Land owners are protesting against lease agreement with large scale investor
- Green Scenery
- 03 October 2011
Since Monday evening more than a hundred land owners are blocking the Socfin operation area
Since Monday evening more than a hundred land owners are blocking the Socfin operation area
L’entretien a porté sur la nécessité d’avoir des équipes de sensibilisation en région forestière afin d’amener les paysans à comprendre l’urgence d’acquisition de domaines qui impulseront le développement agricole.
On March 5, 2011 in the presence of armed security forces the lease agreement was signed against payments from 173,000,000.00 Leones stacked on a table and paid to those signing the agreement.
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