Olam

Le groupe agro-industriel ivoirien SIFCA, détenu par les Singapouriens Olam et Wilmar, seraient prêt à débarquer en Afrique centrale pour y développer des plantations de palmiers à huile.

L'objet de la réunion était d'exprimer la méfiance de Brainforest et des populations locales, concernant les contrats et conventions signés entre OLAM et les autorités gabonaises

A law meant to breathe new life into agriculture in Democratic Republic of Congo risks scaring off needed foreign investment due to a clause calling for farms to be majority-owned by Congolese, according to investors and other sector players.

Olam Nigeria Limited, a Singapore based agric investor has commenced work on a $90 million rice farm investment projec covering 10,000 hectares of irrigated farmland in Ondorie area of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

Response from Briony Mathieson, Olam International

Singapore's commodity trader Olam International is partnering with Russian Dairy Company LCC in the dairy and grains business and will jointly invest $400 million in Russia over the next five years.

Funding will be used to develop 50,000 hectares in the central African nation and is part of $250 million in total spending

Starting this year Olam Moçambique plans to invest over US$35 million to make use of the agricultural potential of the Mopeia area to produce large amounts of rice on 227 hectares of land to supply the domestic market.

L'hebdomadaire Gabonais, «Echos du Nord", nous dit que le groupe singapourien Olam tente d'acheter de vastes étendues de terre au Gabon en général et dans la province du Woleu-Ntem en particulier.

Global agricultural company Olam says the cultivation and processing of rice in Nigeria has the potential to be a lucrative industry.

The 6,000 hectare farm in Nasarawa, one of Nigeria's main rice growing belts, is expected to yield 36,000 tonnes of milled rice annually at its peak.

"We encourage countries to speed up reforms to modernise land rights," says new CEO.