L’exploitation sera consacrée à la culture d’une nouvelle variété de riz chinois, qui permettra de quintupler le rendement comparativement aux semences conventionnelles, selon Yung Wang, le chef de file du groupe
SAO Agro Services Ltd aided by eight vehicles loaded with security corps and officers of the Nigerian Army invaded Ofosu area with a bulldozer to begin the destruction of farmlands of over 20,000 farmers.
The company is currently scaling up sugar cane planting with the target to reach about 3000 hectares of cane harvest by January 2025, of the 78,000 hectares of land acquired by Dangote Industries Limited.
Le 22 juin, une délégation de communautés de Côte d’Ivoire, du Ghana et du Nigeria, accompagnée d’ONG locales et belges, s’est rendue devant le siège de SIAT-Group à Bruxelles
Community and civil society representatives from Ghana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast are in Brussels to denounce land grabbing by a Belgian rubber and palm oil company.
An integrated agricultural company, Saro Oil Palm Limited has embarked on pre-planting activities in preparation for the development of a 10,000-hectare oil palm plantation in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
Communities in Rukubi, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria where Olam Rice Farm is located, have said they are in pain and sorrow due to the activities of the multi-national farming company.
In a bid to boost local palm oil production in the country and also support the Federal Government’s backward integration policy, JB Farms Limited has unveiled its new 10,000 hectares of oil palm plantation in Ore, Ondo State.
From Sierra Leone to Nigeria, through Cameroon, Guinea and Ivory Coast, communities living near the industrial palm oil and rubber plantations of Socfin/Bolloré are fighting for their rights and against repression.
De la Sierra Leone au Nigeria, en passant par le Cameroun, la Guinée et la Côte d'Ivoire, les communautés vivant à proximité des plantations industrielles d'huile de palme et de caoutchouc de Socfin/Bolloré se battent pour leurs droits et contre la répression.
Okomu Oil, one of the two commercial palm oil producers listed on the Nigeria's stock exchange, is reaping record profits from current rise in the price of palm oil.
Film by Reunion of Episcopal Conferences in West Africa shows how land grabbing and extractivism are depriving communities of their livelihood and making the fight for social justice increasingly urgent.
