farmlandgrab.org | Latest posts

Latest posts

After Asia, palm oil faces backlash in Africa
- AFP
- 28 December 2016
The sheer scale of land required by agribusiness-driven oil palm plantations is having an impact in Gabon, Cameroon and the Congo Basin
Brasil: Patrus Ananias alerta para a legalização da grilagem com MP 759
- MST
- 27 December 2016
"É próprio de um governo golpista comprometido com o capital especulativo transnacional, que mira com olhos gulosos o solo de nossa pátria".
Paraguay: Policías resguardan fumigación en Guahory y detienen a campesinos
- Última Hora
- 27 December 2016
De los ocupantes de la colonia Guahory, seis fueron derivados a una Comisaría de Caaguazú tras un procedimiento policial realizado para resguardar la fumigación de los brasiguayos.
Déclaration suite à l'arrestation de 5 membres du Collectif pour la défense des terres de Dioukoul
- FSS
- 26 December 2016
Cinq paysans sénégalais qui résistent l'attribution de 1000 ha à l'entreprise indienne SenegIndia dans la commune de Dioukoul ont été arrêtés
Litige foncier à Kébémer : Mamadou Ndoye et ses camarades de la Ld haussent le ton et disent ça au Gouvernement
- ActuSen
- 26 December 2016
La Ligue démocratique surveille comme du lait sur le feu, la situation qui prévaut à Kébémer et consécutive à un litige foncier entre SENEGINDIA et des populations qui s’opposent à l’affectation de 1000 hectares à ladite Société.
Will our peasant and family agriculture system survive this unjust rush to grab our land?
- Amandla!
- 25 December 2016
The land grab of multinational companies has intensified in the global south, particularly in Africa over the last decade. In this article, Anabela Lemos explains what is happening in Mozambique.
Organizações da Sociedade Civil do Niassa, Nampula e Zambézia “libertam-se” de Maputo graças aos dólares do ProSavana
- Verdade
- 23 December 2016
Todavia nenhum dos camponeses entrevistados pelo @Verdade possuem o Direito de Uso e Aproveitamento da Terra (DUAT) que cultivam, “Não conseguimos pagar” disseram.
Congo: multinacional desplaza a pueblos para obtener aceite de palma
- Telesur TV
- 23 December 2016
La multinacional Feronia acapara tierras en República Democrática del Congo y trata de controlar la información con el apoyo del gobierno del país africano, en detrimento de pueblos autóctonos.
Senhuile offre des bottes de paille aux éleveurs de Ngnith et de Ronkh
- Ndarinfo
- 22 December 2016
« Nous nous sommes inscrits dans une dynamique de raffermir les liens qui existent entre les populations et Senhuile », a expliqué Sambéle Touré, le responsable de la sécurité de la société.
Farmers protest in Phnom Penh against sugarcane plantations
- Cambodia Daily
- 21 December 2016
About 100 farmers from Koh Kong province traveled to Phnom Penh to press government officials for a solution to their long-running land disputes with a trio of sugarcane plantations they accuse of stealing their land.
Tanzania government adopts new policy to stop land grabbing
- Ecofin
- 21 December 2016
According to Tanzania’s Land Affairs minister, William Lukuvi, the new policy responds mainly to the need to secure agricultural lands, which is vital for sustainable socio-economic growth.
Study maps 187 land conflicts as palm oil expands in Kalimantan
- Mongabay
- 20 December 2016
Indonesia is rife with disputes between indigenous communities and plantation firms, but the problem remains poorly understood.
Ashmore International acquires more acres of new farmland in 2016
- Ashmore International
- 20 December 2016
Ashmore International is closing out one of its more active quarters to date, with the acquisition of thousands of acres of new farmland in South America, with a large percentage in coffee farmland.
Editorial: quand la BAD travaille contre le développement de l’Afrique
- Financial Afrik
- 20 December 2016
La Banque Africaine de Développement a investi 20 milliards de FCFA (32 millions d’euros) dans la Compagnie Agricole de Saint-Louis qui a obtenu 4000 hectares au nord du Sénégal
Palm oil giant defends its deforestation in Gabon, points to country’s ‘right to develop’
- Mongabay
- 19 December 2016
Almost all of the world’s palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia, but as those countries run out of available land, companies like Olam are turning to Africa to expand.