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The great Polish land grab
- ARC 2020
- 08 June 2018
Land prices have increased dramatically and despite a moratorium on foreign land purchasing, foreign entities have found a way to buy land. Polish farmers are despairing and protesting en masse.
Karuturi workers accuse CFC Stanbic Bank for the malpractice
- Kenyan WallSt
- 06 June 2018
The employees accuse CFC Stanbic of demanding more money than it lent to Karuturi, saying the South African lender is responsible for the poverty that struck their families since Karuturi was placed under receivership, 3 years ago.
Cameroun. Socapalm, des terres agricoles louées à prix d’ami
- L'Humanité
- 06 June 2018
La Socapalm, ancienne société publique privatisée en 2000, est aujourd’hui détenue à 67 % par une holding luxembourgeoise, la Socfinaf, elle-même contrôlée à 59 % par la Socfin, une firme agro-industrielle belgo-luxembourgeoise détenue à 38,8 % par le groupe Bolloré.
Campanha reitera sua posição contra o Prosavana em Moçambique
- 06 June 2018
" Reafirmamos que investimentos como o ProSavana, programa de desenvolvimento do corredor logístico de Nacala e o programa Sustenta não são e jamais serão alternativas de desenvolvimento agrário que se ajustam às necessidades dos moçambicanos e moçambicanas".
Campaign reiterates opposition to ProSavana in Mozambique
- No to ProSavana
- 06 June 2018
The peasant men and women who are members of the No to ProSavana Campaign maintain our opposition to this program and the way it has been imposed on us
Bollore's Belgian friend in court
- Africa Intelligence
- 06 June 2018
With Socfin in the firing line of several non-governmental organisations, this latest legal twist was the subject of much discussion at the company's annual general meeting, which was held on 30 May at the Parc Belair hotel in Luxembourg.
Stop parading RSPO certificate, ERA charges Okomu Oil
- The Sun
- 06 June 2018
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth charged the Okomu Oil Plc to stop parading the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certificate as it has not met its requirement.
Failed farmland deals: a growing legacy of disaster and pain
- GRAIN
- 06 June 2018
2017 went down as one of the deadliest years ever for land defenders. It was also a pretty bad year for several land grabbers.
En toute propriété
- République togolaise
- 05 June 2018
Le nouveau code foncier du Togo vise à à contribuer au développement du secteur agricole en rendant les choses plus claires pour les investisseurs étrangers.
The ripple effect caused by closure of Sher Karuturi Flower Farm
- KBC
- 05 June 2018
The lives of more than 3,000 people came to a standstill when the Karuturi flower farm shut its doors in May 2015 after being placed under receivership over accrued debt.
Un projet d’accaparement de terres déguisé en promesse de développement
- Le Monde Diplo
- 05 June 2018
Les paysans mozambicains font reculer l’agro-industrie
Vincent Bolloré perd un nouveau procès de presse en France
- Le Quotidien
- 05 June 2018
Le tribunal correctionnel de Nanterre a jugé mardi que le portrait-enquête de l’industriel Vincent Bolloré diffusé en 2016 dans l’émission de France 2 Complément d’enquête n’était pas diffamatoire.
Les paysans varois manifestent devant le vignoble de Vincent Bolloré à la Croix-Valmer
- France 3
- 05 June 2018
Ce matin, la Confédération paysanne s'est invitée devant le domaine viticole de Vincent Bolloré. Ils dénoncent l'accaparement des terres qui pénalise toute une profession.
Occupation of Bolloré's vineyards: land to men and women farmers!
- Confédération paysanne
- 05 June 2018
Seventy farmers of the Confédération paysanne came from all over France to occupy the "La Croix Valmer" vineyard of Vincent Bolloré in the Var to denounce land grabbing and the financialisation of farmland
Occupation des vignes de Bolloré : la terre aux paysannes et paysans !
- Confédération paysanne
- 05 June 2018
Soixante-dix militant-e-s de la Confédération paysanne venus de toute la France ont mené une action d’occupation du domaine viticole de Vincent Bolloré à La Croix Valmer dans le Var.