Peasants of Malema, Nampula Province, criticised the government for the way the ProSavana project is being implemented at a public consultation on the project's master plan.
Roberto Jaconi of Brazil Agro-Business Group Limited told Ghana's Minister of Agriculture that his company was only farming 15% of the expected 3,500 hectares because of a slow response to requests for tax exemptions.
Desenvolvido em conjunto pelos governos moçambicano, brasileiro e japonês, o projeto ProSavana abrange 10,2 milhões de hectares de terra, no centro e norte do país. Missionários e ativistas temem consequências graves para a população local
- Fátima Missionaria
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28 April 2015
Actualmente, la extensa propiedad se encuentra rodeada de once estancias, cuyos socios, en su mayoría extranjeros, aprovechan las facilidades impositivas así como también las ventajas en cuanto a restricciones ambientales se refiere.
Camponeses do distrito de Malema, norte de Moçambique, criticaram hoje a alegada falta de informação clara sobre o ProSavana, uma iniciativa agrária dos governos moçambicano, brasileiro e japonês, concebida para o Corredor de Nacala.
Le Point de contact national français pour la mise en œuvre des principes directeurs de l’OCDE appelle au Groupe Bolloré à prendre leurs responsabilités et à poursuivre leur effort pour engager le dialogue avec les plaignants
Au Mali, le ministère des Domaines de l'Etat et des Affaires foncières lutte contre l'accaparement illégal des terres appartenant à des paysans en annulant des titres attribués à d'autres
Le ministre de l’Agriculture est persuadé que Madagascar pourrait consolider ses acquis, grâce à l’apport des Chinois, pour mettre en oeuvre son programme « Grenier de l’Océan Indien »
- Madagascar TV
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27 April 2015
Ian Scoones summarises some of the discussion at the PLAAS Cape Town conference on the engagement of Brazil, China and South Africa in patterns of agrarian change.
- The Zimbabwean
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27 April 2015
Alternative investment management firm Blue Sky is targeting North American institutional investors with a new strategy that will invest in Australian agriculture and related industries.
- FIN Alternatives
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27 April 2015
The Government of The Gambia and Zoeve Seed Company sign MOU on a farming project that will commence with 1000 hectares for rice production.
- Daily Observer
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27 April 2015
Amid massive land grabbing, land-use conversions and plunder of natural resources in the region by foreign and local investors, peasant organizations and land reform advocates vowed to further advance the struggle for genuine agrarian reform at a recently concluded two-day conference here.
La Commission européenne dispose d’un pouvoir discrétionnaire pour enclencher la suspension des avantages commerciaux en cas d'accaparement de terres mais ne s'en sert pas, selon la FIDH
"Behind the impetus for this law are the interests of Monsanto, Nestlé, Syngenta, Cargill and other corporations that want to take our lands."
LICADHO, a Cambodian human rights group is releasing its land concession dataset and renewing its call for the government to fully disclose all concessions.