The handful of companies that control industrial palm oil production in West and Central Africa have been linked to numerous social and environmental impacts, violating their buyers’ NDPE commitments.
Hoodlums set ablaze the farmland in Howe, a Gwer local government area in Benue state, Nigeria over probable land indemnity disputes with the natives regarding lands originally owned by the state government.
The collaboration with Sarh Attaqnia Co and CMEC aims to unlock untapped land resources of Pakistan by bringing fallow lands under cultivation through the Corporate Agriculture Farming initiative.
- Arab News
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28 February 2022
Thirty CSOs call on the governments responsible for overseeing the development banks to take action to redress the harms caused to the communities from their investment oil palm plantation company PHC/Feronia.
- Collective statement
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28 February 2022
DRC businessman and party leader Moïse Katumbi has invested in 15 thousand hectares of maize fields, a staple food of the Congolese people.
- Africa News
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26 February 2022
Speaking at Dubai Expo 2020, Tanzania's Minister for Agriculture says his government will accord full support to investors because Tanzania has a large and fertile land for agricultural investment.
- Daily News
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26 February 2022
More than 30,000 residents, who were evicted from their land in Kiryandongo District by multinational companies, have cried out to the government to expedite the process of their compensation and resettlement
A new report by the UN Human Rights Office gives guidance to development finance institutions to ensure that the projects they finance do not harm people, and that effective remedy is readily available for any potential victims.
Canadian fund pours $600 million into farming operation in Maui that threatens water supplies vital to Indigenous farmers
- The Breach
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23 February 2022
BIO of Belgium, CDC of the UK, DEG of Germany and FMO from the Netherlands announce that they will cease to be Lenders to PHC, the operating company of three longstanding palm oil plantations in the DR Congo.
Tova Farms, a commercial agricultural firm specializing in avocado owns over 5000 acres of avocado farmland in Tanzania, and has partnership options with importers across 6 countries in Europe.
- Blue Book
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21 February 2022
Death threats and exile: Local environmental defenders are the front line of the climate crisis - protecting the land they live on when it’s threatened by powerful business interests.