Over 150 community representatives from four counties in Liberia gathered to discuss their experiences and concerns regarding the impact of oil palm plantations on their livelihoods and communities.
A case study of Sime Darby operations in Liberia by Sophie Chapelle
日本政府、ブラジル政府、モザンビーク政府の三角協力として行われているプロサバンナ・プロジェクトの問題点を指摘する記事
- Landgrab-Japan
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03 December 2012
Prices for farmland in Brazil surged by an average 14% a year to nearly quadruple over the past decade, well outpacing inflation and nearly matching gains made by São Paulo's blue-chip Ibovespa stock index, a new study shows.
- MercoPress
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03 December 2012
Fondateur et patron du premier groupe privé algérien, Cevital, Issad Rebrab sillonne désormais l'Afrique à la recherche d'opportunités d'investissement.
- Jeune Afrique
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03 December 2012
Citizens at a conference in Bopolu expressed strong opposition to planned oil-palm development by Sime Darby in Gbarpolu County.
- FrontPageAfrica
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02 December 2012
Community members defy intimidation and arrests and appeal for international support in their struggle to stop SOCFIN from operating on lands the company acquired without their consent.
Shaikh Khalid said that the Arab countries have a serious desire to join the African market and benefit from the natural resources ready for investment, particularly in the agricultural field.
Major farmland investors such as banks and pension funds must stop facilitating land grabs, civil society groups on the eve of a global farmland investment conference in London on December 3-5, have said.
- AkanimoReports
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30 November 2012
“When things are mortgaged up to the hilt and the banks are involved then it’s either bank ownership or foreign ownership,” says South Australian sheep farmer Brian Wilson
Une conférence vient de réunir à Paris 140 spécialistes du capital-investissement et des cadres de la diaspora africaine pour vendre le potentiel d'un continent en pleine révolution économique.
- Challenges
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30 November 2012
Taking tracts of agricultural land is among ways to play the risks of climate change says Baring Asset Management's chief investment officer, Marino Valensise.