In April 2022, Socfin’s Swiss subsidiary Socfinco FR announced it will stop providing managerial assistance to the state-owned Guinean rubber and oil palm company Soguipah by the end of 2022. A commentary.
- ReAct Transnational
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18 May 2022
President Museveni has promised to compensate residents who were evicted after he donated lands in 2017 to Kiryandongo Sugar Factory, Agilis Partners of the US, and Great Season to pave way for large-scale farming.
Land Matrix report says large-scale land acquisitions in Africa do not respect the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure
Green Sea Agriculture Co Ltd's plantation currently covers a total area of 1,200 ha, and it plans to invest an additional $500 million to expand mango cultivation and export the fruit to the Chinese market on a large scale
- Phnom Penh Post
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15 May 2022
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.
Participants of Liberia's Civil Society Organizations Oil Palm Working Group, through the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), have agreed on several strategies to work within making the sector better.
Signatories of a petition objecting to the certification of SOCFIN Agricultural Company by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil have been a target of arbitrary harassment and criminalization.
- Green Scenery
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06 May 2022
When the ABC's Vote Compass asked whether the federal government should further restrict foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land, 88 per cent of voters said they "somewhat" or "strongly" agreed that it should.
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.
Report prepared by MUDEV on the case of Plantations et Huileries du Congo.
The 16 ha greenhouse is a joint venture between the Israeli company, Inosselia Agro, and the government of Malawi established in 2019 that supplies vegetables to supermarkets.
Host communities of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC in Edo State, yesterday, staged a protest over alleged blockade, digging of trench on the road leading to their communities by the company.