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PHC/KKM2, a breath of relief for workers and local communities: the case of the Lokutu Area, Tshopo Province, DR Congo
- MUDEV
- 05 May 2022
Report prepared by MUDEV on the case of Plantations et Huileries du Congo.
Malawi: Inosselia-Greenbelt Kia Greenhouse Farm exports cherry tomatoes to DR Congo
- Nyasa Times
- 05 May 2022
The 16 ha greenhouse is a joint venture between the Israeli company, Inosselia Agro, and the government of Malawi established in 2019 that supplies vegetables to supermarkets.
Edo communities protest Okomu oil palm company over alleged marginalisation, oppression
- The Sun
- 05 May 2022
Host communities of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC in Edo State, yesterday, staged a protest over alleged blockade, digging of trench on the road leading to their communities by the company.
Maroc : Nouvelles restrictions pour l’acquisition de terres agricoles par des étrangers
- Le 360
- 05 May 2022
Une circulaire commune, signée par trois ministres, visant à renforcer la souveraineté foncière, impose de nouvelles restrictions aux étrangers désireux d’acquérir des terres agricoles au Maroc
Belgian plantation group Socfin sees profits explode
- De Tijd
- 04 May 2022
Last year, the Belgian Hubert Fabri's plantation group Socfin saw its turnover rise sharply to more than 800 million euro. The profit even climbed to 80 million.
Le groupe belge de plantations Socfin voit ses bénéfices exploser
- De Tijd
- 04 May 2022
Le groupe de plantations Socfin du Belge Hubert Fabri a vu son chiffre d'affaires augmenter fortement pour atteindre plus de 800 millions d'euros l'année dernière. Le bénéfice a même grimpé à 80 millions.
Relatórios expõem ligações entre a indústria da soja, grilagem de terras e desmatamento no Brasil
- Rede Social
- 03 May 2022
Foram lançados nesta terça, 3 de maio relatórios em inglês e português que expõem a ligação entre empresas multinacionais do agronegócio com desmatamento, violações de direitos humanos e grilagem de terras na sensível região do Cerrado no Brasil.
Caught red-handed: Reports expose ongoing soy industry ties to land grabbing, illegal deforestation in Brazil
- Rede Social & FOE US
- 03 May 2022
Two reports expose Bunge Ltd's ties to deforestation, human rights abuses and land grabbing in Brazil’s sensitive Cerrado region
Ukraine: From breadbasket to breadcrumbs
- Al Jazeera
- 30 April 2022
Advocates of large-scale, intensive industrial agriculture are saying, yet again, that we should ramp up global production to deal with the food crisis. But this is not the solution.
Pandemic power-grabs: Who benefits from food estates in West Papua?
- TAPOL/awasMIFEE!
- 29 April 2022
The Indonesia government's Food Estates programme could could lead to corruption, where corporate and state actors and their family and friends – not West Papuans – benefit from the allocation of land for Food Estates.
Autosuffisance alimentaire : quel projet agricole en RDC ?
- RFI
- 29 April 2022
Comment un pays avec 80 millions d'hectares de terres arables peut-il importer chaque année pour plus d'un milliard de dollars de denrées alimentaires ?
SLCCIA, CAPPA and others submit feedback on proposed land reform to Sierra Leone Parliament
- SL Telegraph
- 28 April 2022
Socfin says the result of clauses limiting lease agreements to an initial max of 5000 hectares, and for a period not exceeding 21 years for non-citizens, would be no more investment in rubber, forestry, palm oil or other plantation crops
Autosuffisance alimentaire en RDC : et si George Forrest remportait son pari fou ?
- Financial Afrik
- 28 April 2022
George Forrest, qui possède déjà un cheptel de 30 000 bovins qui paissent sur 450 000 hectares en RDC, vient de créer un holding qui inclut 3000 hectares de cultures, une biscuiterie et des activités de transformation et de commercialisation de viande.
Massa Koné, défenseur de l’agriculture paysanne en Afrique de l’Ouest
- Vivafrik
- 27 April 2022
Au Mali, Massa fait parti de ceux qui ont obtenu la reconnaissance des droits coutumiers dans la loi foncière malienne.
Uganda: 35,000 evicted residents in Kiryandongo district face starvation
- The Independent
- 27 April 2022
More than 35,000 people who were evicted from their land by multinational agribusiness companies in Kiryandongo district are on the verge of starvation.