Already in conflict with local communities over land grabbing, Plantation et Huilerie du Congo (PHC) has just acquired new concessions to expand its palm oil plantations in Boteka. This deprived local communities of nearly 2,500 hectares of arable land.

Australia-based Costa Group has launched a new blueberry farming project on the Bolaven Plateau in Laos, starting with 17 hectares of crops at Paksong.

The project, funded by the government's Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund, will initially support Tiamin Rice in cultivating approximately 30,000 hectares of land in Gamawa.

Quatre ans après l'éclatement médiatique du conflit entre villageois et l'industriel Babacar Ngom, la situation reste figée. Les terres contestées sont en jachère, inaccessibles aux agriculteurs depuis un arrêté préfectoral pris après des affrontements.

Australian agricultural asset manager Warakirri has announced it is targeting a $500m-plus expansion into the dairy farming sector via a new trans-Tasman investment fund.

L’Algeria ha annunciato il perfezionamento dell’accordo con il gruppo italiano Bf Spa per una concessione quarantennale, rinnovabile, finalizzata alla realizzazione di un progetto agricolo integrato del valore di 420 milioni di dollari.

Thailand's Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee is intensifying its investigation into a Chinese business illegally clearing over 600 rai of national forest land in Chachoengsao's Tha Takiab district to cultivate durian.

The Nigerian government has announced its plans to partner with the 10,000-hectare Agbeyewa Farms Ltd to improve agricultural production and enhance food security in Nigeria.

Al Dahra Group is interested in 180,000 acres. Selu Ltd, another private party has eyes on 20,000. Currently, NIA has 10,000 acres under irrigation with plans to add another 10,000 in the medium term.

Olam Group announced on Feb 24 that it will sell its remaining 64.57% stake in Olam Agri to Saudi Agriculture & Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), a state-owned Saudi investment firm.

Tropic Cool Israel Ltd is establishing “Rwanda Berries”, a 150 ha commercial scale berry farm in Rwanda to export to nearby markets in the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia.

The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-industrialisation says an Executive Order ensures that land acquisition and resettlement for large-scale agribusiness investments guarantees shared benefits between private investors and host communities.

The Ondo State Government has concluded plans to set up farm clusters and 2,000 hectares of farmland in each senatorial district of the state that will be run by the private sector

A UAE aquaculture company linked to the ruling Al-Maktoum family of Dubai has agreed to develop an aquaculture farm and research centre in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh at an initial cost of $461 million.

Bolloré détient une partie du groupe agroindustriel Socfin, qui produit de l'huile de palme et du caoutchouc en Afrique et en Asie. Si le groupe est connu pour s'accaparer les terres, les violences sexuelles et sexistes qui en découlent le sont beaucoup moins. Enquête de Lola Keraron pour la Revue Silence au Cameroun.

En Éthiopie, la société britannique de capital-investissement Asset Green a signé un accord avec l’Ethiopian Investment Holdings et l’Ethiopian Agricultural Business Corporation pour réaliser un projet intégré de production laitière et de cultures commerciales (15 000 ha)

Since 2021, Socapalm – majority-owned by Socfinaf, a Luxembourg holding itself part owned by the Bolloré Group – has been replanting palms to rejuvenate its plantation at Edéa, in Cameroon, creating tremendous difficulty for neighbouring villagers.

Depuis 2021, la Socapalm – qui est détenue majoritairement par la Socfinaf, une holding luxembourgeoise détenue en partie par le groupe Bolloré – replante des palmiers pour rajeunir sa plantation à Edéa, au Cameroun, créant d'énormes difficultés pour les communautés riveraines.

The Emirati company Aqua Bridge recently won the race to acquire Greek producer Avramar, which until early last year was the biggest bass and bream farmer in the world.

Fish farming giant Mowi has bought two uninhabited islands off Scotland's west coast for the siting of new salmon farms.

An Indonesian archbishop has appointed a lawyer, threatening legal action against those criticizing his support for a food estate project in South Papua province, that indigenous people oppose fearing destruction of their forests.

Papua New Guinea's Foreign Affairs Minister says the delegation is going to finalise their numbers to invest their money and effort and everything in building a new poultry farm in Lae.

The Ethiopian Investment Holdings and Agricultural Works Corporation signed a 600 million USD shareholders agreement to jointly invest in a 15,000 ha Integrated Dairy and Commercial Farming Project with the United Kingdom’s Asset Green Company.

THACO AGRI, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Truong Hai Group Corporation (THACO), operates fruit farms and cattle ranches on over 33,000 ha in Kratie and Ratanakiri provinces.

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia are determined to strengthen cooperation in the agricultural sector and a joint forum with the participation of business representatives from both countries will take place in May.

How thousands of Indonesian soldiers are forcing through a vast agricultural project in indigenous lands and forests

UAE company Al Dhara announces that, under the patronage of H.E. Dr. William Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya, it has signed an MoU to develop and manage up to 200,000 acres of irrigated farmland in the Galana-Kulalu Ranch

Threats, intimidation and armed militias prevent the free movement of community residents in their own territories. The Collective of Traditional Peoples and Communities of the Cerrado denounces violence by land grabbers, who are supported by sectors of the state.

A disturbing alliance between a palm oil company, district officials, and a college school is actively seizing land from farming communities in Buvuma district for their own profit

Longstanding labor unrest over low wages, union suppression, and unsafe work conditions at Cameroon’s largest sugar company, owned by a French agro-giant, erupted into a strike on January 26 over delayed payments.