The land rush unleashed around the world to own and exploit Earth’s natural bounty is not only fierce and unfair, but increasingly fatal, with lands, homes and forests bulldozed and cleared for foreign investors.
Midroc's subsidiary Elfora Agro-industry Plc plans to cultivate alfalfa on 300ha of land at Nettle and Shallo in the Oromia Region with an objective of producing 600 tonnes of forage a month.
A ADECRU que acompanha com preocupação os contornos das reuniões de auscultação pública do Plano Director do ProSavana manifesta profunda indignação e condenação as ameaças, intimidação e perseguição aos camponeses e comunidades locais
マ レマ郡行政府の主催で行われた4月28日の公聴会を、途中でボイコットしたProSAVANA事業を拒否するムトゥアリの農民やコミュニティが、 同郡行政 府の傘下にいるムトゥアリ行政ポスト長、首長ムショナ（Muchona）とSDAE（郡経済活動振興部）関係者らによって付きまとわれ、脅迫の標 的となっ ている。
500 mil pessoas serão severamente atingidas, caso o Conselho de Ministros de Moçambique decida aprovar o chamado Projecto de Desenvolvimento do Vale do Rio Lúrio (DVRL).
500,000 people in northern Mozambique will be severely affected if the country's Council of Ministers approves the Lúrio River Valley Development Project (DVRL).
Members of the European Parliament adopted last 29 April a motion calling for mandatory human rights due diligence for corporations. The Council and Commission are not legally obliged to follow through.
"Un beau matin, elle a pris 300 ha. La Css est un Etat dans l’Etat."
This report has been written for emerging market private equity fund managers. It highlights trends in private equity investment in emerging markets agribusiness
“Russia and China’s investment in agriculture will enable the development of large areas of [uncultivated] arable land on the borders between our countries,” RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev was quoted as saying.
Some estimates now bring the total of Ukrainian farmland controlled by foreign companies to over 2.2 million ha.
In this presentation Ward Anseeuw describes the increasing financialisation of food and agriculture, and the impact this has on land and food availability.