Nigeria

Six days after the controversial revocation of Certificate of Occupancy of about 13,545 hectares of land belonging to Presco Plc by the Edo State Government, Governor, Monday Okpebholo has said as an investor he cannot be the one sending investors out of the state.

On the sidelines of an AfDB investment forum in Morocco, Nigeria's Zamfara State signed an MOU with Nigeria's Ministry of Finance under which it will provide arable land, infrastructure and policy incentives while the Ministry mobilises investors.

The farm estates, ranging from 5,000 to 25,000 hectares, will be fully mechanised agricultural settlements equipped with roads, irrigation systems, processing hubs, energy systems, and perimeter fencing lined with thousands of climate-resilient trees planted specifically to generate certified carbon removals.

The National Sugar Development Council and the Lee Group have unveiled plans for the establishment of a large-scale sugar production estate in Taraba State, Nigeria

The project has allocated 10,000 hectares in Kadana State, Nigeria, for maize, soybean and poultry production, 7,000 of which is for the crops. The project will later expand to five other states of Nigeria.

In Nigeria, CSOs “call on government at all levels to enforce strict regulations on large-scale land acquisitions and agricultural projects. We want guarantee community consultation and consent before the allocation of farmland for industrial operations.”

La Coalition pour des multintionales responsables sort un dossier sur les plaintes d’exploitation sexuelle, de violence, d’expulsion et de pollution autour des plantations de caoutchouc et d’huile de palme du groupe Socfin, dont une grande partie du négoce agricole se fait via la Suisse.

Nigeria's federal minister of livestock development says plans are underway to convert 123,000 hectares of grazing reserves in Katsina into modern ranches to develop halal meat exports to the Middle East through public-private partnerships

The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has signed an MoU with agribusiness firm Arzikim Noma for the management and financing of the 5,000 hectare Renewed Hope Mega Farm Estate in Ora, Kwara State.

As part of a project with the Dangote Group, the Niger State Government, through the Niger Food Security System and Logistics Company Limited, has signed a land lease agreement with communities in Wushishi Local Government Area, aimed at boosting rice production.

On a trip to Brazil, Nigeria's Delta State Commissioner for Works and Public Information said his government is considering land acquisition mechanisms to support large-scale farming requests from investors and is looking at the model of large-scale Brazilian ranching to "reduce the nomadic nature of animal husbandry"

Chinese investors from China Overseas Engineering Co. Ltd. announced plans to invest $150 million in 4,000 hectares of land to be provided by the Katsina State government.