Several prominent development finance institutions are funding Feronia, a Canadian agribusiness company accused of land grabbing and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
- RIAO-RDC | GRAIN
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02 June 2015
Le moment choisi pour démarrer une campagne de culture de riz ainsi que les licenciements tous azimuts opérés dernièrement par Senhuile soulèvent de sérieuses questions au Sénégal
Avec de tels projets, l’accaparement de terres par des investisseurs internationaux pour mener des opérations de compensation carbone, phénomène déjà observé, pourrait s’aggraver.
- Passerelle Eco
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01 June 2015
À l’heure même où ce clinquant numéro de CQFD sort des presses, les sinistres actionnaires du groupe Bolloré sortent de leur assemblée générale annuelle et des milliers de paysans sortent d’une série d’occupations de plantations en Afrique de l’Ouest.
- Mille Bâbords
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01 June 2015
De cómo empresas acaparadoras de tierras son rescatadas por fondos públicos de cooperación al desarrollo.
- Soberanía Alimentaria
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01 June 2015
Borneo human rights organization files complaint alleging multiple breaches of RSPO standards by palm oil supplier PT. Swadaya Mukti Prakarsa (SMP) / First Resources.
India can ill-afford to be tainted by accusations of complicity in land deals that disadvantage the people of Africa given the role it sees for itself in promoting co-operation among countries in the south.
- The Conversation
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01 June 2015
This study will analyse the shifts in land control unfolding in Cambodia, and their broader consequences.
With massive areas of arable land and over 130 million heads of livestock, Sudan is receiving huge investments in its agriculture sector from Gulf states looking to address the food security problem
British Secretary of State Justine Greening visited Agrica's 5818 ha rice farm in Tanzania in June 2013 and then asked AgDevCo to invest.
Competition is growing between Australia's major rural land selling agents as major institutional and private investors seek to gain a foothold in the growth area of agriculture.
Et Maintenant Nos Terres suit la trajectoire de trois héros de la résistance paysanne contre les accaparements de terre en Afrique.
"There will be concerns about agriculture investment unless land ownership is opened to foreign investors,' says the OECD's Jan Rielander.
Fléau à grande échelle, le phénomène d’accaparement des terres continue de mobiliser la société civile malienne.
Two villages, Sanamadougou and Sahou, in Mali, have been fighting for the past five years against eviction from their land by the large-scale investor Modibo Keita.
- Afrique-Europe-Interact
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30 May 2015