Congo

DRC: Oil palm invasion era
- Africa Bulletin
- 06 January 2011
Atama Plantation of Malaysia will invest $US300 million to develop 470,000 ha, including 180,000 ha of palm groves in northern Congo.
ACIL plans to invest $15 mn to start contract farming abroad
- Business Standard
- 06 January 2011
India's ACIL Cotton Industries said it plans to invest nearly $15 million to start contract farming of crops like coffee, pulses, oilseeds, cereals, potato, sugarcane and vegetables through lease-hold agricultural land in Brazil, Congo and Ethiopia.
Congo: un agro-industriel malaisien va investir 300 millions de dollars
- AFP
- 20 December 2010
Une société malaisienne prendra contrôle de 470.000 hectares au Congo, sous forme de concession, pour la production des palmiers à l'huile, a annoncé samedi le ministre de l’agriculture, Rigobert Maboundou.
Atama plantation entend investir dans l'agro-industrie
- JTV-Congo
- 17 December 2010
La société Atama plantation de la Malaisie entend investir plus de 150 millions de Franc CFA pour la mise en œuvre des complexes agro-industriels de palme à huile sur une superficie totale de 169 000 ha au Congo.
It’s not such a long way to Africa
- Financial Express
- 12 July 2010
Jagjit Singh Hara, a farmer in Jalandhar, has been getting offers from Congo, Namibia and Nigeria to take land on lease and start cultivation.
South Africa-Congo ‘land grab’: Exploitation or salvation?
- Mail & Guardian
- 12 Mar 2010
The Congo ventures are not core businesses to be based in the Congo but instead, extensions of businesses located in South Africa
Appropriation et concentration de droits fonciers à grande échelle-Le cas du Congo Brazzaville
- AGTER
- 19 January 2010
Accaparement des terres - cas du Congo-Brazzaville - par AGTER
The South Africa-Congo concession: Exploitation or salvation?
- Pambazuka
- 07 January 2010
The much-discussed Congo land-lease, granting 200,000 hectares to South African farmers with a further 10 million hectares in the balance, appears to mark a departure from the usual terms underpinning foreign acquisition of fertile land by multinationals
Pro: Foreign investment presents an opportunity to Africa
- Deutsche Welle
- 09 December 2009
Foreign investment in African agriculture means the creation of jobs, the introduction of modern knowledge and technology, and desperately needed additions to countries' tax bases, writes DW's Ludger Schadomsky.
Eni's new energy projects threaten Congo Rainforest
- BankTrack
- 09 November 2009
ENI plans to develop 70,000 ha of palm oil in Congo
Sime Darby unit eyes more estates in Africa
- Business Times
- 07 November 2009
Sime Darby Bhd, which owns 220,000ha of oil palm estates in Liberia, plans to strengthen its presence on the African continent and is eyeing more land in Cameroon, Congo and South Africa. The expansion is part of a long-term strategy to double planted areas to one million hectares and be nearer to the growing markets of Europe and the US.
Green light for new pastures
- Financial Mail
- 30 October 2009
De Jager is most excited about an impending Agri SA fact-finding mission to Libya at the invitation of President Muammar Gaddafi. "If we succeed there, we can succeed anywhere in Africa."