Saroafrica is in the process of acquiring SIAT, a company with over 140,000 ha of oil palm and rubber plantations in Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria.
Investigation uncovers how the Okumu Oil Palm Company PLC's craze for rubber and palm kernel has been linked to displacement of indigenous people, deforestation, and rights violations in Nigeria.
- Sahara Reporters
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30 October 2023
A ‘UK Global Company’ which interfaced with the state government last week is to establish moringa tree farms in Ogoja, Yala, Boki, Biase and Etung Local Government Areas of Cross River State.
- Daily Trust
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29 October 2023
Vice President Kashim Shettima stated that Nigeria's “70 million hectares of under-utilised arable land”, which is “75 per cent of the country’s total land mass,” makes it best placed for such investment.
A decade after transnational palm oil company Wilmar took control of a derelict oil palm plantation, local residents continue to fight for the farmlands, forests and rivers they use.
- Mongabay
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22 September 2023
From Ghana to Nigeria and Ivory Coast, communities impacted by the operations of Belgium’s SIAT Group seek an end to a decade-long conflict tied to SIAT’s extensive plantations.
- FIAN Belgium et al.
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21 September 2023
Du Ghana au Nigeria en passant par la Côte d’Ivoire, des communautés exigent la résolution des conflits fonciers et sociaux qui perdurent depuis une décennie dans les plantations de palmiers à huile et d’hévéas de SIAT.
- FIAN Belgium
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20 September 2023
The Communities who were contending over the equity distribution of ground rent by the owner of the estate, Wing Song M-House, finally reached a mutual understanding after a series of previous engagements with the ministry.
- Epistle News
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01 September 2023
Le groupe nigérian Saroafrica a acquis 86,7% du capital de la société de droit belge Siat auprès de la holding Fimave aux mains de la famille Vanderbeek.
- Commodafrica
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31 August 2023
Hundreds of farmers from the Ilua community of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo state have protested over an alleged encroachment, destruction, and sales of their cocoa plantations by the state government to foreign companies.
- The Tribune
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27 August 2023
Au Nigeria, le gouvernement de l’Etat d’Ogun cherche à mobiliser 20 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans les localités de Yewa north et d’Imeko-Afon pour l’installation d’une rizière.
- Agence Ecofin
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21 August 2023
The CSOs call for reforms to include a compulsory conflict conciliation procedure and the recognition of customary and legitimate land rights in their diversity.
- Nigeria Tribune
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04 July 2023