Sierra Leone: Six land rights activists released through citizen solidarity
- FIAN Belgium
- 16 June 2016
Civil society organizations demand to stop land grabbing by the agro-industrial company Socfin and to protect the human rights of the communities.
Civil society organizations demand to stop land grabbing by the agro-industrial company Socfin and to protect the human rights of the communities.
Des organisations de la société civile demandent de mettre fin à l’accaparement des terres par la société agroindustrielle Socfin et de protéger les droits des communautés
« Le vrai problème, c’est qu’une poignée de gens accaparent autant de surfaces. Que ce soit des Chinois ou des Français. C’est un modèle d’agriculture sans paysan. »
« Ces achats de terres par des groupes ou personnes qui n’ont rien à faire de l’agriculture créent une pression supplémentaire sur la valeur des terres » explique le président de la Fédération de l’UPA de la Chaudière-Appalaches, Paul Doyon.
While there is near consensus that foreigners should not have the right to own farmland in Kazakhstan, opinions are deeply divided on the issue of granting leases to foreigners.
"The results are a strong message that the people don't want corporate farming in North Dakota."
Wall Street remains enamored with US and international farmland, speakers at a Farm Foundation meeting in Louisville said last week.
La Commission des épiscopats de la Communauté européenne souhaite que l’Europe lutte contre l’accaparement des terres cultivables et promeut des pratiques agricoles « à petite échelle ».
Advirtieron que la presencia en la provincia de empresas como Arauco (ex Alto Paraná) atenta contra la soberanía alimentaria y el desarrollo de agricultura familiar.
Industrial agriculture and financial sectors are hand-in-hand worsening climate change and then profiting from it, with an unprecedented number of land grabs over the last eight years.
Global investors have spent more than $90 billion buying agricultural lands the size of Finland in deals criticized by rights groups for displacing small farmers, according to research published on Tuesday.
Capital is appropriating our territories. Hence, we must respond by turning the struggle for land into a struggle for territory.