Ghana

Ghana's Minister of Food and Agriculture tells Israeli businessmen that his government has set aside large hectares of land for the cultivation of avocados and urges them to take advantage of the opportunity.

The scheme financed by India's Exim Bank was to see the cultivation of some 14,100 acres of sugar cane but delays in the release of funds for the growing of the sugar cane has turned the plant into a white elephant.

Park Agrotech, which is part of the Skylark Group, has established a poultry farm, feed mill and a fruits, vegetables and cereals farm on 4,000 acres of land at Lake Volta in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

La confédération internationale d'organisations catholiques à but caritatif Caritas International a organisé les 19 et 20 décembre à Accra, la capitale ghanéenne, une rencontre pour sensibiliser sur le phénomène de l'accaparement des terres

Mr John Peter Amewu, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has lamented over the plight of peasant farmers who have lost their lands and thrown into abject poverty as a result of land grabbing.

Certaines entreprises doivent attendre plusieurs années afin de garantir leur bail foncier parce que obligées de négocier avec les communautés locales et les chefs traditionnels qui possèdent des droits fonciers coutumiers sur les terres

The Brazil Agrobusiness Group, a company focused exclusively on rice cultivation at Kpenu, near Dabala in the South Tongu District is to double production by 2020.

Une start-up basée à Amsterdam et opérant au Ghana développe des solutions pour délivrer aux petits exploitants des titres de propriétés basés tant sur les droits consacrés juridiquement que sur les droits coutumiers.

Un certain nombre d'entreprises chinoises investissent également dans l'agriculture, de la plantation à la transformation, au Ghana

Civic Response study finds that large scale land acquisitions in the country, especially within the frame of Customary tenure do not meet the FPIC guidelines and the requirements of most of the laws and policies of the country.

Agribuiness partnerships with Africa are high on Germany’s agenda, says Amatheon Agri, which farms 3,000 ha in Zambia together with Toyota Group

The Agric Minister-designate of Ghana says the sector under the current administration will pursue foreign investments in a bid to increase production.