La société agro-industrielle SCS ALID, filiale du groupe camerounais Fotso Jean II, a signé le 19 mars 2026 un protocole d’accord avec le ministère de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural pour la mise en œuvre d’un vaste projet de plantations industrielles de palmier à huile sur une superficie de 25 000 hectares à Yoko, dans le département du Mbam-et-Kim (région du Centre).
Nigeria’s proposed $900 million poultry partnership with Chinese investors is encountering early resistance from local farmers, raising fresh concerns about how foreign-backed agricultural projects could reshape the country’s domestic industry.
- Business Insider
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28 Mar 2026
In recent years the UAE has invested $60 billion in ports, airfields and logistical hubs up and down the coasts of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, building an archipelago of influence that ties geography directly to strategic ambition. Control of infrastructure, not territory, forms the foundation of this empire.
- New Internationalist
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27 Mar 2026
Angola is set to grant around 800,000 hectares of land to Brazilian and Chinese business groups as part of a strategy to increase agricultural production and reduce food dependence
The plan calls for six integrated poultry farms, each with an output of about 1 million eggs per day and each backed by a 10,000-hectare agricultural estate dedicated to maize and soya production for feed.
Swiss global ag investment boutique EBG Capital is expanding its Iberian kiwi project through the acquisition of two orchards (one being the only island in the world entirely dedicated to kiwi production) in Northern Spain.
The Commissioner of the Gambella Regional State Investment Commission says the 14,000 ha rice project’s pace has not matched initial expectations despite its status as a flagship commercial rice initiative.
El auge del aguacate Hass en Colombia no solo está impulsando las exportaciones, sino también una transformación en la forma de invertir en el campo. Nuevos modelos financieros basados en tecnología están permitiendo que más personas participen en el negocio agrícola sin necesidad de comprar tierras ni asumir altos costos.
Foreign investors held registered interests in 50.262 million hectares of Australian agricultural land at 30 June 2025, according to new data tabled in Federal Parliament.
A new joint venture between Nippon Steel Trading and Energreen Australia will establish a large scale pongamia plantation near Emerald, aimed at supporting biofuel production and strengthening trade ties with Japan.
- Food & Beverage
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26 Mar 2026
A palm oil company is ramping up its destruction of forests that are home to critically endangered orangutans in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the island of Borneo, according to satellite imagery and government sources.
Uzbekistan's Kashkadarya Region plans to deepen cooperation with Belarus' Vitebsk Region in the field of food security and launch a major beef production project, the Head of the Department of Investments, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan's Kashkadarya Regional Administration, Shahrier Toshmurod Khamzaev, announced.
- The Caspian Post
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26 Mar 2026
En Argentina, la Casa Rosada enviará al Congreso un proyecto para modificar la Ley de Tierras Rurales, con el fin de eliminar la restricción que existe a las ventas de terrenos a extranjeros.
Saudi-Arabian farming company Fondomonte wants a judge to pause a lawsuit against it, arguing new groundwater protections could resolve the issues in the case. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes disagrees.
Plantations, ports, chemins de fer : une grande partie de la fortune de Vincent Bolloré provient de ses activités africaines.