The corn will be grown in Makabana in the Republic of Congo on 4,981 hectares of Bio Agro land, under contract by ATG, and there are an additional 2,000 hectares available to ATG under the agreement.
According to the inked deal, Congo will grant Rwanda 12,000 hectares of exploitable land in at least three Departments in the south of the country.
The facility in the Republic of Congo will cover the requirements for the company’s production, as well as for local farmers wishing to partake in the Agri Resources Congo outsourcing programme.
The Italian firm Eni has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Congo to produce castor beans on 150,000 ha for biofuel
- Biofuels News
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06 October 2021
Le groupe énergétique italien Eni a signé un protocole d’accord avec le gouvernment angolais pour produire des graines de ricin et certaines céréales comme biocarburants en Angola
- Energies Media
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06 October 2021
The heavily forested Sangha region in the Republic of Congo is almost entirely occupied by three concessions, including one held by the palm oil company Eco-Oil Energie SA.
Alors que l’Amazonie brûle, la forêt du bassin du Congo est consumée par d’autres flammes : celles de la convoitise terrienne et de l’explosion démographique.
- Le Soir
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07 September 2019
Le ministre d’État chargé de l’Agriculture, de l’Élevage et de la Pêche du Congo dit que son pays est sollicité par une société chinoise qui souhaite exploiter 300 000 ha avec des cultures industrielles afin d’alimenter les marchés régionaux chinois
- Jeune Afrique
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05 September 2019
Investigations carried out by RFUK and its partner organisations find that three plantations in Cameroon and the Republic of Congo are responsible for destroying over 20,000 ha of forest, an area twice the size of Paris.
A new Ministerial order states that all large scale agricultural activities beyond five hectares should be oriented to the savannah areas of the country.
We said it in Mundemba, Cameroon, we reiterated it in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, we re-affirm this in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: the abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm plantations must STOP!
- WRM, GRAIN et al
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21 September 2018
La loi interdit strictement l'acquisition des terres rurales et coutumières aux personnes étrangères établies au Congo.