Henri de Villeneuve says his company SAPA is looking at investing in Uganda where there’s plenty of land and it’s easier to produce high-yield crops, which can then be sold to the Kenyan market.

The project led by the South African company will cultivate 60,000 hectares of land in order to produce 300,000 tons of maize and 90,000 tons of soya annually.

El continente africano se ha convertido en nuevo y valioso escenario para multinacionales que despliegan grandes monocultivos, sin respetar a menudo ni la biodiversidad ni los derechos humanos

Angola has a high potential for agriculture on a large scale according to the World Bank, which is working with the Angolan government and the private agro-industrial sector to strengthen the chain of agricultural supplies

The farm currently has 800 hectares planted with maize, 700 more than were planted in 2018 in an experimental phase, and the project’s management intends to reach production of 58,000 tonnes by 2021.

The project will utilize identified extensive arable land with clean water springs in the municipalities of Porto Amboim and Cela in Kwanza Sul and Ambaca in Kwanza Norte.

A new land law was passed to protect small-scale farmers and rural communities. But often the legal procedure is not respected and farmers lose the land on which their livelihood depends.

Le président de la République d’Angola a annoncé que les exploitants agricoles qui ne mettent pas en valeur les terres obtenues en concession, perdront le droit de les exploiter

Cette enveloppe ira à la production de céréales, de fruits, de légumes et de viande sur 35 000 hectares des 411 000 du Pôle agro-industriel de Capanda

A USD 310 million investment contract signed between private companies for Agro-industrial Complex of Capanda (PAC) in northern Malanje province, Angola. The Agro-industrial Park occupies an area of 411.000 hectares.

Luanda veut ouvrir l’accès à la mise en valeur de 30 millions d’ha de terres agricoles. Une initiative qui doit d'abord profiter aux proches du pouvoir.

The Consortium Rede Camponesa (CRP) which consists of dozens of Angolan operators in the farm sector, has launched an international campaign to put 38 million hectares of arable land on the market.