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01 May 2013Nigeria News
Nigeria: Taraba govt, Dangote Group to establish suger factory in Lau
"We have also approved the allocation of 20, 000 hectares of land to a Chinese company for rice production," says state governor, Alhaji Garba Umar.
05 Mar 2013This Day
FG, Olam partner to arrest impending hike in price of rice
The Federal Government and Singapore's Olam, which has 6,000 hectares under cultivation of rice, announce collaboration towards managing the impact of an imminent rice crisis in Nigeria.
13 Feb 2013Xinhua
Indonesia plans to expand palm oil, cocoa plantations to Nigeria
"Nigeria has offered land for us, no matter how large we need," says Indonesian Industry Minister MS Hidayat
07 Feb 2013Le Hub Rural / Commission de l'UEMOA
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°85
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir
29 Jan 2013Haaretz
Study: Israel ranks among world's most harmful land-grabbers
Wealthy countries, and private companies from those countries, have been increasingly buying up land in poor areas for their own economic purposes, a new study says. And Israel turns out to be one of the leading land grabbers.
10 Jan 2013Cronache Internazionali
Land Grabbing: il nuovo colonialismo?
Si tratta dell’appropriazione o acquisto, da parte di governi o imprese multi-nazionali, di vasti terreni locali mediante operazioni di leasing finanziario.
28 Nov 2012Olam
Olam dismisses Muddy Waters report findings
Olam's rebuttal provides new information on its rice farming operations in Nigeria, including its cooperation with the Africa Rice Centre of the CGIAR.
18 Nov 2012All Voices
Oil palm firm, group clash over land grab
Oil palm giant, Wilmar Nigeria Limited, and the Rainforest Resource and Development Centre (RRDC), an environmental rights group, are currently at logger heads over a massive land grab in a rural community in Cross River State, Southern Nigeria.
08 Nov 2012Business Day
Land grabbing, foreign investment and Nigerian agriculture
By virtue of Dominion Farms’ responsibility to train young students in farming techniques in Kenya and then absorb them into the enterprise or equip them for owning their own enterprises, this is not your typical land-grabbing project, writes Tukeni Obasi
06 Nov 2012CNN
How Africa could feed the world
Former Nigerian president Obasanjo calls on African Union to develop a framework for managing foreign investment in agriculture, and says governments should consider a moratorium on large-scale land deals pending legislation to protect smallholder farmers.
27 Sep 2012Centre LSD
Large scale land acquisitions in Africa: Current and recent debates
We are witnessing a second scramble for Africa and other poor countries by rich nations and agribusinesses to acquire land for agricultural and biofuel purposes.
06 Sep 2012This Day
Sokoto, Swiss firm sign MoU on rice production
Nigeria's Sokoto State Government and Novel Management Services of Switzerland sign a N35 billion deal for a rice project covering 25,000 ha of land in the River Rima basin.
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