The funds will be used for the procurement of specific agri-commodities from smallholder farmers in Vietnam, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and Uganda as well as the expansion of Olam’s cocoa processing facility in Indonesia.
Letter from African community organisations to SOCFIN regarding the unsafe conditions for plantation workers and neighbouring communities during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
The law allows for the phasing in of private farmland sales in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO on Monday said it bought 60,000 tonnes of Ukraine wheat from investment firm SALIC, marking its first purchase from agricultural investments overseas aimed at enhancing the country’s food security.
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Agriculture has blocked a large-scale poultry farm project covering 10,000 acres promoted by two Israeli companies citing “critical commercial risks” that need to be resolved.
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22 April 2020
Abu Dhabi-based agriculture firm Al Dahra Holding has signed a crop supply deal with Bulgarian agribusiness group AJD Agro Ltd,
On 31 March 2020, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the new Law No. 2178-10, which opens the Ukrainian agricultural land market. This article breaks down the new law involves.
Japfa’s AustAsia operates seven farms in China with roughly 80,000 cows and is a major supplier of raw milk to Meiji’s dairy business.
In an excerpt from his new book Why We Are Coming, author Yasin Kakande lays bare the truth about the Western exploitation of Africa that is the root cause of Africans choosing to leave their homelands.
The Development Bank of Ethiopia suspending loans for commercial farms because of the failure of numerous farms in Gambella, where the Bank was even tricked into giving two loans for a single agriculture project.
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16 April 2020
Agribusiness proponents in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Acre and Amazonas plan to create a joint agricultural area, Amacro, inspired by the multi-state Matopiba region that is now the country’s grain-growing heartland.
If a national referendum on the sale of agricultural land was held in the next week, 74% would vote against the sale of land as required by the IMF, Ukranian researchers show