African Agriculture Holdings Inc. - which took over 20,000 ha in northern Senegal formerly held by Senhuile - will export its entire alfalfa crop to South Korea
The Pakistan government has given the military a significant stake in a 4.8 million acre agricultural project in the Cholistan desert, raising questions over profits made from public lands and the impacts on small farmers.
- Bloomberg
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04 January 2024
Egypt approved an amendment to the Desert Land Law granting Arab investors the right to own lands on an equal footing with Egyptians.
- https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/515089.aspx
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04 January 2024
In a memo to the management and staff of Socfin Agricultural Company Sierra Leone, the General Manager announced that he will step down as General Manager effective December 31, 2023.
- Awoko News
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31 December 2023
Maharlika will convert 2 million hectares of "idle government land" to agro-industrial estates, where foreign investors will be invited to build facilities
Nearly 40,000 individuals have been displaced from their land to give way to land based investments in Kiryandongo district, Uganda.
- Witness Radio
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20 December 2023
E20 Investment of UAE plan to use 5,000 hectares in Angola for rice cultivation and 500 hectares for avocado production.
The Afrise women's association launched an international petition to stop the replanting of oil palm monocultures around their homes and over the grave sites of their ancestors.
The largest grain growing operation in Western Australia is expected to fetch close to $200 million after its owners, the Saudi Arabian government and a Perth-headquartered agricultural fund decided to sell.
Farmland LP buys climate-resilient land, gets it certified organic, selects profitable crops, and picks up the tab on equipment. Then it rents fields to local farmers who want to increase production.
The funding agreement secured with a British Petroleum subsidiary for US$2.5 million will support the planting and development of 5,000 ha of degraded land in Sierra Leone
- Investing News
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18 December 2023
The Costa family has joined other wealthy families and an institutional investor in piling into a $120 million equity raising to fund the acquisition and development of three irrigation properties.
- Commercial Real Estate
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17 December 2023