Life in and around a palm oil plantation in Cameroon – in. Palm oil company at centre of bitter land rights struggle in Cameroon Victoria Schneider and Dylan Collins in Cameroon Mon 27 Jul 2015 08.39 EDT Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2018 13.12 EST. Get Price
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Saudi Star has tangled for years with activists from the Oakland Institute and Human Rights Watch, who have compiled detailed reports on Ethiopia’s land investment programme and the heavy-handed ways in which, they allege, the government shifts locals out of the way.
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The Ethiopian claims that the land development policy is good to reach out to scattered communities to receive international assistance. It is known that Ethiopia has 13 million [people] in need of food hand-outs and our region has a share of this. Yet, the government is relocating people to unproductive land for the above purpose.
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Land acquisition. The palm oil company from the Eastern Plains enquired into providing land for members of its labour cooperative through land reform, to which Incora replied that land could be supplied, but the company would have to work with a group of displaced persons with no previous experience in palm cultivation.
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Palm-oil firm denies Liberia intimidation claims Global Witness says communities in nation's southeast pressured to sign away land rights for GVL plantation operations. 23 Jul 2015 20:53 GMT
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Land acquisition. The palm oil company from the Eastern Plains enquired into providing land for members of its labour cooperative through land reform, to which Incora replied that land could be supplied, but the company would have to work with a group of displaced persons with no previous experience in palm cultivation.
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This is “non-utilized land” according to the government, though it is hard to imagine this much quality unused land exists in a country with frequent food shortages. The land is to be used for export crops of sugar cane, cotton and palm oil. Schoneveld estimates that by 2011, 807,000 hectares had been leased for biofuel production.
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Nigeria map indicating Edo State By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City Some communities where Okomu Palm Oil Plc allegedly acquired farmland to expand its operations have cried out over an alleged forceful occupation of their land. They alleged that the action of the company has rendered them homeless and pleaded with the relevant authorities to come to their aid.
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Wilmar operates 19,712 hectares oil palm estates in the Calaro, Ibiae and Biase area of Cross River State, part of a joint venture with PZ-Cussons. The company is geared towards acquiring 50,000 hectares of community lands for the expansion of its plantations in the State in the next few years.
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Land acquisition. The palm oil company from the Eastern Plains enquired into providing land for members of its labour cooperative through land reform, to which Incora replied that land could be supplied, but the company would have to work with a group of displaced persons with no previous experience in palm cultivation.
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The palm oil company at the centre of a bitter land rights struggle in Cameroon - Local residents complain expansion plans by Socapalm, Cameroon’s biggest palm oil company, will take over land that belongs to them; Victoria Schneider in Cameroon; Victoria Schneider is a freelance journalist.
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Energy, minerals, land and water sit at the heart of the transition to low-carbon economies, and at the start of every supply chain. However, the use of our planet's resources is all too often entwined with human rights abuse. Find out why we must ensure that the transition is both fast, and fair.
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Black Citadel High School students get a glimpse into nursing. BLACK ETHIOPIA, A Glimpse into African Diplomacy, 1956-1991
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In Sierra Leone, resistance to corporate land grabbing by palm oil companies has led to violent clashes between government forces and protesters. Is the rise of violent conflict and loss of life inevitable? Already too many lives have been lost and many more destroyed by this Africa Land Grab 2.0, so is the rise of Mau-Mau Reloaded inevitable?
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