Nigeria

Okomu Oil Palm Company – destroying communities for oil palm expansion
- WRM
- 09 Mar 2014
Sunny Ajele, talks about how life for the communities in Edo State Nigeria has changed with the expansion of the oil palm plantations by a SOCFIN subsidiary
Nigeria’s corporate billionaires go to farm
- Daily Independent
- 03 Mar 2014
Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says his Ministry is working actively with state governments to secure land for genuine investors to address the issue of access to land.
Landgrabbing for Nigeria's rice revolution
- Premium Times
- 03 January 2014
The North-Eastern Nigerian State of Taraba is on the verge of handing over 30,000 ha of land to the US firm Dominion Farms. About 45,000 inhabitants will have to vacate their lands.
RRDC’s rejoinder: Wilmar International announces policy to protect forests and communities.
- RRDC
- 09 December 2013
NGO working extensively in the forest region of Cross River State of Nigeria, expresses doubts about Wilmar International's new policy to protect forests and communities.
Terres volées : des villageois nigérians veulent reprendre leurs terres à Wilmar
- GRAIN
- 07 December 2013
Wilmar, la plus grande société mondiale d’huile de palme, installe actuellement une gigantesque plantation sur des terrains forestiers qui ont été offerts de façon illégale à l’ancien président du Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. La communauté locale veut récupérer ces terres.
Stolen land: Nigerian villagers want their land back from Wilmar
- GRAIN
- 07 December 2013
Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil processor, is building a massive plantation on forest lands illegally gifted to Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. The local community wants these lands back.
Calabar Declaration
- WRM
- 05 November 2013
Members of communities affected by industrial monoculture oil palm plantations and other organisations from Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia reaffirm opposition to land and forest grabs.
The politics of the forest frontier: Negotiating between conservation, development, and indigenous rights in Cross River State, Nigeria
- LUP
- 02 November 2013
Cross River State has become one of Nigeria’s premier agricultural investment destinations, crowding out smallholder production systems and creating new avenues for rent capture by elites.
Lagos acquires 1,000 hectares of land for rice production
- National Mirror
- 26 October 2013
The state government has recently acquired land in Shongai, Benin Republic as part of effort to increase arable farmlands beyond the state’s boundaries for food production.
Confluence Sugar partners Big Group on N77bn project
- Daily Newswatch
- 23 September 2013
Project is led by International Trans Oil USA and the BIG Group of the USA and Ukraine and inlcudes a 32,000 hectare sugar plantation in Ibaji, Kogi state.
How Edo is attracting investors in agric
- Daily Trust
- 29 August 2013
Commissioner for Agriculture of Nigeria's Edo State says his government gave 10,000 hectares to Ekha Chemical Company two weeks ago for cassava production, while two other companies have asked for 25,000 hectares each for palm oil and rice.
Flour Mills of Nigeria notifies NSE on agreement with Adecoagro
- Business Day
- 28 August 2013
Adecoagro will assist FMN in the management and development of Kaboji Farm, one of the largest commercial farms in Nigeria, comprising 10,000 ha of maize and soybean.