For Elite Agro LLC, a UAE-based agriculture company with large-scale farming operations in Africa, Europe and Asia, Fiji offers a "strategic position" to allow the company to "grow its position in the Southern Hemisphere”
China has approved plans to establish international agricultural demonstration zones in 10 countries. The projects include an agriculture technology park in Laos, Zambia dan Fiji, said agriculture ministry in a statement.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Qingdao in China is looking into Fiji's agriculture sector as a potential area of investment.
Korean rice company, Grace Road Company Ltd, in Navua is looking at investing $10 million in the revitalisation of the rice industry in the country and in expanding its farm.
Le président de Kiribati est partisan d'acquérir davantage de terrains à l'étranger, après un premier achat effectué aux Fidji, afin de garantir la sécurité alimentaire du pays et, à terme, de parer à la montée du niveau de la mer.
Kiribati President Anote Tong says there are no plans to begin moving people to the newly-purchased 2,200 ha of land in Fiji. The estate is rich agricultural land and its role is more likely to be for food security.
