Land (land grabbing)
Joint reflection on land in Africa
An exploration on Laudato Si’s approach to our relationship and responsibility to care for the land and its small-scale food producers. Joint publication by AEFJN – Africa-Europe Faith and Justice Network; AFJN – Africa Faith and Justice Network; AFSA – Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa; SECAM – Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar; and RECOWA – Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa with the support of CIDSE. October 2018.
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Rapport de la conférence "Accaparement des terres en Afrique francophone"
Du 21 au 23 novembre, à Abidjan, au centre CERAO, s’est tenue une conférence intitulée : Accaparement des terres en Afrique francophone : Identifier et promouvoir des solutions endogènes pour s’en sortir. Elle fait suite à une conférence organisée par la plateforme "Our land is our life" une collaboration entre des organisations de la société civile (OSC) et l’Eglise.
Déclaration de la conférence d'Abidjan
« Accaparement des terres en Afrique francophone : identifier et promouvoir les solutions endogènes pour s’en sortir », Déclaration de la « Conférence Régionale Afrique Francophone ». Abidjan, 21-23 Novembre 2017
« Dieu créa les cieux et la terre. Le Seigneur Dieu prit l’homme et le plaça dans le jardin d’Eden pour le cultiver et le garder » (Gn1,1 ;2,15)
Land conflicts and shady finances plague DR Congo palm oil company backed by development funds
European and US development funds are bankrolling palm oil company Feronia Inc despite land and labour conflicts at its plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). New information now raises questions as to whether the Canadian-based company misused millions of taxpayer dollars destined for international aid by way of companies connected to a high-level DRC politician.
Open letter to EU policy-makers on biofuels
EU biofuels policy comes at an unacceptably high economic, social and environmental cost – time to fix a failed policy, Civil Society open letter to EU policy-makers, 18 June 2013
Investing in smallholder agriculture
“Investing in smallholder agriculture for food security and nutrition”, Comments on the Zero Draft of the HLPE Study, 30 January 2013
Biofuels and Food Security
Biofuels and Food Security: CIDSE Inputs on the zero-draft of the HLPE Study, January 2013
L’appât du grain
L’appât du grain : L’agrobusiness - Quels enjeux pour l’agriculture paysanne ? Document d’analyse politique d’Entraide et Fraternité, novembre 2012
Biofuels:the negative impacts of palm oil production
CIDSE partner Rahmawati Retno Winarni of Indonesian Sawit Watch about the negative impacts of palm oil production in her country.
Development finance institutions & land grabbing
When Development Cooperation becomes Land Grabbing, The Role of Development Finance Institutions, a study by Fastenopfer and Bread for all, October 2012