The World Bank and the Finance Ministry of Ukraine signed an agreement to raise a loan in the amount of USD 200 million for the programme Accelerating Private Investment in Agriculture.
The attainment of democratic rights – including the right to access, control and defend land – must be defended and advanced through everyday struggles; laws and policies on their own won’t make significant change
Fires in the Amazon are the direct result of human activity. Harvard’s stake in agribusiness contributes to this crisis, says students of Divest Harvard
Plusieurs villages traditionnels de la commune de Mbane, au Sénégal sont à risque d'être déguerpis par la Société d’intermédiation Financière et de Commerce qui vient de racheter un bail pour un terrain de 8.000 ha
Les groupes Amis de la Terre Afrique ont décrit la convergence des entreprises de plantation de palmiers à huile sous l’égide de la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable comme promoteurs d’écoblanchiment.
- FOE Africa
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22 August 2019
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed an independent team to investigate the death of Mr Joël Imbangola Lunea, that took place on 21 July 2019 in Bempumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
OpenLandContracts.org publie un note d’information pour les organisations de la société civile sur l’accès aux contrats fonciers
This article reviews a wide body of literature on the emergence and expansion of agro-industrial, monoculture plantations across Southeast Asia through the lens of mega projects. While they have been contested by customary land users, smallholders, civil society organizations, and even government regulators, their displacement and transformation of Southeast Asia’s rural landscapes will likely endure for quite some time.
Russian soybean exports to China are likely to remain low for the next few years despite efforts by Chinese companies to set up farms there.
Le gouvernement chinois corrige : les acquisitions de terres agricoles au Cameroun ne concernent "que" des concessions.
Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process has been initiated against Bengaluru-based Karuturi Global, which owns large rose farm holdings in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Pune and Bengaluru.
Vingt-quatre jours se sont écoulés depuis que le défenseur des droits foncier Joël Imbangola Lunea a été brutalement tué par le chef de la sécurité de la compagnie canadienne d'huile de palme Feronia Inc. à Bempumba en RD Congo
- RIAO-RDC et al
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14 August 2019
Twenty-four days have passed since land defender Joël Imbangola Lunea was brutally killed by Canadian palm oil company Feronia Inc.'s chief of security at Bempumba, in the Province of Equateur of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- RIAO-RDC et al
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14 August 2019
UK-based investor AgDevCo has expanded its geographic reach into Cote d’Ivoire with an €8.7 million investment in DekelOil, an agribusiness leader in the West African palm oil and cashew sectors.This investment brings AgDevCo’s portfolio to more than 40 active investments totaling $170 million across sub-Saharan Africa.
- Global AgInvesting
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12 August 2019
The shameful story of how 1 million black families have been ripped from their farms. A war waged by deed of title has dispossessed 98 percent of black agricultural landowners in America.
- The Atlantic
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12 August 2019