Ghana

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says the government will acquire vast tracts of land to establish large-scale plantation farms and restore annual production to one million metric tonnes.

The Dangote Sugar Refinery, located in Kwame-Danso in Ghana’s Bono Region, will reportedly bring 25,000 hectares of farmland under irrigation to support industrial-scale sugarcane cultivation.

Le projet comprend un domaine agricole de 25 000 hectares irrigués, déjà sécurisés

Violences sexuelles, accaparements de terres, répression : une nouvelle enquête éclaire les pratiques du groupe agro-industriel, écrit l'ONG Humundi

Bloomberg's Big Take podcast looks at an investigation into allegations of sexual coercion at plantations run by Socfin, a rubber company supplying top tiremakers.

Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré own plantations accused of land appropriation and labor abuses. Their company says it has taken steps to improve matters, but a trip to West Africa shows sexual coercion claims remain widespread.

A Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of sustainable and modern agriculture projects in Ghana was signed at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Accra, by the Minister of Food and Agriculture of the Republic of Ghana, Eric Opoku, the Managing Director of BF International Best Fields Best Food Limited, Federico Vecchioni, and the President of BF Ghana Ltd, Georges Mikhael.

The Ghana Green Guard USD$25 billion climate futures initiative is a public-private collaborative partnership that will generate over 305 million carbon credits across 12 million hectares with projects based on reforestation, regenerative agriculture and other activities.

The Taraba State government's proposed acquisition of over 30,000 hectares of land from the Tiv communities in Wukari, Donga, and Bali Local Government Areas, and over 20,000 hectares from the Kuteb people of Takum and Ussa, has sparked widespread concern and condemnation.

"Les conflits fonciers et sociaux dans les plantations de palmiers à huile et d’hévéas de SIAT perdurent depuis trop longtemps et doivent être résolus."

With scarce arable land and water resources, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are expanding their agricultural diplomacy to improve food access and vying for agricultural cooperation with Africa

Ce documentaire de 69 minutes (sous-titres EN/FR) de Magdalena Krukowska relate les abus commis par la société belge SIAT en Afrique de l’Ouest (Ghana et Côte d’Ivoire)