Nigeria

Cross River State Governor says his administration intends to establish a yellow maize farm which will be the biggest in Africa, in partnership with South African agribusiness.

Residents of Uhiele, Odighi and Odiguetue communities in Edo State have lamented the devastation of their environment and loss of livelihoods resulting from deforestation by multinational firms in the area.

Natives of Akamkpa community in Cross River accuse Wilmar International of destroying their sources of livelihood by channeling chemical infested erosion water into their streams and farmlands.

The management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc has reacted to an allegation made against it by ERA/FoEN, alleging that the company had been “parading” a Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certificate.

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth charged the Okomu Oil Plc to stop parading the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certificate as it has not met its requirement.

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FOEN) has raised the alarm that the incessant land grabbing by multinationals companies would lead to scarcity of agricultural farm products in Edo State.

“The goal for the palm oil industry is to have not less than 200,000 hectares of organised oil palm plantation by the end of my administration," Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki said.

The once multibillion-shilling Dominion Farms in Siaya is being auctioned to pay a supplier Sh27.6 million.

“This year we intend to plant on 4,000 hectares. If we can do 100, 000 hectares in Edo State, we will do it,” says Felix Nwabuk, Managing Director fo Prescoe PLC, a subsidiary of the SIAT Group.

‪Le fonds pour l’agriculture UFF-NAIC, détenu conjointement par la Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority et UFF Agri Investment de Old Mutual, a acquis une ferme entièrement intégrée de maïs et de soja à Panda dans l'État de Nasarawa au 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.