Les 6 membres du collectif des agriculteurs de Diokoul qui avaient été arrêtés dans le litige foncier qui les oppose à la société SENEGINDIA ont été condamnés à 6 mois de prison avec sursis, plus une amende de 250 000 FCFA.

The Agric Minister-designate of Ghana says the sector under the current administration will pursue foreign investments in a bid to increase production.

Privately-owned Algerian dairy company Tifralait and American International Agriculture Group (AIAG) will set up a joint venture to develop projects over an area of 25,000 hectares covering cereals, potato, fertilizers, dairy and cattle feed.

There are 196 Saudis investing in the agricultural sector in Sudan and they basically focus on wheat, corn and feed.

The controversy surrounding palm oil cultivation involving agricultural trading company Olam International has intensified over the last two months.

Era il 23 giugno 2016 quando l’amministrazione comunale di Diokoul Diawrigne nella regione di Kebemer, 150 chilometri a nord da Dakar, emanava una delibera che prevede l’attribuzione di 1000 ettari di terreni agricoli all’impresa indiana Senegindia.

Les députés ont approuvé une proposition de loi visant à "lutter contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles" par de grandes sociétés.

Nous demandons aux Chef d'Etat de stopper immédiatement tout accaparement de terres et de respecter et appliquer les droits fonciers collectifs coutumiers des communautés

Afro-Colombian human rights activist Emilsen Manyoma, an outspoken critic of the displacement of local communities by international agribusiness interests, is the latest victim in a wave of attacks against human rights defenders.

FAO expert says it would be wrong to conclude that investors’ interest in agriculture has vanished and developing countries and donors should do more to ensure responsible investment and confront domestic “land grabbers".

Les sols français sont-il réellement victimes d'accaparement?

The China-backed sugar plantation is clearing land and forest, jeopardizing the survival of the indigenous Kuoy in Cambodia.

Land deals are implemented – and often initiated – by sub-national states which are in competition with each other to win major investments.

Hundreds of farms in Ireland face repossession this year as so-called vulture funds swoop on indebted properties, agri-finance experts have warned.

Greenpeace accuse la banque de financer, entre autres, Goodhope Asia Holding Ltd contre laquelle des ONG et des communautés locales ont porté plainte auprès de la RSPO pour "accaparement de terres" en Papouasie.

Le Niger et le Royaume d’Arabie Saoudite viennent de conclure plusieurs accords de coopération, remettant à l’ordre du jour le très controversé projet d’achat de terres arables au Niger qu’envisagent des investisseurs saoudiens.

Women in Senegal are fighting back against land grabbing, from young coders designing a mobile app to help women buy land to civil society groups rallying female villagers to stand up to multinationals

La "situation s'aggrave en raison des combats dans certaines régions et de l'accaparement des terres", qui prive les paysans de leur moyen de subsistance, explique Moon Nay Li, secrétaire de la Kwat.

The stage for an acquisition of Crookes could already be set thanks to the involvement of African agriculture-focused UK private equity firm SilverStreet Capital as the key shareholder through its Silverlands (SA) Plantations investment vehicle.

Global firms and local elites are taking land from farmers, which pushes them to cities, where jobs are few.