farmlandgrab.org | Sierra Leone

Farm Lands of Guinea invited to evaluate replicating its agricultural restoration model in neighboring West African countries
- PR Newswire
- 23 November 2011
US company with 100,000 ha in Guinea now looking to expand into The Gambia and Sierra Leone.
Une nouvelle étude sur Addax Bioenergy montre les investissements problématiques des banques de développement
- PPP
- 18 November 2011
L’entreprise genevoise Addax Bioenergy a vendu son projet d’éthanol au Sierra Leone comme un «projet durable» auprès des investisseurs et a ainsi obtenu plus de la moitié des fonds de la part de banques de développement, dont la Banque Africaine de Développement, qui est appuyée par la Suisse. Une nouvelle étude de Pain pour le Prochain montre que le projet est loin d’être durable.
AAF statement regarding land policy in Africa
- Phatisa
- 12 November 2011
In August 2011, Phatisa concluded its first transaction to invest US$ 10 million alongside the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Limited (FINNFUND) and the Company’s Sponsors, in Goldtree a palm oil plantation and milling company in Sierra Leone, representing a total investment of US$ 20 million.
ADAX Energy must be investigated for segregation!
- Awareness Times
- 03 November 2011
“We decided to go on hunger strike at the ADAX Energy Canteen at Kontobi in Port Loko as fellow Sierra Leone employees were facing segregation,” says Sierra Leone Deputy Minister.
Regulating the rush for land
- IPS
- 31 October 2011
The adoption by the UN Committee on World Food Security of international guidelines to regulate land grabs has been pushed to next year
Vietnamese to produce rice & rubber in Sierra Leone
- Awoko
- 24 October 2011
Three weeks ago, a team of Vietnamese investors and their technical advisers visited Sierra Leone to conduct feasibility studies with the aim of entering the agribusiness sector in the country.
Agriterra eyes extra farmland as losses narrow
- Agrimoney
- 24 October 2011
Agriterra revealed plans for further land expansion even after raising its cattle operations to about 16,700 hectares and entering the cocoa market through the acquisition of a Sierra Leone trader.
Over land and contract controversies … Govt. sets up investments monitoring Unit
- Awoko
- 21 October 2011
The growing number of complaints from local communities, civil society organizations and the media about the activities of foreign investors in the country has got the government to unveil an investment monitoring unit
Structural change in commodity markets: private financial sector investment in agriculture
- OECD
- 17 October 2011
Report by HighQuest Partners for the OECD, October 2011, features 6 case studies of land grabbers: Agrica, CalyxAgro, Cazanae, Jantzen, NFD Agro and Quifel
Sierra Leone arrests 39 in oil palm land lease dispute
- Reuters
- 12 October 2011
Sierra Leone authorities have arrested 39 protesters in the south of the West African nation, following tensions between the local population and a unit of Socfin, owned by France's Bolloré Group
Conflict in Pujehun over land
- Awoko
- 12 October 2011
Socfin Agricultural Company is embroiled in serious land lease agreement tussle that has the tendency to ignite conflict between foreign investors and locals.
La Sierra Leone arrête 39 manifestants dans un affrontement concernant la location de terres destinées à la production d’huile de palme
- Reuters
- 12 October 2011
Les autorités de la Sierra Leone ont arrêté 39 manifestants dans le sud de cette nation ouest-africaine, à la suite de tensions entre la population locale et une unité de Socfin, l’investisseur international en agrobusiness.