AgDevCo

RMG Concept Ltd acquires Babator Farming Company Ltd
- AgricInGhana
- 04 July 2017
Babator Farming Company Ltd is a 356 ha irrigated farming company established by AgDevCo Ghana Ltd as the first phase of the Babator Irrigated Farming Hub project.
AgDevCo and CDC invest US$11.5m in Jacoma Estates Group to expand its Malawian farming operations
- PRNewswire
- 21 Mar 2017
The financing from the UK's development finance institution will help Jacoma expand its farming operations at its Tropha Estates in Northern Malawi, where it produces high value macadamia nuts, chilli and paprika.
Ghana to lose over $3m project over land dispute
- Starr FM
- 28 September 2016
AgDevCo, a company financed through the UK's DFID, is embroiled in a land conflict concerning its 3,800 Farming Hub project in Babator, Ghana.
Report on 'land grabbing in Ghana' launched
- Ghana News Agency
- 24 August 2016
The National Catholic Secretariat in collaboration with Caritas Ghana and the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Development has launched a joint report on ‘land grabbing’ in Ghana.
AgDevCo investment of $4million in a Potato Seed growing company and an out-grower scheme in Mbala’s Saise Farm gathers momentum
- ZBT
- 21 July 2016
AgDevCo’s investment of $3.9m will be used to establish irrigation (250ha) and power.
Getting the facts right on Agrica/KPL agricultural investment in Tanzania
- Oakland Institue
- 02 July 2015
Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.
New $15 million lending facility to finance african agricultural enterprises
- KfW
- 03 June 2015
KfW, the German Development Bank on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, along with AgDevCo and Root Capital, announces the launch of the Lending for African Farming Company (LAFCo)
Interview with Carter Coleman, Founder and CEO of Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL)
- AAM
- 01 June 2015
British Secretary of State Justine Greening visited Agrica's 5818 ha rice farm in Tanzania in June 2013 and then asked AgDevCo to invest.
Africa ‘must rethink approach to agriculture investment’
- WSJ
- 11 December 2014
For Africa’s agriculture to realize its full potential the continent’s governments need to rethink their approach to encouraging investment, Morocco’s Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch says.
AgDevCo invests USD 2M in Malawian macadamia nut company
- PRNewswire
- 25 November 2014
AgDevCo and African Agricultural Capital Fund announce investments in a 518 ha Malawian macadamia farm.
African Agricultural Growth Corridors: Who benefits, who loses?
- EcoNexus
- 11 December 2012
Governments, IFIs and corporations are collaborating in major new projects to reorder land and water use and create industrial infrastructure over millions of ha in Africa to ensure sustained supplies of commodities and profits for markets.
Food security: Countries need right kind of investment
- AgriHunt
- 20 June 2012
It is an issue that goes to the heart of the debate around large-scale land projects in Africa – whether foreign investment can be used to aid badly needed development rather than being deemed exploitative.