Nigeria

Nigeria: Edo govt acquires 410,000 hectares for private agricultural investments
- NAN
- 31 Mar 2014
Edo State Government says 60,000 ha acquired for oil palm by instant noodle maker United Food Industries Ltd of Indonesia's Salim Group.
Olam boosts rice farming
- This Day
- 24 Mar 2014
Olam's Nigerian subsidiary has completed arrangements to expand its rice plantation in Nasarawa State from 3,000 ha to 6,000 ha.
FG plans $75bn oil mill, plantation investment expansion in Edo State, NIgeria
- This Day
- 18 Mar 2014
Governor of Edo State announces allocation of another 20,000 ha of land to SOCFIN's Okomu Oil Palm Plc and 50,000 hectares of land to Dangote Group for rice production.
Okomu Oil Palm Company – destroying communities for oil palm expansion
- WRM
- 09 Mar 2014
Sunny Ajele, talks about how life for the communities in Edo State Nigeria has changed with the expansion of the oil palm plantations by a SOCFIN subsidiary
Nigeria’s corporate billionaires go to farm
- Daily Independent
- 03 Mar 2014
Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says his Ministry is working actively with state governments to secure land for genuine investors to address the issue of access to land.
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.
RRDC’s rejoinder: Wilmar International announces policy to protect forests and communities.
- RRDC
- 09 December 2013
NGO working extensively in the forest region of Cross River State of Nigeria, expresses doubts about Wilmar International's new policy to protect forests and communities.
Terres volées : des villageois nigérians veulent reprendre leurs terres à Wilmar
- GRAIN
- 07 December 2013
Wilmar, la plus grande société mondiale d’huile de palme, installe actuellement une gigantesque plantation sur des terrains forestiers qui ont été offerts de façon illégale à l’ancien président du Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. La communauté locale veut récupérer ces terres.
Stolen land: Nigerian villagers want their land back from Wilmar
- GRAIN
- 07 December 2013
Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil processor, is building a massive plantation on forest lands illegally gifted to Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. The local community wants these lands back.
Calabar Declaration
- WRM
- 05 November 2013
Members of communities affected by industrial monoculture oil palm plantations and other organisations from Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia reaffirm opposition to land and forest grabs.
The politics of the forest frontier: Negotiating between conservation, development, and indigenous rights in Cross River State, Nigeria
- LUP
- 02 November 2013
Cross River State has become one of Nigeria’s premier agricultural investment destinations, crowding out smallholder production systems and creating new avenues for rent capture by elites.
Lagos acquires 1,000 hectares of land for rice production
- National Mirror
- 26 October 2013
The state government has recently acquired land in Shongai, Benin Republic as part of effort to increase arable farmlands beyond the state’s boundaries for food production.