AgDevCo expects that its investments in two large-scale commercial farming enterprises in Zambia will provide the “critical mass” needed to attract ancillary businesses along the supply chain
The AU-ECA-AfDB Land Policy Initiative and the government of Madagascar organised a workshop to validate the Country Report and Business Plan on Mainstreaming Land Governance in the National Agricultural Investment Plan.
le gouvernement brésilien de Michel Temer (droite) a publié un décret ouvrant la voie à l’exploitation minière par des compagnies privées d’une vaste zone de plus de 46 000 Km2, un territoire plus grand que la Suisse, au sein de la forêt amazonienne.
Dans le cadre de l’octroi de dix mille hectares à des Marocains, le collectif des habitants de Dodel, dans le département de Podor, a déposé son recours devant la chambre administrative de la Cour suprême, le lundi 28 août 2017.
Un projet pilote destiné à encourager les investissements agricoles responsables a été lancé en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).
- Afric Telegraph
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30 August 2017
Em 2016, organizações da sociedade civil acusaram os governos dos três países envolvidos no ProSavana de pretenderem impor o programa com um plano director que ameaçava a população e romperam o diálogo para a sua harmonização.
- VOA Portugues
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29 August 2017
The government said it wants to protect local farmers and prevent foreigners from taking over natural resources.
Between 2002 and 2011 the Papua New Guinea government issued more than 75 SABL leases covering more than 50,000 square kilometres of land. The leases were the subject of a Commission of Inquiry which found widespread fraud and other abuses.
- PNGi Central
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28 August 2017
Hassad Food – owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund the Qatar Investment Authority – is selling another major portion of its Australian farmland portfolio worth about $80 million.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has a large agriculture aspect with large tracts of land expected to be leased out to Chinese firms for developing advanced planting and breeding bases.
- Daily Times
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28 August 2017
Suite à une visite sur le terrain, un expert de l’Onu dénonce la faible protection des droits fonciers des communautés locales face aux multinationales comme la société luxembourgeoise Socfin.
- Agence Ecofin
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28 August 2017
La otra medida considerada un escándalo sin parámetro ha sido la puesta en venta de un área de selva amazónica cuya dimensión supera a la superficie de Dinamarca.
- La Jornada
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27 August 2017
"Le journal Le Monde donne la voix aux sempiternelles mêmes interlocuteurs
dont l’inanité des propos a depuis longtemps été démontrée," dénonce la Socfin
En Ouganda, un changement constitutionnel sur le droit des terres fait polémique.
About 100 community members locked in a long-running land dispute with the owners of Koh Kong Sugar Industry Company clashed with Chamkarmon district security forces after blocking the street in front of the Land Management Ministry
- Phnom Penh Post
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23 August 2017