UAE

Serbia: The state is preparing to sell the rest of the PKB corporation
- N1
- 24 Mar 2024
The remaining land assets of what used to be PKB Corporation is being sold to a new company owned by the Serbian state
Abu Dhabi-owned Unifrutti eyes further Latam growth after fresh acquisitions
- Reuters
- 09 Mar 2024
The company has reached a deal to buy both AvoAmerica Peru and Bomarea from U.S.-based Solum Partners and Alpine Fresh, it said on Saturday, following its January acquisition of Verfrut, which produces fruits in Chile and Peru.
Arizona communities sink after Saudi Arabia pumps water out of the state: ‘It’s horrific’
- The Cool Down
- 27 February 2024
“The Emiratis are farming and have withdrawn so much water from the ground that the entire town of Wenden has sunk by four feet,”
Forbes Serbia: Biggest landowner in Serbia is Matijevic Meat Industry
- Beta Briefing
- 22 February 2024
The largest landowners in Serbia are Matijevic Meat Industry, Al Dahra (UAE), Delta Holding, Almex, Login EKO, Coric Agrar, Mile Blagojevic, Elite Agro (UAE), Al Rawafed (UAE) and Nicko, Forbes Serbia reports
Côte d’Ivoire - Le gouvernement signe une convention avec un consortium d’investisseurs pour la réhabilitation de 86.000 ha de forêt
- FAAPA
- 07 February 2024
Fadox Group International (EAU) et Allcot AG (Suisse) vont créer des plantations agroforestières sur 86.000 hectares dans le nord du pays pour la production de crédits carbone
UAE in talks to buy more African land to aid food security
- AGBI
- 31 January 2024
With 56 deals under its belt, the UAE has 14 more farmland acquisition deals in the pipeline in 2024, mainly in Africa
Gabon : Controverse sur le projet de monoculture d’eucalyptus dans les Plateaux Bateke
- 24 January 2024
La société Sequoia réclame avoir obtenu 60,000 hectares pour un projet de monoculture d’eucalyptus dans la province du Haut-Ogooué, au Gabon.
Unifrutti buys Chile-based fruit supplier Verfrut
- JustFood
- 22 January 2024
Unifrutti Group in Abu Dhabi has bought Verfrut, a “prominent fresh produce player with a presence in Chile and Peru, where it operates over 7,500 hectares of fully integrated farming and processing facilities”
UAE plans to invest USD 30mln for rice production in Angola
- ANGOP
- 19 December 2023
E20 Investment of UAE plan to use 5,000 hectares in Angola for rice cultivation and 500 hectares for avocado production.
Al Dahra and Agreena announce carbon farming project on the EU’s largest arable farm at COP28
- Agreena
- 12 December 2023
A partnership between UAE agribusiness, Al Dahra, and Danish climate agtech company, Agreena, will see the largest consolidated arable farm in the European Union transition to regenerative agriculture.
Niger, Blue Carbon sign pact on tree planting
- Guardian
- 08 December 2023
Governor Mohammed Bago of Nigeria's Niger State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Blue Carbon for a carbon capture project to plant one billion new trees on 760,000 hectares in the state.
When Emirati alfalfa farms moved in, Arizona wells dried up. Why?
- AP
- 29 November 2023
Tensions are bubbling up at Arizona alfalfa farms as water becomes a top commodity. Local farmers say that their wells have dried up since since an Emirati alfalfa farm moved in.