Le Gabon prépare l'après-pétrole
- Le Figaro
- 25 May 2014
Au Gabon, il n'y a pas que l'or noir.
Frédéric Mousseau, Policy Director at the Oakland Institute, gives RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto an update on the landgrab project that has occupied 20,000 hectares in northern Senegal
"Somos levados a concluir que a Carta Aberta das Organizações da Sociedade Civil foi taxativamente ignorada e que o projecto prossegue, como se tudo estivesse perfeito"
Son ni más ni menos que 116 mil hectáreas las que pretende este empresario estadounidense, que desde 2004 ha intentado avanzar sobre un territorio que incluye “escuelas, destacamento policial y un centro de salud"
Simon Hopkins, chief executive of Milltrust International Group, predicts agriculture will be “one of the best performing asset classes over the course of the next 10 years”.
ETG considers the Government of Tanzania is trying to expropriate part of its land and is demanding compensation in the region of $20 million.
Large-scale land leases in Laos are driven by foreign investment projects brokered between the government and private companies, which have increased in frequency in the past decade.
Over 5,000 farmers from Kebbi State have been displaced as the state government took over their farmlands and allocated them to a Chinese firm for mass agricultural production.
"L’heure n’est pas au choix entre exploitations familiales et agrobusiness," affirme Dr Waly Diouf, du ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement rural.
MIGA—the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group—plays an important role in making agricultural FDI more effective by reducing investors’ perceived risks to encourage market entry while applying environmental and social performance standards that boost the project’s sustainability.
Benjamin Dummai, director-general de Senhuile SA, un proyecto de agronegocios que ocupa ilegítimamente 20 mil hectáreas en el norte de Senegal, está acusado de malversar casi medio millón de dólares.
Favoriser le climat d'investissement ne devrait pas conduire à des réformes des politiques d'investissement et des réglementations foncières au détriment des agricultrices et agriculteurs familiaux. Rapport d'Oxfam France.