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Ogun partners World Bank on easy access to agricultural lands
- BusinessDay
- 21 September 2022
The partnership is expected to remove bureaucratic obstacles that hinder easy access to lands for agricultural and industrial investments.
Zombo leaders give 10 acres of land for constructing a tea factory
- TND News
- 16 September 2022
Elite Agro of UAE starts aquiring land for tea production and processing in Uganda
European Parliament votes in favour of strong deforestation-free products law
- Earthsight
- 14 September 2022
The law seeks to impose supply chain due diligence obligations on companies that import and trade forest risk commodities, such as cattle, soy and wood.
US farmland investment trust seeks to raise £200m in London IPO
- IP&E
- 12 September 2022
Intl Farming Investment Management is seeking to raise £200m as it lists a US farmland investment trust on the London Stock Exchange
Oil palm plantations and water grabbing: Ivory Coast and Gabon
- WRM
- 12 September 2022
Industrial palm oil production in West and Central Africa is mainly controlled by five multinational corporations, and could continue expansion. Plantations take up large tracts of land and water. The current water crisis in these territories would not exist if corporations had not grabbed the land from communities.
From Asia to Africa: Tentacles of oil palm plantations are squeezing communities dry
- WRM
- 12 September 2022
There is no other crop that has grown faster globally in the last decade than palm oil. This almost uncontrollable expansion leaves a deep trail of destruction and conflicts around it. As companies take over more community land, they also grab the water sources from them.
Oil palm plantations and water grabbing: Ivory Coast and Gabon
- WRM
- 12 September 2022
The impact on water availability for communities that live in and around industrial oil palm plantations is systematic and dramatic.
From Asia to Africa: Tentacles of oil palm plantations are squeezing communities dry
- WRM
- 12 September 2022
As companies take over more community land, they also grab the water sources from them.
New farming project as Morocco pushes development in Western Sahara
- Arab Weekly
- 10 September 2022
Morocco is seeking investors for a $213 million agriculture project in Western Sahara that will establish farms on 5,200 ha for growing fruit, vegetables and animal feed.
A community of over 300 smallholder farmers conned as their land is sold to a local investor without their consent
- Witness Radio
- 09 September 2022
As foreign agribusinesses take over Kiryandongo communities’ fertile land, other local investors are also eyeing the remaining land occupied by the poor families in the southwestern district of Uganda to grab their land.
As a Cameroon palm oil firm gets RSPO certified, it’s also found in breach
- Mongabay
- 09 September 2022
Fresh controversy has emerged over the leading certification scheme for sustainable palm oil after a verification mission exposed ongoing issues around certified oil palm plantations in Cameroon.
Indonesian palm oil billionaire goes on trial
- Asia Sentinel
- 09 September 2022
A tycoon once named one of Indonesia’s richest has gone on trial for alleged corruption estimated to have cost the state the equivalent of US$5.25 billion and caused major environmental damage from the destruction of vast amounts of virgin forest for oil palm plantations.