The communities will lease a minimum of 10,000 hectares of land for 50 years to establish commercial farms and farm estates for mechanised production of rice, sesame, soya and maize
- Society Now
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10 February 2024
The National Sugar Development Council in Nigeria has secured new investors to expand the sugar industry by 20,000 hectares as part of the council's implementation of the Nigerian Sugar Masterplan.
The former Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has made his intention known to invest in the controversial oil palm plantation in Eku Community of Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State.
- Cross River Watch
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01 February 2024
After the Ondo State government allocated SAO Agro thousands of hectares in the Oluwa Forest Reserve for an oil palm plantation, it moved into the forest with full force and left trails of blood and devastation.
Governor Mohammed Bago of Nigeria's Niger State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Blue Carbon for a carbon capture project to plant one billion new trees on 760,000 hectares in the state.
- Guardian
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08 December 2023
The people of Okomu community in Edo State have decried the alleged neglect and marginalisation of the area by Okomu Palm Oil, a multinational company and the management of National Park.
- Nigerian Tribune
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05 December 2023
Una investigación de seis meses de Gideon Sarpong, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi y Audrey Travère ha sacado a la luz las graves repercusiones que la explotación de los recursos de caucho y aceite de palma del Grupo Socfin han causado en la deforestación y el desplazamiento forzado de poblaciones indígenas en Nigeria y Ghana.
- Global Voices
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01 December 2023
SAO Agro-Allied Service Limited was granted 100,000 hectares by the Ondo state government to cultivate oil palm, but some portions of the company’s concession are said to overlap with thousands of smallholder farms.
- Mongabay
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01 December 2023
Une enquête de six mois menée par Gideon Sarpong, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi et Audrey Traavère a mis en lumière l’impact significatif de l’exploitation des ressources en caoutchouc et en huile de palme du groupe Socfin sur la déforestation et le déplacement forcé des populations autochtones au Nigeria et au Ghana.
- Babilown
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21 November 2023
The Minister of Water Resources has appealed to state governments and communities to provide land for a Presidential directive to cultivate 500,000 ha of irrigable agriculture across Nigeria's twelve River Basins.
- Vanguard
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10 November 2023
A six-month investigation by Gideon Sarpong, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Audrey Travère has uncovered the extent to which the relentless exploitation of rubber and palm oil resources by Socfin is fueling deforestation and displacement of indigenous populations in Nigeria and Ghana.
- iWatch Africa
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06 November 2023
Charles Eghobamien, CEO of Sunora Foods, says his company will commit about US$100 million to develop a 15,000 hectare oil palm plantation as well as, crop processing and water bottling facilities in Edo State, Nigeria
- FreedomOnline
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03 November 2023