Investigators discovered that top managers signed fictitious agreements to buy land for a total of 20 billion rubles, and that the money was later transferred to shell corporations before disappearing.
Agriculture-related businesses worldwide, from farms in South America to dairy factories in the Netherlands, may soon find themselves in the sights of a new mega investor – China Investment Corp.
Oxfam inició hoy una campaña mundial de recogida de firmas para exigir al Estado paraguayo que recupere unos terrenos donde se produjo una masacre de campesinos y policías en 2012.
Le Maroc vient de lancer un appel d'offres de «partenariat public-privé autour des terres agricoles du domaine privé de l'Etat» destiné aussi bien aux petits agriculteurs qu’aux gros investisseurs marocains et étrangers.
The Turkish General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises and an institution from Sudan will establish a joint-venture company that will rent 780,000-hectares of land for the long-term in Sudan.
Elle accuse ces établissements de financer des sociétés impliquées dans des spoliations foncières, des exploitations forestières illégales et le travail des enfants.
Australia’s big four banks are backing companies accused of kicking people off their land, leaving them homeless and hungry.
Interview with Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, chairman and managing director Karuturi Global Limited.
O debate sobre o Programa Prosavana acontece um ano depois de a UNAC e mais de 20 organizações nacionais terem dirigido uma Carta Aberta para Deter de Forma Urgente o Programa ProSavana aos Presidentes de Moçambique e Brasil e Primeiro-Ministro do Japão que ainda não foi respondida.
RAI Novosti reports that the heads of the Razgulay Group, Russia's largest farmland holder, have been arrested for fraud.
One of Australia's big banks is facing scrutiny it financed a Cambodian sugar business responsible for forcing almost 500 families off their land.
Australia’s major banks are funding large-scale illegal “land grabs” in the developing world and enabling illegal logging, child labour or other human rights abuses.