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.

145 planteurs camerounais ont obtenu une première victoire judiciaire dans l’affaire les opposant au groupe Bolloré. Mais le procès se poursuit. Quelles sont les prochaines étapes dans ce bras de fer ? 

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.

Les plaignants camerounais contre le groupe Bolloré dans l'affaire Socapalm s'exprimaient lors d'une conférence de presse à Kribi mercredi 14 décembre, deux semaines après leur succès judiciaire en France. La cour d'appel de Versailles a contraint l'entreprise à fournir les documents censés établir sa responsabilité dans les agissements de sa filiale camerounaise.

Le projet comprendra une zone industrielle, un aéroport international et une zone agricole couvrant environ 167 000 hectares. 35% de ses bénéfices nets devraient revenir à l’Etat soudanais.

The Court room was parked with people from the communities who tuned out in large number to witness the hearing. After the hearing, the Petitioner were rejoicing and chanting slogans “We want our rights, we want our land”.

Sudan signed an agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea - including a 168,000 ha agriculture zone - with a $6-billion investment.

14,000 farmers in Denmark are expected to have retired by 2030. This could pave the way for land acquisitions and agricultural ventures at a completely new scale, says think tank and media outlet Mandag Morgen.

Mediapart dévoile des documents internes au gouvernement congolais et des témoignages prouvant que TotalEnergies s’est approprié des terres d’agriculteurs sans leur libre consentement

Citing concerns about the environment, food security, and the fate of family farmers, Missouri legislators have filed several bills that would restrict foreign ownership of agricultural land.

As the palm oil industry swept through Indonesia, it transformed millions of hectares of land into plantations. An opaque system supposed to improve rural livelihoods has left villagers waiting for profits — and answers.

Desmatamentos por grileiros em territórios de comunidades tradicionais e povos indígenas no sul do Piauí se intensificaram no segundo semestre de 2022. As lideranças comunitárias suspeitam que ação de grileiros tem como objetivo expulsá-los de seus territórios.

Local farmers say they can no longer afford to send children to school after the oil giant’s 40,000 hectare tree plantation barred them from their fields

Deforestation by land grabbers in southern Piauí intensified in the second half of 2022. Community leaders suspect that the action of land grabbers is aimed at displacing them from their territories.

Global agricultural investor Nuveen Natural Capital has joined a growing pool of institutional fund managers targeting Australia’s burgeoning macadamia sector, after buying one of the country’s largest orchards