The Kwegu, the smallest and most vulnerable tribe in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, is starving as a result of the massive Gibe III dam and associated large-scale irrigation for commercial plantations on tribal land.
More than 200 representatives from remote northeastern Cambodian province refused to accept gifts from land concession company in exchange for clearing their communal land for a rubber tree plantation.
Interest in Vietnam's farmland is growing due to suitable soil and climate conditions, convenient location relative to markets like China and increasing demand for high-tech agricultural products.
An updated report from Canada's National Farmers Union on the threat posed to family farms and food sovereignty by the corporate buy-up of farmland, rising farm debt and agribusiness financing of inputs.
L’Institution arabe d’investissement et de développement agricole a conclu avec la Mauritanie une convention lui permettant d’exploiter une superficie de 3.200 ha de terres agricoles dans ce pays, a-t-on constaté lundi à Nouakchott.
Fourteen companies have been put on a watchlist by Cambodia's Ministry of Environment for failing to live up to their investment promises. The ministry also said it had reduced the firms' land concessions by 14,000 hectares.
A group of Namibian youth activists have condemned their government’s intention to approve the lease of 10,000 hectares of fertile land to a Chinese company to grow tobacco for export.
As the world reaches the limits of available farmland and water for irrigation, countries are turning to international markets to meet domestic food demand. New analysis explores trends and consequences in the international food market.
Des travailleurs de cette entreprise sénégalo-italienne s'insurgent contre leur directeur général suite à la décision de ce dernier de réduire leurs salaires et de licencier 83 d'entre eux.
Palm oil conglomerate criticised for multiple violations of RSPO requirements that lands can only be acquired from indigenous peoples and local communities with their free, prior and informed consent.
Four oil palm plantations connected to the same company are planning to clear more than 23,000 hectares of primary rainforest in the northern Amazon in order to cultivate oil palm.
Alors que Senhuile annonce avoir augmenté son capital à la vitesse lumière, ses pratiques d'une autre époque précarisent les travailleurs, font monter la colère des populations du Ndiael où sont implantées ses terres arables, et rendent à peine service à l'économie sénégalaise.