Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi backed a deal in 2008 to lease 100,000 hectares of Mali’s best farmland. Terms of the agreement, and the contact itself, weren’t released publicly. Many wondered what the deal contained.
A new report on water for food security and nutrition shows how land, food and water issues are inextricably linked. This must be reflected in policymaking.
ADECRU y GRAIN denuncian y repudian públicamente el Proyecto de Desarrollo del Valle del Río Lúrio y expresan su preocupación e indignación al respecto.
As organizações da sociedade civil que subscrevem este Comunicado exigem a quem de direito que o programa de auscultação sobre o Plano Director versão Zero do ProSAVANA realizado seja revisto
CSOs demand that consultations on the Master Plan of ProSAVANA be re-started with a new programme that eliminates the errors of the previous consultation.
The Ethiopian Agriculture Investment Land Administration Agency disclosed that it has provided over 2.3 million hectares of land for investors this Ethiopia fiscal year.
The palm oil industry's repeated failure to keep its promises illustrates why global initiatives to achieve 'sustainable palm oil' must place communities centre-stage, writes FPP
Malian farmer Balima Coulibaly and his fellow villagers could do nothing but watch as Libyan investors, under a deal known as Malibya, took the fertile land that they had farmed for generations.
Si "la terre est notre pétrole", comme l'affirme le ministre sénégalais de l'Agriculture, encore faut-il savoir à qui elle revient et comment la repartir.
Le Sénégal, pays foncièrement agricole, est confronté depuis quelques années à un véritable problème de terre, qui si l’on n’y prend garde, sapera l’unité nationale.
Las hortalizas de esta tranquila comunidad agrícola en los fértiles humedales del centro de Kenia no solo alimentan a los agricultores sino que también se venden en los mercados de Nairobi, la capital del país, 150 kilómetros al sur.
Según los datos históricos del lugar, Chino Cue tenía en principio 18.732 Ha., que fueron adquiridas por 12 ciudadanos orientales en el año 1977.