The government has allocated 60,000 ha of land for investment in large-scale commercial farming for sugar and rice in the Mkulazi area, 60 kilometres from the Dar es Salaam - Morogoro highway.
Debt-burdened Glencore has entered early discussions with a number of sovereign wealth funds and commodities traders as it moves to offload the more than 30,000ha of cropping land across NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
As global agricultural resources shrink or shift, countries are crossing border to obtain new farmlands
Platform SIF and Collective TANY call on citizens worldwide to sign a petition to urge the Malagasy authorities to adopt laws which secure farmers and local communities rights on their lands.
La plateforme SIF et le Collectif TANY appellent les citoyens du monde à signer une pétition pour demander aux autorités malgaches d'adopter des lois qui sécurisent les droits des paysans et des communautés locales sur leurs terres.
In Liberia, palm oil has set off a dangerous scramble for land
AFJN’s Ghana volunteer Task Force on Land Grab Prevention reached out to the Regional Association of Queen Mothers (female chiefs) in Ghana’s Volta Region for the purpose of training its members on the issue of land grabs.
Defensor ambiental guatemalteco es asesinado y la vida de otros/as está bajo riesgo
Le gouvernement français vient d'accueillir le groupe Bolloré - dont les filiales sont accusées de pratiquer l'accaparement de terres en Afrique - parmi le très select club des "sponsors" pollueurs de la COP21.
A new controversy has erupted at the multi-million American investor farm at the Yala swamp in Kadenge, Siaya county over establishment of a sugar mill and cultivation of cane in the area.
Le Forum Mondial sur l’Accès à la Terre se tiendra à Valence en Espagne le 31 mars, 1 et 2 avril 2016.
Mas de 700 organizaciones y personalidades han firmado el llamado a debatir acerca del accesso a la tierra y los recursos naturales para buscar soluciones eficaces.
