Legal analysis note by Green Development Advocates presents the blatant illegalities underlying the land issue at the SOCAPALM-Edéa plantation in Cameroon

Funding from Italy will go towards the development of a 10,000 hectare model farm for the production of maize, rice, tomatoes, and soya managed by the Italian company BF International.

Officials of the Malagasy state have leased land in three municipalities of the Ihorombe region to the company Tozzi Green for 30 years. Numerous studies have shown the pressures and manipulations exerted by the authorities, at all levels, to force local communities to accept the company's land use. Some residents refused to the end. Others, among those who agreed, say that they now regret having done so. New information now emerges.

Des responsables de l’Etat malgache ont loué des terres dans trois communes de la région Ihorombe à l'entreprise Tozzi Green pour 30 ans. De nombreuses études ont montré les pressions et les manipulations exercées par les autorités, à tous les niveaux, pour contraindre les communautés locales à accepter l’exploitation des terres par l'entreprise. De nouvelles informations surgissent.

Une note d'analyse juridique, publiée par Green Development Advocates du Cameroun, examine les illégalités liées à la problématique foncière dans les localités d'Apouh et environs.

The World Bank's IFC is set to expand its agriculture-focused investing with two proposed commitments targeting early-stage agri-tech in Africa and a timber and nature-based carbon removal fund managed by Patria Investments in Brazil.

Dubbed the ‘Rima Project’, the initiative centres on the cultivation of 150,000 jojoba trees across a 1.2 million m² desert landscape at Rima in the Wilayat of Haima, within the Block 6 concession of Petroleum Development Oman

China and other nations are investing in African agriculture to diversify away from US trade, with China removing tariffs on imports from African countries with which it has diplomatic ties, and Qatar and the United Arab Emirates investing in farming and infrastructure.

La situation à la Ferme de la Teranga - 20 000 hectares detenus par la société amércaine African Agriculture Inc - suscite l’indignation générale. Les travailleurs, pour la plupart en contrat à durée indéterminée (CDI), dénoncent des conditions de vie et de travail devenues intenables.

Billions in investment are promised, but past deals show shaky records and risks

A new report details the size and scale of foreign investment, with more than 49mn hectares of Aussie farmland now in overseas ownership. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China ranks second (6.57mn hectares).

Water resource “hedge funds” and corporate farms are running the desert dry.