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GRAIN @grain.org · 27d
De nombreux textes juridiques ont été développés pour prétendument protéger les droits des paysan·nes concernant les semences. Mais la plupart sont subordonnées aux intérêts des entreprises. Comment agir ? grain.org/e/7312
Les écueils de la protection des semences paysannes par le biais de législations
Les semenciers utilisent les droits de propriété intellectuelle et des lois sur la commercialisation pour garantir leurs profits. L'usage du même cadre juridique est-il la meilleure stratégie pour rés...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 1h
The combined trends of corporate consolidation, restrictive intellectual property laws, and trade-driven policy have created a deeply unjust agricultural system and undermine the foundation of food sovereignty: farmers’ rights to save, share, and develop seeds www.counterview.net/2025/10/from...
From seed to soil: How transnational control is endangering food sovereignty
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GRAIN @grain.org · 15h
"Plus de 26 000 ha, pendant 13 ans, on les donne à une personne, il les met dans sa poche, il en bénéficie et il n'en parvient même pas à exploiter 1 000 ha !" s'exaspère Doudou Mboup, délégué des travailleurs, en résumant cet accaparement de terres qui dure trop longtemps
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Licenciements abusifs et salaires impayés : Colère à la ferme de la teranga
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GRAIN @grain.org · 15h
🔥 Sénégal: Les travailleurs de la Ferme de la Teranga - 26 000 ha détenus par la société américaine African Agriculture, Inc - sont 10 mois sans salaire. Ils ont saisi la justice mais cela traîne, laissant des familles dans la précarité. farmlandgrab.org/33080 @oaklandinstitute.org
Licenciements abusifs et salaires impayés : colère à la Ferme de la Teranga
La situation à la Ferme de la Teranga - 20 000 hectares detenus par la société amércaine African Agriculture Inc - suscite l’indignation générale. Les travailleurs, pour la plupart en contrat à durée ...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d
A new report details the scale of foreign investment in Australian farmland. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China ranks second (6.57mn hectares). farmlandgrab.org/33078
Top 20 foreign owners of Aussie farmland revealed
A new report details the size and scale of foreign investment, with more than 49mn hectares of Aussie farmland now in overseas ownership. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China r...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d
Corteva is splitting its seeds and agrichemicals business. The new seed company, temporarily dubbed SpinCo, holds the Pioneer brand and is expected to hit US$10 billion in sales this year.
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Corteva grew out of what used to be known as Pioneer HiBred Corn Company (Photo credit: Corteva)
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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d
Following the work of Nate Halverson and @revealnews.org, @sentientmedia.org‬ shows how corporate farms like Fondomonte LLC of Saudi Arabia are taking water (and land) away from communities: sentientmedia.org/arizona-dese... @ninaelkadi.com
In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm
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GRAIN @grain.org · 2d
Following Norway, now the Netherlands' largest public pension fund has divested from Caterpillar - the US-based farm machine manufacturer - due to its connection to Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
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Dutch pension fund sells Caterpillar shares over US firm’s alleged arms supply to Israel
The Netherlands’ largest civic pension fund said it sold off its Caterpillar shares due to the alleged involvement of the American equipment manufacturer in supplying the Israeli army, according to…
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GRAIN @grain.org · 2d
La deforestación y acaparamiento de tierra realizada por comunidades menonitas para plantar maíz transgénico está amenazando territorios indígenas en Yucatán - México www.yucatan.com.mx/yucatan/2025... @greenpeace.org @etcgroup.bsky.social
Península de Yucatán, zona crítica por tala de menonitas y maíz transgénico: Semarnat
Gobierno federal alerta sobre deforestación y transgénicos en Yucatán; operativos buscan proteger los maíces nativos y la biodiversidad.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 2d
"The ‘return’ of land grabbing?" New piece from researchers with the Journal of Peasant Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @fian-international.bsky.social
The ‘return’ of land grabbing?
This introductory paper to the Special Forum on ‘The Return of Land Grabbing’ examines the evolving dynamics of land grabbing. We argue that land grabbing never disappeared but has persisted and tr...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 5d
Tras 8 años de lucha, la certificadora RSPO tuvo que reconocer que la empresa Energy & Palma se instaló sin consentimiento, apropiándose de más de 283 hectáreas en tierras ancestrales afroecuatorianas es.mongabay.com/2025/09/ener... @fian-international.bsky.social
Certificadora de aceite de palma reconoce que empresa ecuatoriana se instaló sin consentimiento en territorio afro
La comuna Barranquilla de San Javier lleva ocho años pidiendo que la empresa palmicultora Energy & Palma reconozca su territorio ancestral.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 5d
Gene-edited mustard greens for salad mixes and gene-edited strawberries could soon be the first of many new, unregulated GMOs entering Canada, without safety assessments by health authorities or notifications to the public. See the new report by CBAN cban.ca/three-geneti...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 6d
La Vía Campesina reafirma que urge un nuevo marco comercial mundial basado en la soberanía alimentaria. Es momento de poner el comercio al servicio de las personas y no de la dominación afirma LVC viacampesina.org/es/es-urgent... @lughiotto.bsky.social
"Es Urgente y Necesario Un Nuevo Marco Comercial Mundial Basado En La Soberanía Alimentaria" - La Vía Campesina
No pedimos reformas marginales. Exigimos una transformación desde la raíz.En este 10 de septiembre de 2025, en el histórico 3.ºForo Global Nyeleni que se celebra en Kandy (Sri Lanka), reafirmamos este...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 6d
