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29 Apr 2021
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University of Iowa faculty rebuke farmland investors for fueling land grabs and corporate takeover of agriculture ActionAidUSA | 28 Apr 2021
The University of Iowa Faculty Senate voted 42 to 7 to pass a resolution calling on the university to hold the financial services provider TIAA accountable for its investments in global farmland.
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Liberia: 'We don't want to threaten anybody' New Dawn | 26 Apr 2021
Responding to an appeal from a parliamentary representative to rectify the current Liberia Agriculture Company concession agreement, Liberia's President Weah said his administration don't want to threaten anybody.
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Mahi Pono and paraquat: The 2020 sequel Politics on Maui | 23 Apr 2021
A farm in Maui owned by Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board sprayed some 240 gallons of Gramoxone (paraquat) eight times from January to May, 2020
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RIAO-RDC exige une enquête internationale après le mort d'une autre villageois aux mains des gardes industrielles de la PHC LOKUTU RIAO-RDC | 23 Apr 2021
Monsieur Manu Efolafola a été jeté dans le fleuve Congo sous menotte par les policiers et gardes industrielles de la société de plantations d'huile de palme PHC FERONIA/KKM en RD Congo.
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Kuramo Capital accuses Congo investment partner of looting plant Bloomberg | 22 Apr 2021
A Kuramo Capital fund filed suit in Delaware seeking to oust the manager of its investments in DR Congo palm oil plant over his alleged scheme to loot the business.
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Transparency of land-based investments: Cameroon country snapshot CCSI and CED | 27 Mar 2021
Communities continue to be excluded from decision-making around investments and
the government pursues a top-down approach to concession allocation and remains reluctant to recognize all legitimate tenure rights.
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Villages en feu pour l’huile de palme au Nigeria. Stop !
La production d’huile de palme est un commerce destructeur et violent au Nigeria. Les forêts disparaissent à un rythme effréné à cause d’entreprises comme Okomu Oil Palm Company, du groupe Socfin. Avec, en outre, la destruction des moyens de subsistance et la violation des droits fondamentaux de la population. Soutenons la résistance des habitants ! |
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Agri Resources Group, un acteur investi dans l’agriculture durable et la transformation agro-alimentaire en Afrique Agence Ecofin | 26 avr 2021
Agri Resources, filiale du controverse Monaco Resources Group, a signé le 21 avril un protocole d’accord avec le Bénin pour la production du riz local sur 10 000 ha.
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Transparence des investissements fonciers : étude de cas du Cameroun CCSI et CED | 27 mar 2021
Des communautés continuent d’être exclus des prises de décisions concernant l’investissement et le gouvernement agit selon une approche descendante dans l’attribution des concessions.
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