Once a thriving agricultural hub in Pujan district southern Sierra Leone, Malen chiefdom has become a symbol of resistance and resilience particularly for women whose life were upended in March 2011.

"Not only are they taking over our ancestral lands, they are expanding or replanting palm trees everywhere without leaving us a small space of land to even plant cassava to survive for our families," a woman from Dehane village says.

New Hampshire-based Conservation Resources has teamed up with Dutch asset manager Achmea Investment Management on a farmland investment fund, Conservation Resources Farmland II, its second North American farmland fund

As Cameroon continues to promote agro-industrial growth, the Edéa situation raises a pressing question: Can development be justified when communities that feed the nation are systematically denied the land they need?

Instead of halting the food estate project, which has repeatedly proved a failure, the government is using all possible means—from tinkering with the regulations to deploying troops—to ensure the success of one of President Prabowo’s flagship projects.

Tensions are rising in Uzbekistan's Andijan region: farmers say they are being coerced into "voluntarily" handing over their land to local authorities. Many believe the plots will subsequently be given to Chinese investors

The projects backed by global energy trader Trafigura include a restoration project in Malawi totalling over 550,000 hectares that has one of the largest native species nurseries in Africa, and an agroforestry plan to restore degraded land in Zambia that will involve 45,000 farmers

Brisbane-headquartered CPC now adds a substantial sheep flock to the roughly 300,000 head of cattle carrying capacity it now has across more than nine properties, covering more than 3.2 million hectares of Australia.

Interested buyers for the company with beef, sheep and crop farms on 28 pastoral businesses across 4.4 million hectares include Canadian pension funds, US-based institutional investors and institutional investors from continental Europe and high net worth investors.

Face aux opérations d’extension et de replanting engagées par l’agro-industrie filiale du groupe Socfin, les communautés Apouh, Koukoue, Dehane et Ongue sollicitent l’arbitrage de l’Etat pour un espace vital, selon les medias camerounais

Secrétaire générale de la Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm) Germain Jules Kamta réagit au mouvement d’humeur des femmes de l’Afrise dans les plantations de la Socapalm d’Apouh a Ngog du 23 janvier 2026.

Equinoxe TV est sur le terrain quand des riverains de la Socapalm, qui depuis des années reclament un espace vital, sont interdits d'aller dans ce qu'ils considèrent comme leurs champs

Réunies au sein de l’association Afrise, elle ont manifesté leur colère en brandissant des pancartes, vendredi 23 janvier 2026 à Edéa. La Socapalm réagit.

Al Dahra officials are visiting several provinces in search of land up to 10,000 hectares with abundant water for irrigation, improved access, and electricity for project implementation.

In the US, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has taken a major step to stabilise water use in the state’s rural desert, where a Saudi-owned company established a massive farming operation more than a decade ago.