Communities in Rukubi, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria where Olam Rice Farm is located, have said they are in pain and sorrow due to the activities of the multi-national farming company.
- Daily Trust
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10 January 2023
The Trade Secretary of the Philippines invites Chinese investors to consider the Philippines as "an investment destination for plantations and processing facilities"
Minister said Ghana has 40,000 hectares of land readily available to support large scale rice production and encouraged delegates from the Thai company Jospong Group to take advantage of it.
- Business Ghana
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03 January 2023
The Agriculture Minister of the German state of Brandenburg wants to enact a new law to prevent investors from outside the industry from buying up a large part of the agricultural land.
- Indo & NY
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01 January 2023
Arizona’s attorney general has called for an investigation into a 2015 deal between the Saudi agribusiness company Fondomonte and the Arizona State Land Department for desert farmland west of Phoenix at one-sixth its market value.
- HighCountryNews
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01 January 2023
Angola's Minister of Agriculture presented projects for large-scale agriculture to the UAE's Al Dahra Group and Elite Agro, while in the UAE on a six day visit.
- Africa Press
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30 December 2022
In order to better resist contemporary, neocolonial accumulation, we need to historicize land grabs in Africa.
- Africa is a Country
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30 December 2022
"We came to the conclusion that Kurdistan has fertile land suitable for investment in agriculture and planting," says the head of a delegation from the Emirati Al Abrar Company.
- Iraq Business News
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30 December 2022
The wait is over the implementation of mega farms following the releasing of K500 million to facilitate the rollout of the farms.
- Malawi Exclusive
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20 December 2022
Waves of evictions and the criminalization of Q’eqchi’ Maya communities propel rural poverty and forced migration.
African Agriculture has agreed to a public-private partnership with the Government of Mauritania and the communities of Boghé on the Senegal River Valley for a phased commercial farming buildout up to $500mm of investment.
- PR Newswire
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19 December 2022
Resolution calls for the suspension of market transactions of agricultural land in wartime and the post-war period and for the creation of mechanisms to guarantee small farmers real opportunities to acquire land.
- Public Farmer Forum
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15 December 2022