Within Honduras, the murder rate climbs as one travels north to the central Atlantic coast departments. In the heart of this region lies the lush Lower Aguán Valley, a center of deadly conflict over land rights.
In Liberia, the Jogbahn Clan have been fighting against a palm oil company grabbing their land.
The recent overturning of UK company Equatorial Palm Oil’s access to customary land in Liberia is a warning to all governments and investors that they must respect communities’ rights and ownership of land.
The head of Brazil's powerful agricultural lobby, Kátia Abreu, is rapidly becoming the country's most important – and dangerous – politician.
UK's Co-operative Group wants a single major corporate buyer for its portfolio of 15 British farms covering 17,000 hectares, and will not consider community buyouts.
The farms cover 12,129 hectares and produced about 50,000 metric tons annually.
Much of the palm oil we consume comes from Indonesia, where brutal methods are deployed against locals. One of the main suppliers says it is cleaning up its act, but has it really changed?
A União Nacional de Camponeses de Moçambique (UNAC), a maior organização da classe no país, considerou hoje que se vive uma "emergência nacional" por alegadas violações sistemáticas dos direitos dos camponeses na exploração de recursos naturais.
Paraguay registra la distribución de tierra más desigual de América Latina. En los últimos 10 años, 900 mil personas han sido expulsadas del campo, 585 mil de ellas menores de 30 años
Assembleia-Geral Ordinária da UNAC 2014, 29 de Abril à 01 de Maio de 2014
Over the last 10 years or so, African governments have granted land concessions totalling millions of hectares to big palm oil companies and investors from Europe, the United States, and also Indonesia, India, Singapore and Malaysia.
During the Nampula Conference, peasant leaders from all over Mozambique reiterated their repudiation of PROSAVANA, establishing a road map and resistance agenda of national scope.
Le projet agrobusiness Senhuile vient de se séparer de son DG en la personne de Binyamin DUMMAI. Pour le moment on ignore les raisons de cette révocation.
The First Congress of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Federation of Myanmar denounced the serious threat to the livelihoods of small farmers and agricultural workers caused by land grabs.
With the World Bank predicting “fights over water and food” within the next five to 10 years, and a recent study showing that a fifth of China’s soil is contaminated, some believe British Columbia’s food-producing land will become increasingly sought after.
