Security guards working for the multinational fruit company Del Monte have been accused of running over two teenagers at a pineapple farm in Kenya that is currently at the centre of an investigation into alleged human rights abuses.
Co-operative societies plan to lease part of the 500,000 acres of land that the government is seeking to give out to potential investors under a public-private partnership for large-scale agriculture.
1MT Nation OU, which restores lands in Africa and develops carbon credits, has set a mission to restore at least one million hectares of land by 2030 by planting local bamboo species.
The High Court found Sarrai Group of Uganda and its directors in contempt of court for continuing operations at Mumias Sugar after their controversial lease was canceled last year.
The Ministry of Agriculture had signed over 500,000 acres of land for the implementation of the Land Commercialisation Initiative (LCI) in Kenya
Cette démarche s’inscrit dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre de « l’Initiative de commercialisation des terres » (LCI) en coopération avec la Société financière internationale (SFI)
Selu is a Special Purpose Vehicle that involves Campos, a farm management company overseeing over 600,000 acres of farmland in Latin America, and AgCo, a US-based precision agri-tech company.
BP is considering investing directly in farming what are known as cover crops its rival Eni has already invested in building large feedstock farming operations in Kenya.
The partners are aiming to develop a 390 hectare avocado plantation at Agris’ flagship Ndabibi farm in Naivasha, Kenya
Ministry of Agriculture will finance state corporations to put 500,000 acres of their idle land under maize production even as the government seeks to lease out more chunks of unutilised farms to the private sector.
Au Kenya, l’accord du gouvernement kenyan avec la Zambie pour la production de maïs sur 20 000 hectares continue de susciter la polémique. Après la société civile, c’est au tour de Greenpeace Africa de monter au créneau pour critiquer vertement cette entente.
Communication Manager Hellen Dena said it was unsettling for the ministry to lease land in Zambia when Kenya has about 5.8 million hectares of fertile land.
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