Papua New Guinea NGO ActNow! says 5 million ha were illegally acquired from traditional land holders and APEC Ministers need to know this.

A recent report states that Senhuile SA is facing protests from residents of surrounding villages due to allegations of land grabbing and other instances of mismanagement.

Presentation made by the 3rd Joint Coordination Committee of ProSAVANA on December 3, 2012 in Nampula

No new plantation has succeeded since independence. No new plantation investment has yet been profitable

Yara and Unilever are partnering on a smallholder contract growing programme, connected to Unilever's 3,253 hectare tea plantation in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT).

Labor’s trade spokeswoman Senator Penny Wong has slammed the Coalition’s agricultural foreign investment policy at today’s premier grains industry event.

Le Comité économique et social européen (CES européen) voit un risque sérieux dans la forte concentration des terres aux mains de grands investisseurs non agricoles et de grandes entreprises agricoles.

Some of Vietnam top firms are carving out opportunities in its $37 billion agriculture and seafood sector and looking to expand overseas, helped by free trade pacts.

Local residents complain expansion plans by Socapalm, Cameroon’s biggest palm oil company, will take over land that belongs to them

The only long term solution to this terrible disease may lie in forest conservation, the restoration of agroecological farming systems, and the exclusion of agribusiness investment.

As land grabs by firms linked to multinationals drive small-holder farmers out of business, a group behind a February bid for compensation by 100 farmers says rights violations and environmental degradation are also at stake.

Thailand's largest meat producer to buy Russian poultry farm from Dutch firm Agro-Invest Brinky B.V. for $680 million in cash through its subsidiary CPF Netherlands, which receives a tax exemption from the Dutch government.

Australian farms and cattle stations are becoming increasingly attractive to overseas investors - especially Chinese buyers looking for beef sources in other countries.

A new report by Italian researchers shows that the controversial Senhuile project in Senegal is on the verge of collapse. The project, initiated by Italian and Senegalese investors four years ago to produce biofuels, has provoked fierce resistance from affected communities in which six people have died.

Massive land grabs in Liberia by a major oil palm company at the peak of the Ebola outbreak have had a hand in the harassment and violence faced by Liberians speaking out against palm oil expansion, a new report released Thursday claims.

A bill aimed at limiting the sale of rural land to overseas investors failed to make it past the first stage when it was introduced in Parliament last night.

Fresh documents allege land grabs amounting to ‘crimes against humanity’ affected 830,000 people since 2000

The Mozambican government on Thursday categorically denied that any Mozambicans would lose land because of the Pro-Savana agricultural development programme under way in the north of the country.

Global Witness exposé reveals violence, threats, and false promises driving rapid palm oil expansion in Liberia. Urgent reforms needed to protect citizens and regulate plantation companies.

Communities in Liberia are being pressured to sign away their land to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a campaign group.

A Canadian agribusiness company, Feronia — financed by American and European Development Institutions, is involved in land grabbing, corrupt practices and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

PGG, which is half owned by Agria Corporation of China, purchased 50% of Uruguay seed producer and farm servicing company Agrocentro Uruguay.

The UN's Economic Commission, Germany's BMZ and the World Bank signed a Declaration of Intent to establish a new Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa to better secure land rights across Africa.

Kenya-based private equity house Fanisi Capital said on Thursday it had bought a stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for $6 million, expanding its footprint in the region.

Even though the Commission of Inquiry into the land grab has found the SABL process was flawed, land grabbing continues. Many communities are still not aware of what SABL is and how customary land is being stolen.

The UK government publishes the first issue of its Land Policy Bulletin, produced by its Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) programme.

Emile Elmalem, le Directeur général des Grands moulins de Dakar (Gmd), a été emporté par un scandale financier dans lequel on retrouve Benjamin Dummai, ancien Directeur général de Senhuile Sa.

Au Québec, de plus en plus de questions sont soulevées par le phénomène d’accaparement des terres agricoles.

Un projet de palmier à huile dans le district de Kisaware connaît actuellement un regain d’intérêt de la part des officiels après le silence qui avait prévalu à son endroit durant les deux dernières années.

Quand bien même les autorités locales leur promettraient de les remettre dans leurs droits dans quelques semaines, les populations de ces deux villages veillent toujours au grain.

En 2010, Senhuile s'est accaparé 20 000 hectares de terres pour produire du bioéthanol. Cinq ans plus tard, rien n'y a été cultivé et la société va passer devant le tribunal.

Les villageois sont prêts à aller récupérer leurs champs, « frauduleusement acquis et exploités » par Modibo Kéïta, avec ou sans l’autorisation des autorités.

Un nouveau rapport, établi par des chercheurs italiens, montre que le projet controversé de Senhuile, au Sénégal, est au bord de l'effondrement. Le projet a provoqué une résistance farouche des communautés affectées par le projet qui s'est soldée par six décès.

L'ONG Global Witness a accusé aujourd'hui l'entreprise d'huile de palme Golden Veroleum de profiter de l'épidémie Ebola au Libéria pour doubler la taille de sa plantation.

Entre déficit d’information, opacité dans les transactions et l’accès insuffisant à la justice, les populations sont généralement abusées.

De nouvelles preuves transmises aujourd’hui à la Procureure de la Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI) indiquent que 60 000 personnes ont, depuis 2014, été victimes de la politique massive d’accaparement des terres mises en œuvre par les élites dirigeantes au Cambodge.

Un groupe financier irlandais met la main sur les terres charentais et les font cultiver par un entrepreneur agricole. "Il passe une fois de temps en temps avec un tracteur de 300 chevaux et c’est tout», râle un élu, impuissant.

Un nuevo informe de investigadores italianos muestra que el controvertido proyecto de Senhuile en Senegal está al borde del colapso. El proyecto ha provocado la fiera resistencia de las comunidades afectadas en la cual murieron seis personas

Las autoridades de Transbaikal pretenden arrendar 1.150 kilómetros cuadrados de terreno.

La empresa ha estado involucrada en la destrucción del último refugio de bosque de los únicos indígenas aislados que sobreviven fuera de la Amazonia en América Latina.

O controverso ProSAVANA, oficialmente lançado em 2011, está em implementação ignorando o processo de diálogo e auscultação pública e as recomendações e preocupações das Organizações da Sociedade Civil.

Un nuovo rapporto scritto da alcuni ricercatori italiani e pubblicato da Re:Common dimostra che il controverso progetto Senhuile in Senegal è sull'orlo del collasso. Il progetto, avviato quattro anni fa da investitori italiani e senegalesi, è da sempre fortemente contestato dalle comunità coinvolte.ma

Ketika Papua dipaksa menjadi lumbung pangan dan energi dunia, berbasis korporasi