India

Video of a speech by Dave Ramaswamy of Allied Venture about the opportunities for India to outsource its agriculture to Latin America.

Contract covers the lease of 25,000 ha in the Regional State of Gambela for a period of 25 years, with option for renewal.

Contract covers the lease of 3,012 ha in the Gambela Regional State for a period of 50 years, with option for renewal.

The global rush to acquire agricultural land in bountiful Africa evokes concern and protests.

India's food crisis can be lessened by growing some of the relevant crops like wheat, rice, pulses and oilseeds in Argentina.

Countries that have recently invited India, through the ministry of agriculture, to lease land for farming include Egypt, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Senegal, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia.

L'ultimo caso: due aziende indiane hanno sottoscritto un accordo con il ministro dell'agricoltura e dello sviluppo rurale etiope per ottenere in concessione terreni per una superficie pari a 15 mila ettari. L'obiettivo delle compagnie è di impiantare tea e la pongamia pinnata.

A move by Madagascar's army-backed leader to nix a huge South Korean farming deal has exposed the risks of such ventures in Africa.

The Indian construction company has decided to cultivate pongamia pinnata and edible oil seeds there

Standard Chartered Bank's Africa private equity arm and a unit of Reliance Capital are in talks to invest in Dubai-based Karuturi Overseas.

"Agricultural land owned by Indians in a foreign country with captive markets locally, and as an opportunity to export to India, is of interest to us," says Shashi Tharoor

"The urgent need is to find countries where India can grow its pulses and its grain, because India's farms may not be enough," says the director of Adani Logistics Ltd