Au Nigéria, le chinois Wuhan Longfecund Agricultural Development Company Ltd a annoncé son intention d’installer une ferme de production de maïs dans l’Etat de Cross River.
- Agence Ecofin
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31 August 2016
Des communautés villageoises réclament la propriété de 11 000 ha à Famienkro que l’Etat Ivoirien a octroyé à la Compagnie hévéicole de Prikro, filiale du groupe belge SIAT
Cables obtained by the non-profit Oakland Institute through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that U.S. government officials pushed Cameroon to approve a deeply controversial oil palm development owned by Herakles Farms.
The Chinese company joining forces with Gina Rinehart to buy the Kidman cattle empire has one hurdle to clear in a separate deal to secure a cluster of stations in the Goldfields.
- West Australian
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30 August 2016
EU Ambassador to Ethiopia responds to criticism of EU's joint project with Ethiopia to facilitate large-scale farmland investments.
The Tanzanian government has issued an order prohibiting customary lands from being sold on long lease to individuals or institutions, as a large portion of land belonging to villages had turned targets of various local and foreign investors.
- Daily News
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29 August 2016
The current economic model of transferring land to foreign investors on a massive scale fails to acknowledge the rights of rural communities to collectively own and manage their territories.
- Los Angeles Times
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29 August 2016
There is an epidemic that grips Africa, says Father Aniedi Okure
The report titled, Unmasking land grabbing in Ghana: restoring livelihoods; paving way for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), narrates how land grabbing is affecting rural livelihoods and threatening food security the country in the long run.
- Vatican Radio
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29 August 2016
Le groupe agroalimentaire, toujours piloté d’une main ferme par Jean-Claude Mimran, se lance dans les mines africaines. Enquête et entretien exclusif de Jeune Afrique.
- Jeune Afrique
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29 August 2016
Bidco is not pleased by the protestors who turned up last week in London to highlight the company’s palm oil operations, specifically in neighbouring Uganda.
Syndicalistes et ONG luttent pour améliorer les conditions de travail très difficiles des ouvriers et faire comprendre au magnat breton qu’il ne peut “continuer à agir sur le modèle des années 1930”
- Les Inrocks
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27 August 2016