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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A new report on land grabbing exposes the vulnerability of farmers and citizens to arbitrary abuse of the law when developers and the state lay claim to their farms and homes for commercial gain.

Par un nouveau projet de loi, le gouvernement du Québec vise à protéger les terres agricoles face aux pressions découlant de l’urbanisation du territoire et la spéculation foncière domestique.

L’Afrique est-elle à la veille d’un nouveau cycle d’accaparement des terres, non pas pour sécuriser les approvisionnements alimentaires de pays tiers, comme à la fin des années 2000, mais pour produire les crédits-carbone destinés à compenser les émissions des gros pays pollueurs ou celles des entreprises ayant pris pour engagement d’atteindre la neutralité carbone d’ici à 2050 ?

Dall'Emilia-Romagna fino in Madagascar per i crediti di carbonio. Storia del progetto da 6.700 ettari di Tozzi Green, accusata dalla comunità di aver rubato la terra e distrutto l'economia locale