Nigeria

Nigeria's BUA Group, which is developing a 20,000 ha sugarcane plantation and refinery, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration in sugar refining, agro-industrial development, and integrated global logistics solutions with AD Ports Group and MAIR Group of Abu Dhabi.

A Dubai-based consumer electronics manufacturer, Maser Group, is making a major strategic pivot into agriculture and artificial intelligence infrastructure across Africa, committing $1.6 billion to farmland development and data centres in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya over the next two years.

The governor received a delegation of Chinese investors from Wuhan Province interested in alfalfa farming and livestock development who had visited parts of Jigawa, particularly Hadejia, to inspect available land, existing pilot projects, and private farms in operation.

Delta State Governor charges the Steering Committee of the World Bank-funded Framework for Responsible Investment in Land-Intensive Agriculture to “promote transparency in land acquisition and resettlement for large-scale agribusiness investment."

Edo State Governor brokered peace between host communities and three companies (Nimbel Shaw Limited, Professional Support Farms Limited and Steve Integrated Limited) over the use of government forest reserve land for oil palm cultivation in parts of the state.

Presco Plc has announced the acquisition of 10,000 hectares across the Nsadop and Boki plantations in Cross River State to expand its oil palm plantations in Nigeria

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, CON, is in Beijing to conclude talks with the Chinese Government on the Model Integrated Poultry Development Project, a major investment expected to create about 350,000 direct and indirect jobs and generate over $450 million annually.

Presco/SIAT plans to start a large oil palm project covering 10,000 hectares of land across 52 communities in Abia State, Nigeria, and will be sending a technical team to choose suitable sites, study both new and existing farmland, and collect soil samples for testing.

Six days after the controversial revocation of Certificate of Occupancy of about 13,545 hectares of land belonging to Presco Plc by the Edo State Government, Governor, Monday Okpebholo has said as an investor he cannot be the one sending investors out of the state.

On the sidelines of an AfDB investment forum in Morocco, Nigeria's Zamfara State signed an MOU with Nigeria's Ministry of Finance under which it will provide arable land, infrastructure and policy incentives while the Ministry mobilises investors.

The farm estates, ranging from 5,000 to 25,000 hectares, will be fully mechanised agricultural settlements equipped with roads, irrigation systems, processing hubs, energy systems, and perimeter fencing lined with thousands of climate-resilient trees planted specifically to generate certified carbon removals.

The National Sugar Development Council and the Lee Group have unveiled plans for the establishment of a large-scale sugar production estate in Taraba State, Nigeria