Agrotop to build large-scale breeding farm in Nigeria
- African Farming
- 01 Mar 2019
The newly built Blue Plains Farm, the 4th constructed for the company Agrited, will be located near to Fiditi town, Oyo State on 112 ha of bushland.
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Jigawa governor’s rally records low turnout as angry residents whose farmlands were seized stay away
- Premium Times
- 05 Feb 2019
The people of Gagarawa are angry with the governor over the seizure of their farmlands, which the state government handed over to foreign investors for an irrigation farming project.
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Nigeria: Edo, CBN partner on development of 100,000-hectare plantation
- Vanguard
- 28 Jan 2019
Edo State Governor tells delegation of World Bank's IFC that his government is in discussions with the Central Bank of Nigeria to develop a programme to provide investors with 100,000 ha of agricultural land for plantations.
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Abia community leases 1040-hectare oil palm to Dufil Prima Foods
- Guardian Nigeria
- 11 Jan 2019
A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Bende, Abia State, Nigeria to Dufil Prima Foods Plc, a company whose owners include Kellog's and PT Indofood, to enable it source its raw materials.
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Okomu Oil warns NGO to desist from spreading false allegation on its RSPO status
- Vanguard
- 04 Nov 2018
OKOMU Oil Palm Company Plc has warned Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria to desist from spreading spurious and libellous allegations that the company has been parading an RSPO certificate which it does not possess
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American company establishes $25 million farm in Osun
- The Glitters
- 02 Oct 2018
Cade Creek International of Colorado,US is partnering with the NGO Youth Off The Streets Initiatives to set up a $25 million farm in Osun state, Nigeria.
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Declaration: No to abuse against women in industrial oil palm plantations
- WRM, GRAIN et al
- 21 Sep 2018
We said it in Mundemba, Cameroon, we reiterated it in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, we re-affirm this in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: the abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm plantations must STOP!
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Kebbi farmers allege takeover of farmlands
- Daily Trust
- 17 Sep 2018
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria decries the takeover of 14,000 ha of farmlands by the Kebbi State government to give to a company for cassava planting
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Cross River communities protest, allege land grabbing in Wilmar’s N45b project
- Guardian
- 27 Aug 2018
After series of failed appeals, communities impacted by the activities of Wilmar PZ, a multinational company involved in oil palm cultivation in Nigeria have taken Wilmar to the State House of Assembly for alleged pollution and land grabbing.
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Jigawa sugar plantation takes off despite resistance
- Daily Trust
- 18 Aug 2018
About 12,000 hectares of land in four local government areas of the Nigerian state were reportedly taken for the sugar cane plantation project, backed by a Chinese company, which sparked off protests.
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Dutch company indicates interest in building cattle ranches in Nigeria
- 17 Jul 2018
Cownexxion indicates its interest in building cattle ranches in Nigeria on sidelines of meeting between NIgeria's President and CEOs of Dutch companies at The Hague.
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Dangote invests in Katsina tomatoes production project
- Sun News
- 05 Jul 2018
Dangote said he would expand the project and exploit what he called Katsina’s vast arable land for other agriculture initiatives and allied business ventures.
