The collapse of the Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park pilot makes it clear that agro-industrial parks are a false solution to the challenges faced by DRC and Africa when it comes to food, agriculture, and poverty alleviation.
World Bank is launching an unprecedented attack on the commons by pushing privatisation of customary and public land and its sale by auction to the highest bidder. The land indicator’s Enabling the Business of Agriculture rankings prescribes policy reforms to ease access to land for agribusiness.
Communities also file second complaint against the World Bank for new financial ties to HAGL
Afin d’accélérer le développement de ses terres non exploitées, le Mali s’est doté depuis 2015 d’une entité dédiée, l’Agence d’Aménagement des Terres et de fourniture de l’eau d’Irrigation (ATI)
Ambitions for venture capital in African agriculture – once the Next Big Thing – are foundering, as is the case with the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania.
US Supreme Court rules that the World Bank's IFC can be sued. This may create new legal liability for development finance institutions whose funding harms local communities.
Edo State Governor tells delegation of World Bank's IFC that his government is in discussions with the Central Bank of Nigeria to develop a programme to provide investors with 100,000 ha of agricultural land for plantations.
A new Oakland Institute report details how the Bank’s Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project promotes large-scale land acquisitions and the expansion of agribusinesses in the developing world.
Ce nouveau rapport de l'Oakland Institute détaille comment la Banque préconise des réformes qui encouragent les acquisitions de terres à grande échelle et l'expansion de l'agrobusiness dans les pays en développement.
During the launch of the Kilombero SAGCOT cluster, Tanzania's Minister of Agriculture says his government would continue creating an enabling environment suitable for attracting more investors into the agricultural sector.
La construction d’un futur canal reliant Makhana et Ndiawsir provoque l’ire des populations qui sonnent la résistance contre le Projet pour le développement inclusif et durable de l'agrobusiness au Sénégal
Despite all the hypocritical calls and posturing of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for ending hunger, they have facilitated, enabled, and led the global rush for landgrabs
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Obsolètes, les réformes agraires ?
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