Nigeria

Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, majority-owned by the Luxembourg-based Socfin group, has commissioned an 11,400 hectare oil palm plantation covering over 10 communities in Nigeria's Edo State.

Olam's Vice President says its rice farm in Nigeria, with 3,000 hectares of land currently under cultivation, will be expanded to 10,000 hectares, making it the largest rice farm in Africa.

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority buys a 3,500 ha farm in Nasarawa State through a joint venture with UFF Agri Investment, a South African company owned by Old Mutual Property

Dans l’Etat d’Edo au Nigéria, des ONG et des membres de communautés rurales estiment à 60.000 le nombre de personnes déplacées par Okomu Oil jusqu’à présent.

Former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, says Chinese farmer is worth $7.9billion and supplies chicken, vegetables and fruits to fast food, restaurants and eateries in China, which he is looking to replicate in eastern Nigeria.

Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in the State, Prince Oyewumi Oyewole, who made this declaration in Ibadan, noted that the state's zero tolerance policy on fallow agricultural farm land was meant to attract foreign investors to the state.

The Edo State governor says one of the companies that has signed up to invest in the state is Tolaram, a huge conglomerate from Singapore that plans to invest $50 million in oil palm and cassava cultivation.

Triton Group is partnering with China's Choice International Group on a 4,000 ha commercial agriculture project in Anambra State, Nigeria

There is a large gap between SOCFIN's “responsible management” policy and the reality of violence and destruction around its plantations, where, with the complicity of national governments, the company attempts to suppress people’s resistance.

Dangote et Sefrioui veulent désormais contribuer à réduire le gap de l’offre dans des produits alimentaires essentiels en Afrique.

In June, Environmental Rights Action/FOE Nigeria and representatives of the Owan and Okomu communities delivered a letter to the Governor of Edo State urging him to uphold a revocation Order on 13,750 ha of land expropriated by Okomu Plc.

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has issued an edict warning all local chiefs and traditional rulers to desist from land grabbing or face dethronement.