New IIED publications on agricultural investments in Mali and Zambia
- IIED
- 29 January 2013
Two new reports by IIED look at agricultural investments and land acquisitions in Mali Ans Zambia.
Two new reports by IIED look at agricultural investments and land acquisitions in Mali Ans Zambia.
Indofood Sukses Makmur is planning to acquire a 50 percent stake in a plantation company in Brazil through its subsidiary Indofood Agri Resources, as the company expands its sugar plantation business.
Report on Japan's role in the ProSAVANA programme in Mozambique by Sayaka Funada Classen.
Quant aux expulsions liées aux conflits fonciers, le porte-parole du ministère de l’aménagement du territoire a assuré « qu’il n’y en avait pas ».
Este artigo de Sayaka Funada Classen examina as características e os antecedentes do Programa de Cooperação Triangular para o Desenvolvimento da Agricultura das Savanas Tropicais em Moçambique assinado conjuntamente pelos governos do Japão, Brasil e Moçambique em 2009.
Agriculture has scarred some big hitters in the investment world. Many are now wary of a sector that is at the mercy of fickle weather, political risk and quixotic governments.
Chaque année, des responsables politiques et des chefs d’entreprises du monde entier prennent le pouls du climat des affaires lors du forum de Davosen Suisse. Un signe, cette année, la question de l’accaparement des terres et des investissements fonciers a été abordée lors d’un débat.
A slew of countries and investors — from Chinese state corporations to Gulf sheiks to Wall Street firms — have started buying up farmland overseas, in an apparent attempt to acquire as much precious soil and water as possible.
Wilmar has flagged the purchase of another 778 hectares of land in the Burdekin region south of Townsville, Australia as part of its campaign to lock up as much supply as possible.
A Justiça Ambiental/FOE Moçambique condena veemente todo o processo de elaboração e implementação do ProSavana
Justiça Ambiental (Friends of the Earth - Mozambique) strongly condemns the whole process of preparing and implementing ProSavana
En définissant comme "intérêt national" ou "bien national" des projets de développement liés à la terre, qui ne respectent pas la notion du droit au développement, qui génèrent des migrations et aboutissent à des violations inextricables des droits fondamentaux de la population et des communautés locales, les Etats abusent du pouvoir qui leur est octroyé aussi bien par la communauté nationale qu’internationale.