Nigeria

L’objectif de la Banque centrale est d’assurer qu’un minimum de 1,4 million d’hectares de terres soit consacré à la culture du palmier à huile dans les trois prochaines années.

South Africa based Promasidor Holdings and Ekiti State will jointly pursue the rehabilitation and expansion of the Ikun Dairy Farm, which spans across 1,000 hectares in the Moba Local Government Area.

Villagers in Northern Nigeria struggle against a land grab by the Chinese company, Lee Group, for a massive sugar cane plantation project.

In a letter addressed to SOCFIN's Nigerian subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm, the Traditional Council of Okomu Kingdom tells the company it will enforce its rightful ownership of the lands that the company currently occupies.

Following its acquisition of 17,954 ha from the Edo State government for palm oil cultivation, Dufil Prima Foods has embarked on a crop compensation payment to 1,628 farmers across 14 communities.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria says that all the states in the South-South and South-East regions have agreed to provide at least 100,000 ha for investors in oil palm plantations.

The newly built Blue Plains Farm, the 4th constructed for the company Agrited, will be located near to Fiditi town, Oyo State on 112 ha of bushland.

The people of Gagarawa are angry with the governor over the seizure of their farmlands, which the state government handed over to foreign investors for an irrigation farming project.

Edo State Governor tells delegation of World Bank's IFC that his government is in discussions with the Central Bank of Nigeria to develop a programme to provide investors with 100,000 ha of agricultural land for plantations.

A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Bende, Abia State, Nigeria to Dufil Prima Foods Plc, a company whose owners include Kellog's and PT Indofood, to enable it source its raw materials.

OKOMU Oil Palm Company Plc has warned Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria to desist from spreading spurious and libellous allegations that the company has been parading an RSPO certificate which it does not possess

Cade Creek International of Colorado,US is partnering with the NGO Youth Off The Streets Initiatives to set up a $25 million farm in Osun state, Nigeria.