Okomu's Managing Director surprised about attacks directed at the company over its RSPO certification, saying it would be the first palm oil company in Nigeria to be so certified by October this year.
- Nigerian Observer
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26 June 2018
The allocation of land by the Cross River government to a South African firm for a massive agriculture project has pitched the Governor against over 400 farmers from Ochon settlement in Obubra Local Council of the state.
Cross River State Governor says his administration intends to establish a yellow maize farm which will be the biggest in Africa, in partnership with South African agribusiness.
Residents of Uhiele, Odighi and Odiguetue communities in Edo State have lamented the devastation of their environment and loss of livelihoods resulting from deforestation by multinational firms in the area.
Natives of Akamkpa community in Cross River accuse Wilmar International of destroying their sources of livelihood by channeling chemical infested erosion water into their streams and farmlands.
The management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc has reacted to an allegation made against it by ERA/FoEN, alleging that the company had been “parading” a Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certificate.
- Business Post
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09 June 2018
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth charged the Okomu Oil Plc to stop parading the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certificate as it has not met its requirement.
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FOEN) has raised the alarm that the incessant land grabbing by multinationals companies would lead to scarcity of agricultural farm products in Edo State.
“The goal for the palm oil industry is to have not less than 200,000 hectares of organised oil palm plantation by the end of my administration," Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki said.
The once multibillion-shilling Dominion Farms in Siaya is being auctioned to pay a supplier Sh27.6 million.
“This year we intend to plant on 4,000 hectares. If we can do 100, 000 hectares in Edo State, we will do it,” says Felix Nwabuk, Managing Director fo Prescoe PLC, a subsidiary of the SIAT Group.
Le fonds pour l’agriculture UFF-NAIC, détenu conjointement par la Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority et UFF Agri Investment de Old Mutual, a acquis une ferme entièrement intégrée de maïs et de soja à Panda dans l'État de Nasarawa au Nigeria.