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Ayansa Waktola, who lives near the farm says, "The farm is not benefitting us. Employees receive low incomes, which do not cover their personal expenses. This kind of employment may be OK for a short period, but not in the long run." (Photo: Vineet Khare)
Last year (2012), Al Dahra cultivated 150,000 hectares of freehold and leased land, producing more than 2 million tonnes of goods in 10 different countries. It already produces and exports rice from Pakistan, is the largest hay exporter in the United States and produces dates in Namibia. It also has a presence in Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Australia, Spain and Serbia.
The Rockefeller Foundation says the 10,000 ha rice farm and outgrower scheme that Singapore-based Olam is constructing in Nasarawa State, Nigeria is the type of win-win land project that can "transform African agriculture from a development problem to an economic opportunity." Farmers in Mozambique (above) have had a very different experience with a similar Olam rice project.
“Lo han matado de un disparo a bocajarro”, informa por teléfono Yusuf Barro, portavoz del colectivo de defensa de los intereses y de las tierras de Fanaye en Senegal.
On 29 April 2013, Boeng Kak lake residents and other communities embroiled in land disputes gathered in front of the Cambodian People's Party headquarters in Phnom Penh to appeal for help from the prime minister. (Photo: REUTERS/Samrang Pring)
Mais de 30 organizações da sociedade civil decidiram juntar esforços para defender a terra e os recursos naturais (Julho 2013). As organizações, que incluem movimentos de camponeses, vão lançar ainda este ano uma campanha nacional contra privatização da terra. Em cima da mesa está o projecto ProSavana.
A woman harvests oil palm kernels in Sierra Leone. Land grabs in the country are displacing small farmers to make way for large-scale plantations, mainly oil palm.
In its 2013 report titled Factors Shaping the Future of World Trade, the WTO says that with around 5.2 million hectares acquired by foreigners, the Philippines is considered the third top destination of foreign investment in land in the world.
The late Robert Louis-Dreyfus, former owner of Louis Dreyfus Commodities, which says it plans to invest in assets ranging from orange groves to sugar refiners, in a prospectus released to Reuters in July 2013.
Russia Baltic Pork Invest ASA is a company registered in Norway that owns an 8,000 ha grain farm and a large scale pig farm (above) in the Kaliningrad region of Russia. The Thai food manufacturer Charoen Pokphand Foods acquired a majority stake in the company in 2013.
The U.N. declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas would protect farmers like this woman weeding a field in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state. (Photo: Charlton Doki/IP)
The Socfin palm oil nursery near Sahn Malen. A report has criticised land deals in Sierra Leone for not benefiting locals (Photo: Christian Aid)
Sen Ethanol est un exemple assez parlant qui indique le manque d’adhésion des populations sur ces projets sans grands impacts sur notre sécurité alimentaire au Sénégal.
Legislation requiring that Congolese citizens or companies own more than 50 percent of agricultural projects is being revised as part of a process of “reassuring eventual investors,” says the DRC"s Agriculture Minister Jean-Chrysostome Vahamwiti.
A young Karo boy stands above the Omo river near Kolcho village, Ethiopia. (Photo: Dean Krakel/Getty)
