The industry boom in the demand for palm oil has come at the high price of rainforest destruction, labour exploitation, and brutal land and water grabbing. The pressure from oil palm plantations has pushed communities in West Borneo on a common struggle to access clean water and continue producing food.

El proyecto que busca limitar la extranjerización de la tierra, impulsado por senadores del Frente Amplio con apoyo delo bloque de Cabildo Abierto (Manini Ríos), ya tiene tratamiento parlamentario.

Estudo revela como as políticas neoliberais criam um campo de “desertos verdes”: sem trabalho, devastador e monótono. Oligarquia rural, agronegócio e fundos especulativos unem-se, controlam terras e são cada vez mais hostis à democracia

José Narro Céspedes, senador de Morena, presentó una iniciativa de ley para reformar la Constitución, con el propósito de que la Federación expropie los latifundios que según él se reconstituyeron a partir de 1992 con la reforma agraria que se hizo.

Eva Bande was jailed for her role as a community organizer against land grab by extractive industries on the Indonesian island, Sulawesi. Ten years on, her fight continues.

1 % des exploitations agricoles concentrent 70 % des terres agricoles du monde, indique la Coalition internationale pour l'accès à la terre (ILC) dans un nouveau rapport

The African Peoples Tribunal demands that African governments ensure that the human rights of freedom of speech, expression, and association of citizens and persons who brought cases of abuses before the tribunal are respected and protected

Indiana-based Teays River Investments has agreed to acquire family-owned Grimmway Farms – the self-proclaimed largest carrot producer in the world – for an undisclosed sum.

«Un groupe de militants liés à XR a coloré les bâtiments du McDonald’s, de H&M, de Burger King, de Nespresso, du Crédit Agricole, de Starbucks, de Crédit Suisse, d’UBS et de Socfin afin de dénoncer leurs agissements écocides, meurtriers, esclavagistes et immoraux»

In Liberia, human rights have allegedly been violated on rubber plantations managed from Switzerland. Instead of taking up mediation offers, the Socfin group prefers to act against its critics.

Olam se présente comme « le plus grand producteur durable d’huile de palme sur une concession d’une superficie totale de 202 000 ha au Gabon. »

Taking a look at the importance of securing Indigenous communities’ land rights and the global push for privatization that can deprive those communities of access to their land.

Although discussions are still in the preliminary stages, CEO of Go-Invest, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, said the Chileans want to invest heavily in large-scale agricultural projects.

Global inequality experts blame the upward trend of land inequality partly on the increased interest from corporate and financial actors, such as investment funds, in agricultural land investments.

Researchers find control over the land has become far more concentrated both directly through ownership and indirectly through contract farming, which results in more destructive monocultures and fewer carefully tended smallholdings.