Phatisa and DFIs co-invest in Lona Group
      Phatisa, together with a consortium of development finance institutions, has acquired a significant minority stake in South African-based fruit producer and exporter, Lona Group.
      • Africa Global Funds
      • 23 May 2022
      Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars
      The companies that sell oil palm to major firms like Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg's and Mondelēz are depriving indigenous communities of potentially millions of dollars of income, a joint BBC investigation has found.
      • BBC
      • 23 May 2022
      DDL eyeing location in Moblissa for dairy farm operations
      The multi-million dollar project would require approximately 600 acres of land, create dozens of jobs and see the importation of 500 pregnant heifers to supply the milk production.
      • Guyana Chronicle
      • 22 May 2022
      Oil palm companies are clearing forests in Sorong Regency
      A satellite image shows that 300 hectares of forest have been cleared by two oil palm companies in Sorong Regency, Papua. The two companies are owned by the CEO of First Resources.
      • Yayasan Pusaka
      • 21 May 2022
      Scotland’s billionaires are turning climate change into a trophy game
      A net-zero land rush is sweeping the country, and both locals and wealthy “green lairds” are trying to buy in
      • The Atlantic
      • 20 May 2022
      Discussing the Malen situation
      Press Statement on the disagreement between members of the Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA) and Socfin Agricultural Company (SAC) in relation to the RSPO Certification, the counter-report of the Pujehun District Multi-stakeholder Platform (DMSP) and the position of Land for Life Consortium
      • Land for Life
      • 18 May 2022
      Socfin: Troubles in Guinea
      In April 2022, Socfin’s Swiss subsidiary Socfinco FR announced it will stop providing managerial assistance to the state-owned Guinean rubber and oil palm company Soguipah by the end of 2022. A commentary.
      • ReAct Transnational
      • 18 May 2022
      Museveni promises to pay evictees of Kiryandongo sugar factory land
      President Museveni has promised to compensate residents who were evicted after he donated lands in 2017 to Kiryandongo Sugar Factory, Agilis Partners of the US, and Great Season to pave way for large-scale farming.
      • Monitor
      • 16 May 2022
      Little progress in practice: Assessing transparency, inclusiveness and sustainability in large-scale land acquisitions in Africa
      Land Matrix report says large-scale land acquisitions in Africa do not respect the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure
      • Land Matrix
      • 16 May 2022
      China firm invests $70M in mango project
      Green Sea Agriculture Co Ltd's plantation currently covers a total area of 1,200 ha, and it plans to invest an additional $500 million to expand mango cultivation and export the fruit to the Chinese market on a large scale
      • Phnom Penh Post
      • 15 May 2022
      Okomu rides on palm oil price spike
      Okomu Oil, one of the two commercial palm oil producers listed on the Nigeria's stock exchange, is reaping record profits from current rise in the price of palm oil.
      • Daily Trust
      • 09 May 2022
      Stakeholders at CSOs-OPWG engagement meeting
      Participants of Liberia's Civil Society Organizations Oil Palm Working Group, through the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), have agreed on several strategies to work within making the sector better.
      • New Republic
      • 09 May 2022

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