Via Yahoo! Finance, a report that African Agriculture announced a multi-year supply agreement with South Korea-Based holding company Dr. Kahn:\ African Agriculture Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AAGR), (“African Agriculture” or “the Company”) a pioneering company operating a commercial-scale alfalfa farm in Senegal and dedicated to food security for the coming century, today announced a multi-year supply agreement with Dr. […]
Read more »Via Angop, a report on a UAE plan to invest US$30M for rice production in Angola: A business group from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said they plan to invest roughly 30 million US dollars for rice and avocados production in Angola. The intention of the investors was expressed during a meeting Angola’s Minister […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how countries might soon be able to trade emission reductions with other governments, but experts warn the market is already being exploited in developing countries: One day in late October, leaders from more than a dozen towns across Liberia’s Gbi-Doru rainforest crammed into a whitewashed, tin-roofed church. […]
Read more »Via Stateline, a look at how – as foreigners buy up American agricultural land – U.S. lawmakers want to keep certain countries out: Andy Gipson gets concerned even when American allies such as the Netherlands and Germany invest in large swaths of Mississippi’s farmland. “It just bothers me at a gut level,” he said. For Gipson, […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, a look at Russia’s use of free grain and subsidized agricultural-related research to generate international political support: Somalia, Burkina Faso set to receive first grain shipments Billionaire Melnichenko backs study for ex-South Africa leader Russian shipments of donated grain are due to begin landing in Africa within days, giving fresh impetus to its […]
Read more »Via CNN, a report that a UAE company has secured African land the size of the UK to be used to ‘offset’ the nation’s big carbon footprint: In late September, Zimbabwe’s environment minister signed away control over a staggering amount of land — almost 20% of his country — to a little-known foreign company. Blue Carbon was […]
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