Standard Chartered

Global Witness exposes how more than 300 banks and investors back six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses to the tune of $44bn

Effective March 2019 Standard Chartered has new rules related to its financial services activity in the area of agribsuiness

With the Economic Large-Scale Production (ELSP) model being implemented more frequently in Vietnam, more companies are looking to invest in agricultural production as it becomes more profitable and efficient.

Quelque 25 entreprises investissent directement dans les palmiers à huile en Afrique, venant principalement d’Asie du Sud-Est - de Malaisie, mais aussi de Singapour et d’Indonésie - indique Standard Chartered

Mugabe government is very reasonable about the perception of commercial agriculture being in foreign hands, says Standard Chartered.

African agriculture has a big investment problem: lots of private equity interest but few opportunities because most farms and companies are too small to absorb the cash or provide attractive returns.

L’ampleur des investissements chinois dans les terres agricoles en Afrique avec pour objectif de contribuer à nourrir les quelque 1,3 milliard de Chinois, serait «exagérée», souligne une récente étude de la banque Standard Chartered.

Claims of Chinese "land grabs" in Africa, to grow food for importing, have been overstated – for now - although "this could be a longer term motivation", Standard Chartered said.

Afrifresh Group, a South African agriculture group, is set to acquire a controlling stake in Ariston Holdings, as Emvest pulls out.

Standard Chartered Bank’s Private Equity division has invested $74 million to acquire a minority stake in ETC Group Mauritius, one of the largest owners of African farmland.

Corporations and bankers do not believe in farming as a way of life; they believe in farming as a very profitable business that they control. Their goal is not to improve family farming in Africa, but to eradicate it.

Afrifresh manages 14 farms across South Africa, with over 3,000 hectares under irrigation, in addition to its export agency business.