For years, the French Bolloré Group has been accused of failing to fulfil its duty of care regarding human rights abuses in connection with rubber and palm oil plantations in Africa and Asia. Given the company's unwillingness to engage in dialogue on this issue, SVVK has decided to recommend the company's exclusion.

The host communities of oil palm companies in Edo State are alleging injustice, violations of rights and devastation of their environment by the companies.

The Egyptian Countryside Development Company and the Italian Ambassador to Egypt discussed cooperation and strategies to attract Italian investments to the lands and sectors of the 630,000 ha agricultural project.

The Eco Zamba program – an SNPC-led reforestation initiative – will plant trees on up to 40,000 ha to combat greenhouse gas emissions while the remaining 10,000 ha will be used to develop the country’s agricultural sector.

Nine communities housing Tiv farmers in the Obi and Awe Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State have rejected a proposed large-scale farm project on 10,000 hectares of land in the area by the state government.

The new policy will address post-war conflict over land rights, land grabbing, urban informal settlements as well as conflicts over access to land with pasture and water. Land grabbing, which is the acquisition without regard for the interests of the rights holders, and disagreements regarding county and payam boundaries, will be addressed by the policy.

Allegations of illegal activity and land-grabbing against Indonesia’s second-largest palm oil company continue to mount as a new report reveals the firm’s violations appear to be more extensive than initially documented.

Over 10,000 farmers cultivating farmlands in the Oluwa forest reserve in Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State have been thrown into confusion following the alleged sale of over 2,000 hectares of the reserve to the private company Acme Palms Limited by the state government.

The pair will turn 36k hectares of land in the town of Timimoun in south central Algeria into a productive agricultural field to grow wheat, beans, and other crops, while 49% of the funding will come from Algeria’s investment fund and BF will provide the remaining funds.

The scheme, which Italian officials called their country's largest agricultural investment in the southern Mediterranean, covers 36,000 hectares in Algeria's Timimoune province

Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in importing 200,000 tonnes of red meat and one million tonnes of soybeans annually from Nigeria, following meetings with the country's agribusiness entrepreneurs.

In the face of intensifying environmental and human rights violations, advocacy groups like Friends of the Earth are calling on the Brazilian and US governments to reign in land speculation and halt the expansion of soy plantations in the Cerrado.