On the opening day of the World Bank's 2024 Land Conference, small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, workers, grassroots communities, and civil society issue statement denouncing the World Bank for land grabbing and ecosystem destruction.
- International statement
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12 May 2024
En 2022, la République du Congo a concédé plus de 22 000 hectares de terres agricoles au Rwanda sur 25 ans. Cet accord commence à être de plus en plus critiqué par des Congolais.
- Digital Congo
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11 May 2024
“The problem we have here is the replanting by SOCAPALM and we are asking for vital space for our survival, but SOCAPALM does not want to cooperate,” Yomba Bernard, a notable of Apouh told The Guardian Post.
- Guardian Post Cameroon
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10 May 2024
Nigeria's Ekiti State Government has signed an MOU with Nigerian investment company – Cavista Holdings (owners of Agbeyewa Farms Limited) to establish a state-of-the-art cassava farm spanning 100,000 hectares within the State.
- Nigeria Current
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10 May 2024
La organización Iniciativa Cristiana Romero evaluó el comportamiento de dos empresas de palma aceitera en Guatemala y una en Honduras que exportan hacia Alemania. Los resultados indican contaminación del agua en los ríos, degradación ambiental, adquisición irregular de tierras y violación de derechos laborales.
Suite aux soupçons de malversations financières, le bras de fer s’intensifie entre l’État congolais et l’actionnaire SKKM2 au sein de PHC S.A. (anciennement Unilever)
En abril del año 1994, las tierras asignadas para la cooperativa El Chile fueron despojadas mediante una venta ilegal. Esta transacción fue realizada por personas sin representación legítima de los campesinos, para traspasar el territorio a manos de la Empresa Agropecuaria Camaro, quien a su vez cedió los títulos a Exportadora del Atlántico, perteneciente a la hondureña Corporación Dinant.
- Radio Zapatista
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08 May 2024
In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court has granted bail to Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, Director of Karuturi Global Limited, in a case involving alleged economic offences under IPC §420 and §409. The FIR was lodged against Karuturi on allegations of failing to fulfill agreements with the Government of Djibouti and misappropriating funds meant for land development in Ethiopia.
- Lawyer E News
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07 May 2024
The Government approved Decree 15 of 2024 signed by President Joko Widodo on April 19 to form a task force for the acceleration of sugar and bioethanol self-sufficiency stationed in Merauke district, South Papua province.
Conclusion du dialogue national inclusif qui s’est tenu du 2 au 29 avril 2024, le « démentellement » d’Olam, Arise et d’autres sociétés interrogent quelque peu.
- Gabon Media Time
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05 May 2024
Ses opposants craignaient un risque de "financiarisation" de l'agriculture française.
Tree planting in Africa is said to help save the climate and fight poverty, but silently, it is resulting in hunger and poverty. Farmers in Uganda have had enough. They're cutting down climate trees - and turning them into coal.