A new movement is challenging the financial stranglehold of agribusiness and foreign lenders, arguing that Africa’s future lies not in extractive monocultures but in agroecology, sovereignty, and collective resistance.
africasacountry.com/2025/10/who-... @afsafrica.bsky.social @oaklandinstitute.org
Who pays for Africa’s food future?
A new movement is challenging the financial stranglehold of agribusiness and foreign lenders, arguing that Africa’s future lies not in extractive monocultures but in agroecology, sovereignty, and coll...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 6d
Alliance of civil society groups from Europe and Indonesia criticises EU-Indonesia FTA that was signed last week. The alliance calls upon govts and parliaments to veto the agreement that they warn is threatening the people, environment and climate europeantradejustice.org/eu-indonesia...
EU-Indonesia deal: global civil society alliance calls for a stop
A European-Indonesian alliance of civil society organizations and trade unions criticises the political agreement on the EU-Indonesia free trade agreement being signed in Indonesia today. The organ…
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GRAIN @grain.org · 7d
Les agrocarburants, pire que le pétrole ? Nouveau podcast à ne pas louper de @infogm.bsky.social
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GRAIN @grain.org · 7d
Farmers’ groups in Malaysia slam the government's plan to amend its PVP law and join UPOV. They rightly say that such a move would undermine farmers’ rights to freely save, keep and sell seeds.
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📷: @mongabay.com @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social @okseed.bsky.social
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GRAIN @grain.org · 8d
🔥 UN Special Rapporteur denounces Charoen Pokphand Food's #SLAPP lawsuit against Witoon Lianchamroon of Biothai. CPF, which denies responsibility for a bad outbreak of invasive fish in Thailand, wants to disrupt Witoon’s work to support communities fighting for food sovereignty. Spread the word! ✊
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Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social · 13d
Hearing disturbing news from #Thailand, where HRD Witoon Lianchamroon was recently indicted. I fear the baseless charges against him are a reprisal for his work on community rights and food security, and I’ll be closely following his first hearing on 22 October.
The flag of Thailand flying in front of a building and some greenery.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 8d
Lack of access to pensions hurts Irish farmers and keeps younger generations from farming, says new study comparing European systems. Great to see research into this critical but neglected issue! @talamhbeo.bsky.social
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Trapped on the farm: How pension gap keeps older farmers at work - Teagasc | Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Anne Kinsella examines how a lack of pension planning and late retirement are preventing a new, younger generation from taking over farms.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 9d
Les Emiratis, qui contrôlent 960 000 ha de terres agricoles à l'etranger, achètent 35% de Limagrain, Nº5 mondial des semences
www.usinenouvelle.com/article/le-f... (Voir aussi grain.org/e/7173) @infogm.bsky.social @confpaysanne.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
Le fonds souverain émirati entre au capital de Limagrain
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GRAIN @grain.org · 9d
Scientists "discover" a vast reality of "unreported" oil palm production outside the grips of corporate plantations in Africa. Over 600mn hectares of village palm groves, unaccounted for till now, are hailed for their importance to food sovereignty.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 9d
AGRA, the Gates-funded driver of industrial agriculture in Africa, is building corporate ties. It has just formed a partnership with OlamAgri, the Saudi-owned agribusiness juggernaut, to expand operations in Nigeria & Ghana.
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Olam Agri and AGRA sign MoU to strengthen food and feed value chains in Africa - Asia Food Journal
Olam Agri and AGRA have signed an MoU intended to scale up sustainable food and feed value chains in Nigeria and Ghana.
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Witness Radio - Uganda @witnessradio.bsky.social · 12d
The #EAC Seed & Plant Varieties Bill, 2025, is a potential threat to smallholder farmers, as it aims to disengage them from the agriculture business, according to experts.
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The EAC Seed & Plant Varieties Bill, 2025, is a potential threat to smallholder farmers, as it aims to disengage them from the agriculture business, according to experts.
By Witness Radio team. Agriculture, a cornerstone of livelihoods and economies throughout the East African Community (EAC), is now at a crossroads. The laws about seeds, once straightforward, have evo...
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Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 13d
The Bezos Earth Fund and Amazon are closely linked. Both promote carbon markets.

Carbon offsets are Amazon's false solution to its rapidly increasing emissions - which are largely a result of AI.

Post based on a report by @grain.org.

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Billionaires aren’t going to save the planet: The Bezos Earth Fund, AI, and carbon offsets
A recent report by Grain highlights the conflicts of interest and promotion of carbon offsets in the Bezos Earth Fund.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 19d
Le milliardaire nigérian, Aliko Dangote, va construire en Ethiopie l’une des plus grandes usines d’engrais azotés du continent africain. Une façon pour lui d’afficher sa volonté « d’industrialiser l’Afrique ». l-frii.com/aliko-dangot...
Aliko Dangote : le milliardaire nigérian va construire dans ce pays africain l’une des plus grandes usines d’engrais du continent - L-FRII
Le milliardaire nigérian, Aliko Dangote, lance un nouveau projet d'envergure, annonçant la construction de l’une des plus grandes usines
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GRAIN @grain.org · 22d
Bayer impulsa semillas “inteligentes” y edición genética para supuestamente enfrentar el cambio climático y mejorar la agricultura en México, sin importar la agrobiodiversidad y soberanía alimentaria www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/sem... @etcgroup.bsky.social