The banana plantation in Monapo, Nampula, that was supposed to be a model for foreign farm investment and was promoted by Norfund, has finally gone bankrupt, at huge cost to Mozambique.

Aujourd'hui se tient au Tribunal de Commerce de Paris l'audience du procès intenté par Vincent Bolloré à France 2 pour un numéro de Complément d'Enquête consacré au milliardaire français.

La industria de la palma africana sigue siendo una amenaza para los territorios. El 75,5% de las ZIDRES planificadas por el Gobierno están en zonas aptas para su cultivo. El Conpes que da vía libre a estas zonas está plagado de amenazas.

The Ugandan government is in advanced discussions with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to extend the BIDCO oil palm project beyond Kalangala district.

El empresario británico es investigado en la Justicia por la "compra" de 11.000 hectareas.

“Day of the Landless” annual commemoration lead by Asian Peasant Coalition joint by People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty, 'No Land, No Life' campaign of PAN Asia Pacific and Youth for Food Sovereignty, on March 29 this year call for peasants of the world to intensify struggle for land and life.

The fact that fewer new investments are being publicly recorded does not mean we should be complacent. Past deals are now being implemented, and communities are feeling the squeeze. Helping them obtain redress when violations occur is a priority.

Women are often short-changed compared to men when communities are compensated or resettled during commercial land deals in Africa.

Comment secret et collusion dans l’agriculture industrielle sont synonymes de désastre pour les forêts du bassin du Congo - un nouveau rapport de Earthsight

Les populations des 14 villages riverains exigent l’annulation de la délibération octroyant 100 ha à ce projet destructeur qui ne profitera qu’à une seule famille au détriment de plus de 30 000 âmes et du cheptel de la commune rurale de Kandia.

Jospeh Initiative limited, a company funded by United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) is grabbing about 2000 hectares and forcefully evicting over 2300 families off their land in Uganda

In Brazil's Cerrado region, large-scale farms have increasingly laid claim to natural lands ­– often held without deed by traditional communities ­– with agribusiness counting them as their reserves.

Around 100 Nagari Maligi residents (‘nagari’ means village in the local language) have been protesting for days at the Wilmar Group’s representative office in West Pasaman, Sumatra, Indonesia since March 9.

As comunidades locais, incluindo comunidades de quilombolas (descendentes de escravos negros) e povos indígenas, estão sendo violentamente deslocadas de suas terras tradicionais e enfrentam contaminação das águas e solos, aumento da violência contra seus líderes comunitários, desmatamento e perda da biodiversidade.

The World Bank is financing a land titling program in the Brazilian State of Piauí, where large areas of land have been grabbed from local communities and illegally occupied by big agribusiness companies.