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Radical proposals to save Kenya’s ailing agriculture

One of the key proposals is the establishment of 50 new large-scale farms of 2,500 acres or more that will be funded, owned and operated by the private sector, in a plan aimed at unlocking up to 500,000 acres.
Harvard’s investment in land and natural resources

Harvard University has been grabbing lands from indigenous communities, cutting down forests, and depriving rural people of access to water around the world for years.
Masiva privatización de las tierras públicas y los territorios colectivos en Brasil

La aprobación del nuevo Código de Bosques en 2012 y, después, de la Ley 13.465/17 que modifica cerca de 26 marcos legales sobre la tierra en Brasil, llamada (“Ley del grilagem” o “Ley de acaparamiento”), instrumentan una regularización ambiental y agraria como mecanismos de apropiación masiva de tierras públicas y “devueltas”
How a Chinese venture in Venezuela made millions while locals grew hungry

Under a 2010 pact with the Chávez government, China CAMC Engineering Co Ltd was paid $100 million to develop rice paddies twice the size of Manhattan to feed millions. But 9 years later, locals are hungry and the project hasn’t yielded a single grain of rice.
Palm oil development leaves Liberians poorer, says winner of 'Green Nobel'

Palm oil plantations in Liberia are billed as bringing jobs and development but actually leave locals poorer, said a Liberian lawyer who won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize on Monday.
Lawyer forced to flee Liberia hopes to return after Goldman prize win

Two years ago Alfred Brownell was forced to flee Liberia after a successful campaign against a foreign palm oil plantation led to death threats and intimidation
Accaparement made in Belgium. Le financement de Feronia par la Coopération belge

Trois années après le financement par l’agence belge de développement BIO de l’entreprise FERONIA PHC en RDC, ce rapport du CNCD-11.11.11 dénonce la persistance des conflits fonciers et l’absence d’impacts positifs pour les communautés locales.
Stopping colleges’ land grabs: Farmers and faculties unite

Grassroots International is supporting partners and allies in a global campaign to stop violent and illegal land grabs at their source: the massive financial investments of pension funds and college endowments.
Tacuara'i indigenous people facing landlessness in Paraguay

The acquisition—both legally and illegally—of enormous amounts of terrain by a small number of groups has left Paraguay with the highest level of inequality of land ownership in the world.
What to watch: Karuturi - Will new land deal prove fertile?

Shares of Karuturi Global may remain in action, as its subsidiary Karuturi Agro Products Plc, Ethiopia, has been granted 15,000 hectares for agricultural activities.

Spain’s El Ciruelo acquires leading Brazilian table grape producer

Spain-based El Ciruelo has reached an agreement with Grupo JD to acquire its subsidiary Labrunier, the largest Brazilian table grape producer, with 2,400 hectares of land in Brazil.

14 May 2019 Fresh Fruit Portal

Radical proposals to save Kenya’s ailing agriculture

One of the key proposals is the establishment of 50 new large-scale farms of 2,500 acres or more that will be funded, owned and operated by the private sector, in a plan aimed at unlocking up to 500,000 acres.

14 May 2019 Nation

Harvard’s investment in land and natural resources

Harvard University has been grabbing lands from indigenous communities, cutting down forests, and depriving rural people of access to water around the world for years.

14 May 2019 Harvard Crimson

UN Resolution on the Decade of Family Farming in Japanese　（国連決議文＜日本語訳＞：家族農業の10年）

国連で採択された家族農業の１０年の日本語仮訳のPDFを掲載します。

14 May 2019

Masiva privatización de las tierras públicas y los territorios colectivos en Brasil

La aprobación del nuevo Código de Bosques en 2012 y, después, de la Ley 13.465/17 que modifica cerca de 26 marcos legales sobre la tierra en Brasil, llamada (“Ley del grilagem” o “Ley de acaparamiento”), instrumentan una regularización ambiental y agraria como mecanismos de apropiación masiva de tierras públicas y “devueltas”

09 May 2019 GRAIN

What we learned from two years of investigating corrupt land deals in Indonesia and what it says about how to fix the nation’s deforestation and land rights crisis

The last of investigative series “Indonesia for Sale” examined the corruption underpinning Indonesia’s land rights and climate crisis in unparalleled depth from the expansion of oil palm plantations in the country.

08 May 2019 The Gecko Project

Sierra Leone: Parliament legalize Sierra Tropical operations

Sierra Tropical Investment Company, a subsidiary of Dole Asia Holdings, has been given the green light to operate a 4,335 ha pineapple farm by the House of Parliament.

08 May 2019 Awoko

How a Chinese venture in Venezuela made millions while locals grew hungry

Under a 2010 pact with the Chávez government, China CAMC Engineering Co Ltd was paid $100 million to develop rice paddies twice the size of Manhattan to feed millions. But 9 years later, locals are hungry and the project hasn’t yielded a single grain of rice.

