Dominion Farms Ltd

(Not) Doing business in Nigeria
- Dominion Farms
- 05 Mar 2015
Calvin Burgess, chairman of Dominion Farms, has issued a letter denying their involvement in a 30,000 hectare landgrab in Nigeria's Taraba State.
Nigerian farmers face destitution from 300 sq.km land grab backed by UK aid
- The Ecologist
- 28 January 2015
Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of fertile farmland.
Dominion Farm's land grab in Nigeria
- ERA/FoEN | CEED
- 28 January 2015
Farmers in Taraba State refuse to give up their lands for massive rice plantation project backed by the G8
Dominion Farms accapare des terres au Nigeria
- ERA/FoEN | CEED
- 28 January 2015
Des agriculteurs de l'État de Taraba refusent de céder leurs terres à un énorme projet de riziculture soutenu par le G8
Harvest of hardship: Yala Swamp land grab destroys Kenyan farmers' livelihoods
- GRAIN
- 27 October 2014
A June 2014 interview with farmer Erastus Odindo about his community's struggle to defend their lands from US-based Dominion Farms
Récolte de misère
- GRAIN
- 27 October 2014
L’accaparement du marais de Yala détruit les moyens de subsistence des paysans kenyans
How land ownership tussle, compensation hamper Taraba mega rice project
- This Day
- 15 May 2014
The Nigerian government and Taraba State signed an MOU for 30,000 hectares with Calvin Burgess, a US investor and owner of Dominion Farms Ltd, for large scale rice production in Taraba State.
Swampy pool that has become a regional rice producer
- The People
- 15 January 2014
Dominion farm is one of the biggest agricultural activity in Siaya County and it is difficult to believe that the land it is sitting on was a few years back just a swamp.
Landgrabbing for Nigeria's rice revolution
- Premium Times
- 03 January 2014
The North-Eastern Nigerian State of Taraba is on the verge of handing over 30,000 ha of land to the US firm Dominion Farms. About 45,000 inhabitants will have to vacate their lands.
Land grabbing, foreign investment and Nigerian agriculture
- Business Day
- 08 November 2012
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
Who's behind the land grabs?
- GRAIN
- 16 October 2012
A slide show by GRAIN that profiles some of those who have been most actively pursuing or supporting farmland grabs around the world.
US firm plans $60m investment in agric. sector
- Vanguard
- 24 July 2012
Dominion Farms will start planting rice in December 2012 on its 30,000 ha rice farm in Taraba and has trained 50 commercial farmers in Kenya who will soon start their own commercial rice operations in Nigeria.