Nigeria

Nigerian farmer leader talks about resistance to land grabs
- GRAIN
- 11 August 2011
Interview with Olaseinde Makanjuola Arigbede of the United Small and Medium scale Farmers' Associations of Nigeria (USMEFAN)
Agric, job creation top Aregbesola’s demand from Chinese investor
- Osun Defender
- 13 July 2011
Osun State (Nigeria) Governor Aregbesola told Chinese investors that there is fertile land for investors in the state
Korean investors lift Ekiti agric with N400m
- Daily Independent
- 05 June 2011
Investors from South Korea have entered into discussions with the Ekiti State Government to invest in the agriculture sector in the state to the tune of about $400 million -- and 30,000 hectares.
Growing demand for SA’s agricultural skills
- Business Day
- 26 May 2011
SA’s commercial agricultural skills are a sought-after currency on the continent, with Nigeria and Sierra Leone the latest to announce bold plans to recruit South African farmers to their countries.
Crisis looms in Ago-Emokpae, Iguoghor communities over farmland
- Nigerian Tribune
- 11 April 2011
Communities in Edo State, Nigeria at odds over projects to bring foreign investors in to carry out development on large expanses of farmland.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation announces inaugural impact investment deal with Mtanga Farms in Tanzania
- TEF
- 08 April 2011
Nigeria's Heirs Holdings Ltd. completes investment in Mtanga Farms, a 2,200 ha farming operation at the heart of Tanzania's national initiative to combat food insecurity.
Les Affaires du président libyen marchent le plus normal au Monde : Le tropisme kadhafien en Afrique
- Le Financier
- 02 April 2011
Alors que les missiles Tomahawks tombent sur la Libye, les activités économiques et financières du clan Kadhafi continuent normalement en Afrique et au monde entier.
‘Foreigners own 74 m acres of farmland in Africa’: What will prospective candidates do about this?
- Daily Trust
- 29 Mar 2011
In Nigeria today, foreign acquisition of arable agriculture land has become a hot and widely discuss issue.
Sucre : Yes we canne !
- Jeune Afrique
- 02 Mar 2011
Dangote Industries, une des plus importantes compagnie du Nigéria, veut produire de la canne à sucre sur 40,000 ha au Sénégal.
¿Están los inversionistas saudíes a punto de asumir el control de la producción de Senegal y Mali?
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
Un nuevo informe de GRAIN muestra como hombres de negocios saudíes están llevando a cabo ofertas en África que les daría el control sobre algunas de las tierras agrícolas más productivas del continente.
Saudi investors poised to take control of rice production in Senegal and Mali?
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
New report by GRAIN shows how Saudi businessmen are pursuing deals in Africa that would give them control over some of the continent's most productive farmlands.
Des investisseurs saoudiens seraient prêts à prendre le contrôle de la production de riz au Sénégal et au Mali
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
Un nouveau rapport de GRAIN révèle que des hommes d'affaires saoudiens sont en train de mener des négociations en Afrique qui leur donneraient la mainmise sur les terres parmi les plus fertiles du continent.