AgDevCo

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.

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.

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.

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’s investment of $3.9m will be used to establish irrigation (250ha) and power.

Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.

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)

British Secretary of State Justine Greening visited Agrica's 5818 ha rice farm in Tanzania in June 2013 and then asked AgDevCo to invest.

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 and African Agricultural Capital Fund announce investments in a 518 ha Malawian macadamia farm.

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.

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.