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23 October 2018
Parte da população abrangida pela área onde será erguida a Base Logística de Pemba contesta os valores de compensação atribuídos pela expropriação da suas terras para dar lugar a construção da Base Logística de Pemba.
Para além dos “valores irrisórios”, moradores de quatro bairros de Pemba…
15 October 2018
El género, la edad y la mecanización del trabajo apuntan a ser factores clave para el desarrollo de la agricultura en África
Por Angeles Lucas
Mujeres manejando tractores con sus coloridos vestidos de tela de wax en lugar de quedarse desespaldadas mientras cosechan, otras revisando…
12 October 2018
Heat waves, floods, hurricanes, starvation these are the ‘rewards’ Mother Earth has for years of neglect, overuse, misuse, and abuse. The earth’s natural resources support life. Trees, soil, natural gas, coal, fresh water, and oil- life wouldn’t exist without oxygen, without food, medicine, and…
5 October 2018
Date: 3 octobre 2018
Source: Farmlandgrab, FinancialAfrik
Phatisa est heureux d’annoncer la première levée de son troisième fonds, le Phatisa Food Fund 2 (PFF 2), qui succède à l’African Agriculture Fund (AAF). Le Fonds a reçu des engagements de capital à hauteur de plus de US$ 120 million. Afin de…
28 September 2018
In a saturated marketplace, food and beverage companies too often avoid addressing land rights issues.
There is no question that land is a fundamental asset for food and beverage companies growing and buying agricultural commodities in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia. At the same time,…
20 September 2018
Existem conflitualidades em grande parte do meio rural moçambicano por efeitos combinados da penetração do capital nas áreas do agro-negócio (commodities, florestas e game-farms), dos recursos naturais (unidades industriais e garimpo), do turismo e de infra-estruturas (estradas, portos e barragens…
4 September 2018
Date: 30 août 2018
Source: Farmlandgrab, IRIS
Par: Pierre Jacquemot
En France, la stratégie nationale de lutte contre la déforestation importée (SNDI) a été soumise à la consultation publique du mardi 3 au mardi 24 juillet 2018.Cette stratégie sera la mise en forme de l'engagement…
29 August 2018
O PCA da HCB, Pedro Couto, anunciou nesta terça-feira (28) o abandono do projecto de construção da Central Norte, orçada em 700 milhões de dólares para gerar 1250 megawatts, e assumiu, como resultado de “consenso ao nível estratégico governamental, de que é necessário dar-se a prioridade a Mphanda…
16 August 2018
In Zimbabwe, Transparency International has been working extensively on land governance issues, and what has emerged is that women are often coerced to engage in sexual acts with a male person in authority in order to have access to land. Land is a form of property and a source of livelihood for…
16 August 2018
“We, the poor.” This is how Francisco Chicompa introduces the peasant families who live in Napai II, a village in the district of Mecuburi, Nampula province in Mozambique. The label stuck like glue: poor is what they were called, and so poor is what they were. Despite this, the land in the region…
17 July 2018
This week’s High Level Political Forum, has been an almost dizzying extravaganza, featuring hundreds of side events and welcoming delegates from countries around the world. Taking place at UN Headquarters in New York City, the Forum’s participants have thus far delved into some of the world’s most…
16 July 2018
In the fading afternoon light, Kou Berpa leads a small group out to a patch of land a short distance off of the main road in Ganta, Liberia.
The land is strewn with rocks and dried vegetation. The jagged remains of a tree stump consume one corner. It’s easy to miss the green shoots scattered…