08 May 2019 Reuters

Green activists are fighting the great fight—but are being dragged down by petty lawsuits

In France, the holding company Socfin and its Cameroonian subsidiary Socapalm, both affiliated with Bolloré Group, sued journalists and nongovernmental groups who reported on villagers’ protests against the companies’ palm oil plantations in their communities and land.

07 May 2019 Newsweek

21,500 hectares of land in Kawambwa offered to investors

Zambia's Kawambwa Town Council has allocated 21,500 hectares of farms to new more large scale investors to diversify the local economy driven by agriculture, mining and tourism.

06 May 2019 Lusaka Times

Gulf capital and Egypt's corporate food system: a region in the third food regime

Gulf investment is one of the largest foreign capitals in Egypt's agribusiness sector and it owns companies that have controlling market shares of corporate food.

05 May 2019 Review of African Political Economy

Todo al mejor postor: el nuevo plan del Banco Mundial para privatizar tierras en el sur global

Al introducir un indicador de tierra en el proyecto EBA (Facilitando los Negocios en la Agricultura por sus siglas en inglés) el Banco ha creado un instrumento para prescribir reformas de políticas que facilitarán el acceso a la tierra para la agroindustria.

03 May 2019 Biodiversidad en América Latina y el Caribe

Land summit or land grab?

Jubilee Australia and the Oakland Institute denounce the National Land Summit, organized by the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government, as a dangerous attack on the country’s unique customary land tenure system.

02 May 2019 ActNow PNG

Liberia : le développement de l’huile de palme ne profite pas aux populations locales

Au Liberia, l’essor des plantations de palmier à huile n’a pas permis d’améliorer les conditions de vie des populations locales, selon Alfred Brownell, récipiendaire du Prix Goldman pour l’environnement 2019.

02 May 2019 Agence Ecofin

China touts agriculture cooperation with Belt-Road countries

China's investment in foreign agricultural projects is booming, according to statistics peddled by Chinese agricultural officials during "Belt and Road" summit held in Beijing.

30 Apr 2019 Dim Sums

Palm oil development leaves Liberians poorer, says winner of 'Green Nobel'

Palm oil plantations in Liberia are billed as bringing jobs and development but actually leave locals poorer, said a Liberian lawyer who won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize on Monday.

30 Apr 2019 Reuters

Lawyer forced to flee Liberia hopes to return after Goldman prize win

Two years ago Alfred Brownell was forced to flee Liberia after a successful campaign against a foreign palm oil plantation led to death threats and intimidation

29 Apr 2019 Guardian

Les producteurs de pomme de terre de la zone des Niayes dénoncent la concurrence déloyale de Senegindia SA

« L’Etat du Sénégal, en plus d’avoir donné des terres aux indiens, subventionne ces derniers à hauteur de 9 milliards de fcfa », dénonce le porte-parole des exploitants sénégalais des Niayes

26 Apr 2019 Teranga News

Des milliers d'indigènes revendiquent leurs droits à Brasilia

Plusieurs milliers de représentants de tribus autochtones du Brésil étaient rassemblés mercredi en plein coeur de Brasilia, déterminés à faire valoir leur droit à la terre face à un gouvernement Bolsonaro ouvertement hostile.

25 Apr 2019 AFP

Accaparement made in Belgium. Le financement de Feronia par la Coopération belge

Trois années après le financement par l’agence belge de développement BIO de l’entreprise FERONIA PHC en RDC, ce rapport du CNCD-11.11.11 dénonce la persistance des conflits fonciers et l’absence d’impacts positifs pour les communautés locales.

24 Apr 2019 CNCD-11.11.11

La Côte d’Ivoire abritera une conférence sur le foncier en Afrique

”Gagner la lutte contre la corruption dans le secteur foncier“ est le thème de la biennale de la BAD sur la politique foncière en Afrique, du 4 au 8 novembre 2019 à Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

24 Apr 2019 Magazine 24

RDCongo: un rapport d’ONG belges met en cause la coopération belge

La plateforme d’ONG de développement belges CNCD-11.11.11, après une mission au Congo, met en cause la coopération belge pour sa participation à l’exploitation de trois plantations d’huile de palme au nord et au nord-est du pays par l’entreprise canadienne Feronia.

24 Apr 2019 La Libre

Not in my backyard: Indonesian official fights corrupt palm concession

A district chief in Indonesia is seeking to overturn ministry decision approving a request that would allow a palm oil company to clear forest for plantation in Buol district, Sulawesi. The company initially get the concession after bribing the previous district chief.

24 Apr 2019 Mongabay

Stopping colleges’ land grabs: Farmers and faculties unite

Grassroots International is supporting partners and allies in a global campaign to stop violent and illegal land grabs at their source: the massive financial investments of pension funds and college endowments.

24 Apr 2019 Grassroots International

Sénégal : Epilogue juridique du projet rizicole initié par Afri Partners (Groupe Sefrioui)

Une source proche du dossier a confirmé à Yabiladi que «la décision de la Cour suprême condamne la commune et non pas l’entreprise, et qu’«Afri Partners est filiale du groupe Sefrioui et non pas du Groupe Addoha»

23 Apr 2019 Yabiladi