Investors from the Middle East have been tempted by African agribusiness for years, and a report on Monday by real estate consultancy Knight Frank suggests demand is growing.
- The National
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31 October 2018
We invite organizations to sign on and support the statement, which denounces that the RSPO, since it was created 14 years ago, has been a tool that served the corporate interests of the oil palm sector.
MOUs signed by UAE government include a 2,500 ha SEZ zone with Uganda for large-scale agricultural development and another with Al Dahra Holding for collaboration on the implementation of the National Strategy for Future Food Security.
- Gulf News
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30 October 2018
With a massive Chinese rice plantation project floundering, the Tsakane farmers of Xai-Xai offer a vivid demonstration that perhaps the best way to grow more food is to give poor food producers more land.
The Cerrado savanna is an area in Brazil the same size as Western Europe. It's one of the most biodiverse places in world that's being destroyed for large soybean production.
Environmental rules and tighter restrictions on foreign ownership are denting dairy farm prices which have fallen more than 18 per cent.
- NZ Herald
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29 October 2018
Serbian farmlands that were recently cultivated, used and improved by 80 farming families are now being leased to UAE-based companies.
In order to facilitate private sector investment in agriculture, the Government of Zimbabwe will expedite issuance of bankable 99 year leases to allow farmers access to funding from financial institutions.
The 2,500 hectare free zone will allow private companies from the UAE to invest in agricultural production and development in Uganda.
- The National
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29 October 2018
Decades-long legal battle over ancestral land had forced indigenous people to occupy other areas to make a living. Their loss of land has largely been driven by cattle, about 2.7 million people live in Mato Grosso do Sul, as do 22 million cattle, according to FAMASUL, a farmers' association in the state.
Effective March 2019 Standard Chartered has new rules related to its financial services activity in the area of agribsuiness
- Standard Chartered
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25 October 2018
A controversial new railroad, Ferrogrão (Grainrail), is poised to penetrate the Brazilian Amazon, if industrial agribusiness gets its way.