As part of its expansion plans, Dubai-based dairy Al Rawabi expects to buy land in Africa before the end of next year to grow alfalfa, which is used as a forage crop.
Dubai-based company AMK Metal Fzco is to construct a livestock farm for 20,000 head of cattle and a meat processing plant for the production of 5,000 tonnes of high-quality beef in Kazakhstan.
Emirati investors have agreed to invest up to 37 million euros on six agriculture projects in Morocco.
Trois conventions d'investissement portant sur la réalisation de 1.515 hectares de projets agricoles au Maroc par des investisseurs émiratis ont été signées.
A Rice Farm Consortium from Dubai investing in a 7,500 hectares of rice farm in Saminaka, Borgu local government area of Niger State will spend $100million and employ 4,000 youths in the state.
Land Inc. is a journey across Brazil, Dubai, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Madagascar the Philippines and Ukraine to document what some define as a form of neocolonialism, and others as a chance for development: land grabbing
Al Dahra, groupe activant dans l’agroalimentaire, dont le siège social se trouve aux Emirats Arabes Unis, a jeté son dévolu sur l’Ouest algérien
Government agency announces that Al-Dahra Holding has expressed a desire to acquire 2.4 million acres of land in one of the largest valleys extending from Sahl al-Batana in the east to the River Nile state in northern Sudan.
A South Korean food security office will open in Abu Dhabi next month to help the UAE in its agricultural and fishery sectors, says the country’s ambassador to the UAE.
Il land grabbing si presenta insomma come un’ultima versione del neocolonialismo, che priva della loro terra i pastori e i piccoli coltivatori locali, l’accaparramento dell’acqua e la perdita della biodiversità. La ricerca si è concentrata sull’Etiopia, l’Arabia Saudita e gli Emirati Arabi: la fotografia è accompagnata da ampi testi esplicativi
The meeting brought together Economic and Trade Ministers from the UAE, Ghana, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Macedonia to discuss how direct investment could be channeled into agribusiness to achieve food security and prosperity.
The UAE import 85 per cent of its food, and the government plans to develop farmland in other countries — due to the lack of arable lands in the UAE — to secure food supplies amid increasing demand.
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La fiebre mundial por la tierra
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