The Framework for Responsible and Inclusive Land Intensive Agriculture is a World Bank Project executed across Nigeria to ensure land acquisition and resettlement for large-scale agribusiness investments are undertaken in line with established international standards.
SRC and LAC operations on customary land have historically been conducted without the consent of local communities, leading to land grabs, destruction of livelihoods, and various human rights violations.
- Front Page Africa
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19 December 2024
HAGL, a major Vietnamese agriculture firm, has doubled its durian farming area to 2,000 hectares and expanded its banana farming area by 40% to 7,000 hectares in the past two years.
- VN Express
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19 December 2024
Al Dahra will probably invest about $800 million to farm 200,000 acres [81,000 ha] of land at an irrigation development located in the coastal region, according to Kenya’s principal secretary for irrigation, Ephantus Kimotho.
- Bloomberg
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18 December 2024
The federal government through the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA) Ilorin, formally allocated 4,000 hectares of farmland to Origin Tech Group to carry out mechanised agriculture in Ejiba, Kogi state, in line with national food security agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
- Blueprint
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17 December 2024
Indian edible oil manufacturer BN Group announced a $1 billion investment to expand its operations across Africa establish three manufacturing facilities with a combined production capacity of 2,000 tonnes and invest in palm plantations.
- Deccan Herald
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17 December 2024
Le Professeur Samir Amin franco-égyptien, a dénoncé lors d’un symposium organisé à Dakar, le 15 décembre 2024 l’accaparements des terres qui entrave le développement économique des pays africains et exacerbent les inégalités.
- Réussir Business
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16 December 2024
A part la loi agricole et la loi semencière, la RDC promulguera l’établissement du cadastre agricole, des plans d’aménagement et d’affectation des terres, ainsi que la mise en place d’une base de données unique recensant tous les acteurs du secteur agricole.
- Bankable
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16 December 2024
Net-zero pledges from 140 countries would require turning territory the size of the US into a giant greenhouse-gas sponge and generate a massive land grab that will go on for decades.
- Bloomberg
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16 December 2024
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture says his ministry has preliminarily identified 1.2 million hectares of land with corn-growing potential, with plans to conduct comprehensive follow-up studies and evaluations.
Nigeria's Kwara State Government said that it has partnered with the Olam Industries to allocate over 100 hectares of land for the cultivation of soya and maize as part of efforts to ensure food security for the people of the state.
- This Day
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16 December 2024
The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to deforestation.
- Mekong Eye
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16 December 2024