The negotiations come amid a backdrop of growing scrutiny regarding land leasing practices in Africa. Critics argue that large-scale land acquisitions by foreign firms can lead to land dispossession and adverse environmental impacts. It remains to be seen how Al Dahra addresses these issues.
Al Dahra will probably invest about $800 million to farm 200,000 acres [81,000 ha] of land at an irrigation development located in the coastal region, according to Kenya’s principal secretary for irrigation, Ephantus Kimotho.
- Bloomberg
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18 December 2024
L’Afrique est-elle à la veille d’un nouveau cycle d’accaparement des terres, non pas pour sécuriser les approvisionnements alimentaires de pays tiers, comme à la fin des années 2000, mais pour produire les crédits-carbone destinés à compenser les émissions des gros pays pollueurs ou celles des entreprises ayant pris pour engagement d’atteindre la neutralité carbone d’ici à 2050 ?
- Le Monde
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11 December 2024
A possible cooperation between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Indonesia on the so-called food estate program in Papua, which spans around 2 million hectares, is beginning to take shape as talks continue. Elite Agro -- an Emirati agriculture giant -- was among the companies that the Indonesian government had been negotiating with.
- Jakarta Globe
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29 November 2024
Al Dahra, qui exploite 27 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans les gouvernorats de la Nouvelle-Vallée et Ach-Charqiya, va booster sa production et ses exportations de produits agricoles egyptiens
The UAE company's investment will target land reclamation in Toshka, where it currently holds a 67,000-acre land bank and is negotiating the acquisition of an additional 80,000 acres.
Through its company, Acelen Renewables, the UAE's Mubadala Capital is building a biofuel refinery in the Brazilian state of Bahia which it will supply with 80 million macaúba trees planted on 200,000 hectares of degraded land.
- Mubadala
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19 November 2024
UAE agribusiness giant Al Dahra, owned by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, is looking for up to 100,000 hectares to produce food in Mato Grosso
- CenárioMT
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05 November 2024
In addition to the greenfield port north of Port Sudan, the project would have included a 400,000-acre agricultural development in the Nile region, hundreds of miles of new roadways, a large free trade zone
- Sudan Tribune
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05 November 2024
Al Dahra busca áreas com no mínimo 10 mil hectares para seus projetos no Brasil, com potencial para expansão até 100 mil hectares
- Canal Rural
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05 November 2024
The company Sequoia has obtained a lease over 60,000 hectares for a eucalyptus monoculture project in the Haut-Ogooué province, Gabon. but statements from communities and a survey of more than 1,400 people from the impacted region reveal a total rejection of this plantation project.
UAE-based agribusiness venture Al Dahra plans to expand its business in Egypt amid the African country’s bid to promote investments in different agricultural sectors.
- Arabian Business
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22 October 2024