Opondo Cathy says agents of the multinational agribusiness company Agilis Partners took advantage of the last lockdown to rape her, torch her house and grab her land.
- Witness Radio
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10 June 2021
Gates does not appear to count his farming investments as the largest farmland owner in the US as part of his broader strategy to save the climate.
Quienes actualmente controlan los flujos financieros del mundo no son capaces de apoyar a los productores de alimentos y a los sistemas alimentarios —que pueden combatir la crisis climática o las muchas otras crisis que afectan a la alimentación y a la agricultura. Nuestro desafío es lograr que tanto las tierras agrícolas como el dinero no sigan en sus manos, tan pronto como podamos.
Retirement system is largest manager of farmland in the world - that contributes to land-grabbing, deforestation and human rights violations
New information indicates that Feronia's $15 million rice operations were taken over by a politically connected Belgian-Congolese businessman when they mysteriously vanished from the company's books in 2017.
Fayus Group says it has committed over $100 million along with other investors under the Edo State Oil Palm Program to establish 46,000 ha of oil palm plantations over the next five years.
- National Accord
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09 May 2021
La mère de Efolafola Nisoni Manu, agé de 20 ans, parle de sa meurtre en février dernier aux mains des policiers et des agents de sécurité de la société de plantations de palmier à huile PHC/KKM.
- RIAO-RDC et GRAIN
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30 April 2021
The University of Iowa Faculty Senate voted 42 to 7 to pass a resolution calling on the university to hold the financial services provider TIAA accountable for its investments in global farmland.
- ActionAidUSA
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28 April 2021
A farm in Maui owned by Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board sprayed some 240 gallons of Gramoxone (paraquat) eight times from January to May, 2020
- Politics on Maui
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23 April 2021
Monsieur Manu Efolafola a été jeté dans le fleuve Congo sous menotte par les policiers et gardes industrielles de la société de plantations d'huile de palme PHC FERONIA/KKM en RD Congo.
A Kuramo Capital fund filed suit in Delaware seeking to oust the manager of its investments in DR Congo palm oil plant over his alleged scheme to loot the business.
The TIAA-Divest! campaign demands that TIAA "stop land grabs," as TIAA is one of the two largest foreign buyers in Brazil and many of its landholdings lead to displacement of local communities and deforestation.
- TIAA Divest!
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20 April 2021