Serbia

Sand heavier than soil: UAE venture on agricultural land in Serbia
- EWB
- 29 October 2018
Serbian farmlands that were recently cultivated, used and improved by 80 farming families are now being leased to UAE-based companies.
UAE’s Al Dahra to invest further $500m in Romania
- Reuters
- 25 September 2018
Abu Dhabi-based Al Dahra Holding said on Monday it will invest a further $500m in various sectors in the Romanian market after acquiring the largest farm producer there.
500 hectares de myrtilles en Serbie: nouveau défi pour Elite Agro
- Fructidor
- 09 July 2018
Un protocole d'entente signé avec Mountain Blue Orchards (Australie) et Driscoll's créé une nouvelle opportunité pour Elite Agro de cultiver des baies toute l'année en Serbie et en Mauritanie pour les marchés du CCG (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Arabie Saoudite, Emirats Arabes Unis).
Serbia passes bill cementing limits of land sales to foreigners
- Bloomberg
- 29 August 2017
The government said it wants to protect local farmers and prevent foreigners from taking over natural resources.
Germany giant eyes land for Serbian pig farms
- Global Meat News
- 22 June 2017
German meat company Tönnies has applied to the Serbian authorities to secure more than 100 hectares of available land in five municipalities to set up pig farms.
Arabs eyeing 20,000 hectares of land in Serbia
- B92
- 20 Mar 2017
Al Dahra plans to allocate millions of dollars this year to improve food safety. In Serbia alone they want to buy as many as 20,000 hectares of land.
Iran launches first overseas farming plan
- Press TV
- 28 August 2015
Iran has launched agricultural cultivation in Kazakhstan, marking its first farmland investment overseas as the Middle Eastern country seeks to secure food supplies amid a lingering drought.
Small farmers could buy "up to 20ha of state-owned land"
- Tanjug
- 07 August 2015
The law also intends to allow major investors to lease up to 30 percent of the state-owned farmland.
German company to open pig farm in Serbia
- inSerbia
- 19 November 2014
Germany’s largest meat producer Clemens Toennies will finalise a deal for a pig farm with 1,500,000 animal units on 15,000 hectares of land in Serbia.
Farmers protest in Serbia: ‘Most fertile land is given to Arabs’
- inSerbia
- 28 July 2014
Farmers are outraged at the Ministry of Agriculture, which leased more than 3,000 ha of the best arable land to the company “Al Rafaved” from the United Arab Emirates for 250 euros per hectare.
Serbian village raises complaint about UAE purchase of farmland
- The National
- 20 July 2014
Farmers in Kula, Serbia have made formal complaints about an Abu Dhabi company, Al Rawafed Agriculture, which is trying to acquire land.
Government, UAE firm set up joint agriculture company
- Tanjung
- 07 July 2014
The first venture of the company will be a EUR 22 million purchase of part of the property of two agricultural enterprises in restructuring - AD Bačka, based in Sivac, and Adria AD, based in Nova Gajdobra.