Nigeria

Kwara’s N70b rice deal sparks row
- Nigerian Compass
- 04 February 2012
A few hours after it was announced with fanfare, the N70 billion agriculture deal between Nigeria's Kwara State government and a Spanish consortium is generating controversy.
Nigeria: Kwara’s N70bn rice agreement with Spaniards
- This Day
- 31 January 2012
Kwara State Governor Ahmed has signed and MOU with Vasolar Consortium of Spain for the cultivation, processing and packaging of rice, with the state providing 20,000 ha of land.
PZ Cussons' Nigeria palm refinery starts work in Q3
- Reuters
- 23 December 2011
Its joint venture with Singapore's Wilmar will invest 100 billion naira in Nigeria over the next 5-7 years to develop oil palm plantations that will feed the refinery.
Looking to become wealthy? Consider rice farming in Nigeria
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 08 December 2011
Global agricultural company Olam says the cultivation and processing of rice in Nigeria has the potential to be a lucrative industry.
Olam to set up US$49m rice farming and milling facility in Nigeria
- Business Times
- 02 December 2011
The 6,000 hectare farm in Nasarawa, one of Nigeria's main rice growing belts, is expected to yield 36,000 tonnes of milled rice annually at its peak.
Nigeria: Farming to banish famine
- Osun Defender
- 21 October 2011
Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Syncop Corporation of Korean for a $400 million investment deal in food production and other areas of agriculture.
Land grab by foreigners denies African farmers of livelihoods – Oxfam
- Daily Times
- 12 October 2011
Millions of hectares of farmland are being sold or leased to foreigners to the detriment of farmers
Nigeria: States seek review of land law to boost investment
- This Day
- 20 September 2011
State governments across the country are seeking the review of the Land Use Act as part of measures to facilitate easy access to land, especially to encourage foreign direct investment.
Nigeria: Suswam in U.S. unveils investment opportunities in Benue
- Leadership
- 20 September 2011
Speaking to US audience about investment opportunities in agriculture, Benue State Governor says 364,000 hectares of land are available for irrigation farming.
US company looking to farm rice in Nigeria and Tanzania left trail of devastation in Kenya
- GRAIN
- 07 September 2011
The people living on the lands now being targeted by US-owned Dominion Farms can learn a lot from the film Good Fortune, which provides a behind-the-scenes account of the struggle of a local community in Kenya to defend their lands from this company.
Kenya: Dominion Farms chief fears for his life
- Nairobi Star
- 30 August 2011
Calvin Burgess recorded statement to police over threats on his life after he was chased by angry villagers who were protesting eviction from their farms which the company insists belongs to them.
Nigeria: Nasarawa to have continent's largest rice farm
- Daily Trust
- 30 August 2011
A Singapore-based investor in agriculture is to put in an investment of $50 million in 10,000 hectares of fully irrigated and precision levelled commercial rice farm in Ondorie area of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.