La chute d’un agro-business étatsunien accapareur de terres : faillite d’une nouvelle imposture pour exploiter l’Afrique

October 9, 2024

Le matin du 7 décembre 2023, des confettis pleuvaient sur Alan Kessler, le PDG d’African Agriculture, alors qu’il sonnait la cloche d’ouverture de la bourse du NASDAQ et que la société fêtait son entrée à la bourse de New York. La mission revendiquée de l’entreprise étatsunienne était alors de « garantir l’approvisionnement en nourriture et protéine pour le siècle à venir » tout en offrant « une valeur significative à ses actionnaires ». Pour atteindre cet objectif, elle a présenté des projets ambitieux visant à produire des aliments pour bétail destinés à l’exportation et à vendre des crédits carbone sur une superficie stupéfiante de plus de 2,9 millions d’hectares de terres en Mauritanie, au Niger et au Sénégal.

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