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The Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority allocated vast farmland in Kogi to Origin Tech Group for mechanized farming, promoting food security, poverty reduction, and economic growth.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL), a major Vietnamese agriculture firm, has doubled its durian farming area to 2,000 hectares in two years, driven by surging demand from China.
The lawsuit alleges that the business is hastening the loss of the rural community’s rapidly depleting groundwater supply to irrigate the desert to grow hay, which it ships back to the Middle East to feed dairy cows.
The regulations will prevent owners of forests on the best farmland from registering their plantations in the Emissions Trading Scheme and will cap registrations from less productive land.
A new agricultural project between Italy and Algeria is set to begin in November 2024 in the Timimoun region, located in southern Algeria, with 3,000 hectares,.
Google has agreed for the first time ever to purchase nature-based carbon removal credits from a Brazilian startup, its first engagement with carbon projects in the South American country.
Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger state has signed a $684 million contract agreement with China Overseas Engineering Group Company Limited (COVEC) and China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) with the state government.
Schweppes Zimbabwe is set to invest in a significant citrus farming project aimed at securing a steady supply of oranges for its juice production operations.
The Agriculture Ministry is preparing 1.5 million hectares of land for dairy farming to back President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s Free Meal Program, aimed at providing lunch and milk to students across Indonesia.