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ARTE | 09 May 2017
Une part croissante de l'aide publique au développement serait-elle détournée au profit de grandes multinationales du secteur agroalimentaire ? Une enquête stupéfiante menée dans trois pays africains. |
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Agrimoney | 09 May 2017
Expansion has been backed by borrowings which the group pegged at $437.8m as of the end of March, largely from Rutledge Investment Co and from MetLife Agricultural Investments. |
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FIAN | 08 May 2017
With business self-regulation and corporate social responsibility schemes proving to be insufficient for addressing land grabbing-related human rights issues, the EU and its Member States must implement a set of policy regulations. |
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China Daily | 06 May 2017
Tucked away over 50 kilometers north of the capital Kampala, Chinese technicians continue to set up the first agricultural industrial park in the East African country. |
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FPP | 04 May 2017
RSPO has issued a Stop Work Order to Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd after joint submission by FPP, Pusaka, Greenpeace and EIA accused Goodhope’s subsidiary PT Nabire Baru of taking lands from the Yerisiam Gua people in Papua, Indonesia. |
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IPS | 03 May 2017
The cultures and very survival of indigenous peoples in Africa are seriously threatened by land grabbing and land dispossession caused by extractive industries, agribusiness and other forms of business operations. |
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NBR | 03 May 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund, which has bought up 21 local dairy farms as part of its push into rural land investment, is looking outside the dairy sector for its next foray, eyeing land used for beef and permanent crops and expansion into Australia. |
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Illegal Deforestation Monitor | 02 May 2017
New data on land fires in Bolivia indicates that the surge in illegal forest conversion for large-scale commercial agriculture and cattle ranching seen since 2012 is accelerating. |
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The West Australian | 01 May 2017
China’s investment in Australian agribusiness has tripled in just a year as China strives to meet rising demand for high-quality food among its growing middle class. Major agribusiness deals included acquisition of the S Kidman & Co cattle empire and acquisition of Tasmanian dairy giant Van Dieman’s Land. |
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IDI | 01 May 2017
Unjust Enrichment: How the IFC Profits from Land Grabbing in Africa, new report by Inclusive Development International, Bank Information Center, Accountability Counsel, Urgewald and the Oakland Institute. |
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LEGEND | 30 Apr 2017
Increased private sector investment in agriculture has created both hopes and fears for rural livelihoods. One of the challenges is in empowering rural people to make informed choices, exercise their rights and have their voices heard. |
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Mndialisation.ca | 29 Apr 2017
Le coup d’État contre le président Fernando Lugo en juin 2012 et l’élection de Horacio Cartes en 2013 a marqué un tournant qui touche aussi les zones rurales où accaparement des terres et expansion de la culture du soja et de l’élevage vont de concert. |
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Reuters | 28 Apr 2017
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has decided against making further investments in farmland and is open to selling its existing portfolio, a shift in strategy after some local farmers voiced concerns. |
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Xinhua | 27 Apr 2017
Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China's Xuanye (Lao) Co., Ltd/AVIC International Beijing Co., Ltd on a modern agricultural industrial park project in Laos. |
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franceinfo | 22 Apr 2017
Des terres cultivables sont rachetées par des sociétés, parfois spéculatives. Comment la financiarisation dépossède-t-elle les paysans ? Franceinfo vous révèle l'ampleur d'un phénomène qui trace son sillon en France. |
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