|
26 Apr 2018
|
Welcome to the new farmlandgrab.org! We have closed the site's social media accounts - please follow @GRAIN_org on Twitter and @GRAIN.org on Facebook instead. Thank you!
|
English
 |
Why we earmarked 200, 000ha for oil palm plantation – Obaseki Vanguard | 25 Apr 2018
“The goal for the palm oil industry is to have not less than 200,000 hectares of organised oil palm plantation by the end of my administration," Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki said.
Read article »
|
 |
Mass resignations at Chinese owner of Australia's largest dairy farm cast doubt on investment Guardian | 25 Apr 2018
A mass board resignation at the Chinese firm that bought Australia’s largest dairy farm has fuelled concerns it may not fulfil its promises of local investment and environmental protection.
Read article »
|
 |
Farmers count losses as birds destroy acres of rice farm The Standard | 25 Apr 2018
The birds are said to have migrated from Dominion Farms in the neighbouring Siaya County after the proprietor shifted from rice to sugarcane farming.
Read article »
|
 |
Ethiopia: Oromia State accrues investments worth 5b Br Addis Fortune | 25 Apr 2018
The board of Oromia Investment Commission has approved 167 investment projects worth 5.37 billion Br. Over 81pc of them are in agriculture and agro-processing sectors.
Read article »
|
 |
Harvard land ownership in Brazil scrutinized in title dispute Bloomberg | 24 Apr 2018
The prosecutor’s office in the state of Bahia said it’s reviewing allegations that a company linked to Harvard’s endowment isn’t the rightful owner of land in the region, and it’s determining whether to sue to reclaim the titles.
Read article »
|
 |
Karuturi to start afresh in Ethiopia The Reporter | 23 Apr 2018
Karuturi Agro Products PLC says it is about to recommence the troubled commercial farms it was forced to abandon in Ethiopia, last year, with a new 25,000 hectare lease.
Read article »
|
 |
Komenda Sugar Factory remains shut two years after inauguration Daily Graphic | 09 Mar 2018
The scheme financed by India's Exim Bank was to see the cultivation of some 14,100 acres of sugar cane but delays in the release of funds for the growing of the sugar cane has turned the plant into a white elephant.
Read article »
|
français
 |
Menace de crise alimentaire en Afrique : Dakar capitale du mouvement syndical international en décembre 2018 Dakar Actu | 25 avr 2018
Alioune Ndiaye alerte sur la famine que connaissent certaines populations du Nord du Sénégal dûe au « phénomène de l’accaparement des terres opéré par les multinationales étrangères qui appauvrissent les cultivateurs ».
Read article »
|
 |
Spécialiste de l'attaque, Vincent Bolloré désormais sur la défensive AFP | 25 avr 2018
Connu pour ses stratégies offensives voire ses coups de force, l'industriel breton Vincent Bolloré se retrouve désormais en position défensive sur fond de soupçons de corruption en Afrique, après avoir aussi vu ses méthodes remises en question ailleurs.
Read article »
|
 |
Feronia au bout du tunnel en RD Congo ? Jeune Afrique | 21 avr 2018
Longtemps en difficulté, le groupe canadien arrivé dans le pays en 2009 dit qu'il devrait réaliser ses premiers bénéfices cette année.
Read article »
|
 |
L'américain APC se lance dans le palmier à huile en Guinée Bissau Commodafrica | 19 avr 2018
L'américain African Palm Corp dispose déjà de 1,5 million d'hectares en palmiers et projette de porter cette superficie à 7 Mha à travers l'Afrique occidentale au cours des cinq prochaines années
Read article »
|
 |
Le gouvernement s'engage à appuyer la société Agri-Ressources Congo oeuvrant dans l'agro-industrie GCM | 06 dec 2017
Agri-ressources déploie des activités au Congo suite à la signature d’un bail emphytéotique de 29 000 hectares à Louvakou dans le département du Niari.
Read article »
|
Español
 |
Argentina: Advierten “desastre anunciado” por avances extranjeros para pasta de celulosa en la región Corrientes Hoy | 19 abr 2018
El informe apunta a la extranjerización de las tierras para favorecer intereses de empresas europeas de pastas de celulosa y papeleras, en detrimento de los pequeños productores y del resto de la población en la región mesopotámica.
Read article »
|
farmlandgrab.org weekly provides a list of the latest postings to farmlandgrab.org by email each week
farmlandgrab.org is an open-publishing website, initiated by GRAIN, tracking today's global land grab for food production and people's movements against it
to visit or post materials to the website, click this link
|
|
|
|
