelle campagne de replantating des palmiers à huile est annoncée, la Socapalm craint la paralysie de ses activités par une nouvelle incursion des riverains dans ses plantations. Le Préfet de la Sanaga-Maritime est appelé à la rescousse.

The World Bank unit's "action plan" is an attempt to respond to its own compliance advisor's recommendations on issues ranging from land grabs to sexual exploitation on the plantation.

Better Cotton has released an update to the ‘action plan’ it put in place to curb unsustainable and illegal practices in Brazil’s cotton sector but it fails to even acknowledge the reality of land grabbing that has underpinned the sector’s expansion in recent decades at the expense of native ecosystems and the livelihoods of traditional communities.

Pese a la ofensiva arancelaria de Donald Trump, el sector agrícola de España y Portugal sigue acaparando el interés de los fondos nacionales e internacionales, a los que se ha sumado un actor especialmente relevante: Farmland Reserve, una compañía de inversiones dependiente de la Iglesia mormona que se alza como el quinto mayor propietario institucional de tierras agrícolas de Estados Unidos, con cerca de 690.000 hectáreas en el país norteamericano.

Over 250 indigenous peoples, local communities and various civil society organizations from all over Indonesia announced the Merauke Declaration on March 11-14, 2025 in Merauke, South Papua, rejecting various National Strategic Projects (PSN) throughout Indonesia.

Members of the Louis-Dreyfus family behind the eponymous global grain firm have sold their share of Russian agricultural firm RZ Agro, which farms on an area of over 100,000 ha in southern Russia, to co-owner Steppe Agroholding

Suara penolakan dan perlawanan atas berbagai Proyek Strategis Nasional (PSN) bermasalah bergema dari Merauke, Papua Selatan, provinsi paling timur Indonesia yang tengah disasar proyek cetak sawah dan kebun tebu warisan pemerintahan Presiden Joko Widodo, dan kini dilanjutkan Presiden Prabowo Subianto.

In order to apply for a licence from the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, private equity owned SanLei Premium Trout had to show how local communities would benefit. But the Catchment Resilience Fund initiative seems to have crumbled after less than a year.

Vatel Capital est le premier fonds d’investissement en foncier agricole à avoir été référencé en unité de compte, disponible au sein des contrats d’assurance vie en France

In Buvuma District, Uganda, the push for the palm oil project expansion has emboldened land spectators and oil palm brokers to seize more land from neighboring communities. Those who resist often face harsh consequences.

Already in conflict with local communities over land grabbing, Plantation et Huilerie du Congo (PHC) has just acquired new concessions to expand its palm oil plantations in Boteka. This deprived local communities of nearly 2,500 hectares of arable land.

Australia-based Costa Group has launched a new blueberry farming project on the Bolaven Plateau in Laos, starting with 17 hectares of crops at Paksong.

Al Dahra Group is interested in 180,000 acres. Selu Ltd, another private party has eyes on 20,000. Currently, NIA has 10,000 acres under irrigation with plans to add another 10,000 in the medium term.

Bolloré détient une partie du groupe agroindustriel Socfin, qui produit de l'huile de palme et du caoutchouc en Afrique et en Asie. Si le groupe est connu pour s'accaparer les terres, les violences sexuelles et sexistes qui en découlent le sont beaucoup moins. Enquête de Lola Keraron pour la Revue Silence au Cameroun.

En Éthiopie, la société britannique de capital-investissement Asset Green a signé un accord avec l’Ethiopian Investment Holdings et l’Ethiopian Agricultural Business Corporation pour réaliser un projet intégré de production laitière et de cultures commerciales (15 000 ha)

Depuis 2021, la Socapalm – qui est détenue majoritairement par la Socfinaf, une holding luxembourgeoise détenue en partie par le groupe Bolloré – replante des palmiers pour rajeunir sa plantation à Edéa, au Cameroun, créant d'énormes difficultés pour les communautés riveraines.

The Emirati company Aqua Bridge recently won the race to acquire Greek producer Avramar, which until early last year was the biggest bass and bream farmer in the world.

How thousands of Indonesian soldiers are forcing through a vast agricultural project in indigenous lands and forests

Longstanding labor unrest over low wages, union suppression, and unsafe work conditions at Cameroon’s largest sugar company, owned by a French agro-giant, erupted into a strike on January 26 over delayed payments.

Frente a crises de pools de siembra como de Los Grobo, empresas agroexportadoras - (ABCD, Vitarra (fusión de Bunge y Glencore), COFCO - que antes tenían los puertos para exportación, extendieron su actividad, primero al acopio, y luego al alquiler de campos bajo los esquemas del sistema financiero, que son básicamente los mismos que compraron los títulos de deuda de la Argentina.

Norway pledges US$15mn towards the implementation of the Flagship 7 (Agricultural Masters Plan), which focuses on creating an enabling environment for replicating the SAGCOT model in three additional Agricultural Growth Corridors, namely Mtwara, Central and Northern Corridors.

More than a year late, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation has finally submitted its response to an investigation that found evidence of grave human rights violations at the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) that it helps fund in Liberia.

« L'idée de la campagne contre Bolloré est née comme un nouveau front antifasciste, totalement connecté aux préoccupations initiales des Soulèvements de la Terre que sont la lutte contre l'artificialisation et l'accaparement des terres et de l'eau. »

The Madhya Pradesh government plans to hand over between 10 and 1,000 hectares of forest land to private agencies for 60 years in which time they can plant species of their choice, trade in forest produce, and rate the forest for carbon sequestration to earn carbon credits.

“Taking into account the importance of food security in the near future, I think we can implement and start joint investment projects in agriculture. We want the situation to be win-win — one project in Kazakhstan and one project in Saudi Arabia.”

The continued invasion of tea estates has reignited discussions on historical land injustices, with some local leaders attributing the unrest to unresolved grievances over land ownership.

The 25-year deal would enable Chestnut Carbon to plant trees on 60,000 acres of land across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas

Amacro, es el nuevo acrónimo para designar la nueva expansión de la frontera agrícola que viene promoviendo el acaparamiento de cerca de 6,5 millones de hectáreas de tierras públicas en la región, concentrando 10% de los conflictos por tierras y el 26% de todos los asesinatos de campesinos en el país.

Des femmes d’Apouh ont investi les plantations de la Socapalm pour y planter 6000 rejetons de bananiers plantains. Elles ont ciblé une surface précédemment occupée par le palmier à huile, en prévision de replanting.