Uganda

Brothers build multi-million mixed farm in Masindi
- Daily Monitor
- 11 August 2019
US Ambassador visits large-scale farm of Asili Farms, a US owned-company farming maize and oilseed on 13,500 acres in Uganda.
Former MP, investors evict thousands in Kiryandongo
- The Observer
- 07 August 2019
Kiryandongo Sugar, allegedly owned by some Indians, Agilis, owned by an American called Philip Investor, and Sole Agro Business Company, also owned by Indians, have been named in the evictions of thousands of people in the western districts of Kiryandongo and Masindi in Uganda.
Uganda: New report cites land grabbing in oil palm project
- Observer
- 02 August 2019
A new report by Makerere University's Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC) has pinned the National Oil Palm Project for illegal land acquisition in Kalangala and Buvuma districts.
Soutenez les expulsé·e·s contre Neumann Kaffee Gruppe et le Gouvernement ougandais
- FIAN
- 19 July 2019
En 2001, l'armée ougandaise a expulsé de force les habitants de 4 villages du district de Mubende en Ouganda au profit de l’allemand Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. Dix huit ans après, le tribunal a ordonné la médiation.
An assessment of land deals undertaken by the National Oil Palm Project in Kalangala and Buvuma districts
- Tropenbos
- 14 July 2019
This policy brief summarizes detailed research on land conflicts in Uganda's Kalangala and Buvuma islands and recommends steps to the main players to avert them.
Chinese rice farm helps boost food security, employment in central Uganda
- Xinhua
- 27 June 2019
Apart from its own 3000 acre (1200ha) farm, Zhong's Industries Ltd plans to also use the out-grower model where millions of acres of land will be opened up for rice farming across the country.
Uganda: Masindi court declines to halt a forceful and ciolent eviction of 2,300 families of their land
- Witness Radio
- 04 April 2019
An independent investigation by witnessradio.org indicates that the foreign-owned agribusiness company Agilis Partners wants to use the 2100 hectares to grow soybeans and other crops.
The Madhvanis: The industrialists who have tasted sucrose and success
- Forbes
- 02 April 2019
Interview with Mayur and Kamlesh Madhvani, the Joint Managing Directors of the Madhvani Group which controls a 14,000 hectare sugar estate in Uganda
Land deals threaten to impair River Nile
- New Vision
- 26 Mar 2019
Land deals along River Nile could easily impair its recharging potential if water abstraction is not regulated.
Three MoUs signed at Agriscape 2018
- Gulf News
- 30 October 2018
MOUs signed by UAE government include a 2,500 ha SEZ zone with Uganda for large-scale agricultural development and another with Al Dahra Holding for collaboration on the implementation of the National Strategy for Future Food Security.
UAE and Uganda to establish one of the world's first agricultural free zones
- The National
- 29 October 2018
The 2,500 hectare free zone will allow private companies from the UAE to invest in agricultural production and development in Uganda.
The Rural Women’s Movement held a feminist school, mobilizes collective power to demand climate justice
- NAPE
- 16 July 2018
During the first ever feminist school in Uganda, the Rural Women’s Movement underlined that land is central to people’s identity, livelihoods and food security.