Les droits des petits exploitants agricoles tunisiens doivent être assortis de mécanismes garantissant l’utilisation productive de leurs terres, selonn une ONG soutenue par UN Habitat

Between Aug. 4 and Aug. 7, security guards for a palm oil company Brasil BioFuels S.A. (BBF) in the Amazonian state of Pará that’s been dubbed the “palm oil war” region allegedly shot and wounded five Tembé Indigenous people. The shootings are the latest outburst in a chain of violence tied to the disputes between Indigenous communities and palm oil companies over land in the region.

Au niveau local, l’ONG aide les communautés agricoles à mieux se protéger face aux investisseurs. Sur le plan national, elle plaide pour une révision de la loi.

The Multi Actors Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia launches a series of programs including the Private Sector Engagement Strategy and the Responsible Agriculture Investment.

Dans le sud-est du Mexique, des milliers de ruches sont mortes ces dernières années. Les apiculteurs mayas, qui blâment l’usage massif des produits chimiques, s’élèvent contre l’agro-industrie qui accapare les terres.

Agriculture is being flagged as the replacement for residential property investments following changes to Portugal's Golden Visa programme, with investors urged to look towards funds such as Pela Terra and Terra Nova.

La Chine est en fait très loin de la première place occupée par les entreprises canadiennes, qui possèdent plus de 4,8 millions d'hectares de terres agricoles aux États-Unis, selon le ministère de l'Agriculture.

Herdsman are occupying a substantial portion of land that was granted by the government to Madhvani Sugar Factory for a sugarcane plantation in Amuru district but that has not been utilised.

Pour l’implémentation de ce projet, le groupe suisse sollicite 42 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans le département du Niari

Institutional investors, large corporates and big family operators are expected to dominate demand for prime farmland this financial year as smaller farmers’ buying power takes a hit from higher interest rates, lower profits.

The Farmland for Farmers Act, in banning corporations from purchasing farmland, improves the chances for beginning, small-scale producers to access land and produce food for themselves and their communities.

Pension funds, Wall Street investors, and other well-funded entities and individuals looking for good investments have been buying up domestic farmland. Their goal is profit, not food production or stewardship of natural resources.

With Pakistan’s parliament's approval of the Special Investment Facilitation Council on August 1, all is now set for offering investors to procure huge lands for agriculture farming.

President Kissan Ittehad Khalid Mehmood Khokhar dismissed misconceptions created by some elements claiming that corporate farming would deprive the small farmers of their cultivable lands.

Réponse des organisations de la société civile malgache à l'entreprise LGA OSO Farming