The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security of Edo State, Nigeria says the state has attracted $531.2 million from 9 firms in the oil palm sector and that 62,000 ha have been allocated to them.
Le 3 mars 2022, Assurance Services International a publié le résultat d'une plainte déposée par Milieudefensie concernant le processus de certification des plantations de Socfin au Cameroun, au Nigeria, en Côte d'Ivoire et en Sierra Leone
Une revue de 15 projets dans 11 pays tire la sonnette d'alarme sur l'accaparement de l'eau et appelle à une action urgente pour protéger le droit à l'eau en Afrique.
A review of 15 large-scale agriculture projects across 11 African countries, exposes how these projects lead to the loss of streams and swamps and pollute water sources.
Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Company, Edo State, Dr. Graham Hefer, lamented gunmen’s attacks on the company’s plantation and challenged host communities to volunteer information.
The handful of companies that control industrial palm oil production in West and Central Africa have been linked to numerous social and environmental impacts, violating their buyers’ NDPE commitments.
Hoodlums set ablaze the farmland in Howe, a Gwer local government area in Benue state, Nigeria over probable land indemnity disputes with the natives regarding lands originally owned by the state government.
The oil palm plantation company has been embroiled in disputes over land ownership and its use of military forces for the protection of its plantations and environs.
Arla Foods, one of the largest dairy cooperatives in Europe, has inked a joint-venture partnership with consumer goods company, Tolaram Group, for establishment of a 200 hectare dairy farm in Kaduna State.
The Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State, Nigeria has suspended its operations in the aftermath of an incident described by management as a “terrorist attack”.
Land conflicts are alleged to be connected to a fire that burnt Obasanjo's 2,420 hectare mango farm in Benue State, Nigeria.
New FoEAfrica documentary shows the impacts of industrial plantation expansion on women in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Mozambique
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