Farm Lands of Guinea/Africa

The fate of the Multi-billion shilling Yala swamp Dominion Farms project in Siaya hangs in the balance following a fallout between an America investor and Nyanza politicians.

The African Institute for Agrarian Studies brought Southern scholars, activists, practitioners, and farmers to Harare, Zimbabwe to learn from each other’s work and experiences to advance social justice projects for the rural global South.

Siaya county could benefit from a huge investment bonanza thanks to Farmlands of Africa INC from India who have pledged to invest up to Ksh8 billion in projects in the county.

Agricon has negotiated terms to acquire 12,000 hectares plus several additional opportunities for the acquisition of over 50,000 hectares in Ghana.

A slide show by GRAIN that profiles some of those who have been most actively pursuing or supporting farmland grabs around the world.

Britain is the world’s biggest centre for private land grabbers.

The Nevada US firm Farm Lands of Africa has, after two years, accelerated its development into an agricultural producer by buying a rice-to-eucalyptus group in the Republic of Guinea with a landbank of 220,000 hectares, an area nearly the size of Luxembourg.

«Nous avons décidé de faire une demande pour obtenir 10 000 hectares pour y faire pousser du soja, du maïs, du riz et du blé,» a indiqué le PDG de Farm Lands of Guinea.

Farm Lands of Guinea Inc. have decided to apply for a 10,000 ha lease in the Office du Niger to grow soybean, maize and rice

La firme américaine s'étend en Gambie et Sierra Léone.

US company with 100,000 ha in Guinea now looking to expand into The Gambia and Sierra Leone.

Company which controls a quarter of a million acres of West African agricultural land approached by two Pan African banking groups, seeking to partner and support them in the development of their farm land in Central Guinea.