Le gouvernement malgache a signé un memorandum avec le groupe israélien LR Group prévoyant la création d’un agropole de 10.000 ha pour la culture de riz, de maïs et de soja. Des organisations de la société civile demandent son annulation, ainsi que l’abrogation de la loi sur l’agrégation agricole.
Le vice-président vénézuélien a affirmé le soutien de son pays aux entreprises vietnamiennes en indiquant que 100.000 ha de terres agricoles ont été spécifiquement réservés aux investisseurs vietnamiens
The Cerrado, a wooded savannah in Brazil, remains a hotspot for deforestation as companies make the most of laws allowing more deforestation than in the Amazon
Cambodian Banana Agricultural General Co Ltd (CBA), a Chinese enterprise, harvests Cavendish bananas from 500 hectares of plantations in Cambodia, and aims to expand on another 200 hectares by 2026.
Venezuela’s Vice President told a delegation from Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture that his government has prepared 100,000ha of agricultural land for Vietnamese investors
Indonesia plans to develop a oil palm plantation in Boven Digoel regency, South Papua province, to strengthen economic resilience and energy independence, the Defence Ministry said.
The "Green Pakistan Initiative" is fast tracking Gulf agribusiness deals. Saudi & UAE firms are investing billions in Pakistani farmland, while local communities warn of land grabs & water shortages.
Near the edge of the Sahara Desert, in Egypt’s West Minya, Chinese drillers bore deep into the earth, tapping groundwater to irrigate a once 500-hectare stretch of desert – now home to the world’s largest beet sugar factory, owned by UAE investors.
New report points to a surge in demand for land in the Global South, where large tracts of land are suitable for carbon projects, but land tenure systems are often insecure or informal.
L'accumulation d'énormes quantités de terres par un petit groupe de propriétaires fonciers alimente les inégalités et la crise climatique, selon un nouveau rapport qui appelle à une redistribution des terres et à des réformes fiscales mondiales pour inverser la tendance
"Whereas the Bank’s push for large-scale agribusiness is global, the African continent is its central target"
The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.
Madagascar's Minister of Foreign Affairs tells UAE business leaders that "with 36 million hectares of arable land, there is immense potential for agribusiness and agricultural transformation” in her country
Un mémorandum d’entente signé le 25 mai entre le gouvernement de Madagascar et l’entreprise israélienne LR Group pour la production de riz, de maïs et de soja à travers quatre des 23 régions du pays passe mal.
Australian farmers aren’t the only ones cheering the rocketing price of almonds and beef from the simmering trade tensions between the US and China – a cohort of fund managers is also in the money.
