China’s Hunan Dakang International Food and Agriculture Co, which has acquired controlling stakes in two Brazilian soy companies, is next looking to enter the beef business in the country, its chairman told Reuters on Wednesday.
The Ethiopian Horticulture and Agricultural Investment Authority says it is negotiating with Karuturi Global over a request to continue operations in Ethiopia, after long disagreement with the company about its 100,000 hectare farm project in Gambela Region.
The Senegalese president has finally given in to the pressure put by villagers who opposed the granting of 10,000 hectares to Afri Partner, a company owned by Moroccan businessman Anas Sefrioui.
Thanks to the railway and other projects, former Soviet bloc countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan smell opportunity for boosting agricultural exports to China. So does Russia.
The Government will clarify the criteria for foreigners buying New Zealand farmland in the coming days, and in the longer-term tighten how easily that land can be purchased by overseas buyers.
Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi tells Reuters that the governments of India and Ethiopia are working to “amicably resolve outstanding Karuturi issues”.
A group of Israeli investors plans to invest in Cambodia’s dairy industry. The group has chosen Takeo province to raise a herd of 500 cattle over 300 hectares of land as the first phase of their plans in Cambodia.
The final consideration will be based on Sinarmas Natural Resources' initial enterprise value of US$111 million, its working capital and financial statements at completion.
Indoor horticulture farms are attracting an increasing level of investment. Combined with the advent of artificial intelligence, it's taking factory farming technology to new heights. South Korea and Japan to join the race.
The struggle for land in northern Uganda has been going on for a decade but has taken a violent turn recently. The government is currently trying to amend the constitution so that it can acquire land quickly in cases where compensation is disputed.
Backed by official encouragement, China’s largest pig farming companies and new entrants are racing to build vast hog farms in the north-eastern cornbelt.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today approved US$10 million equity investment in Phatisa Food Fund2 (PFF2) to boost agriculture and nutrition across Africa
