Agriculture

Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:21 UTC
Saudi dairy farm buys 30.000 acres of prime land in Argentina

Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company announced it was buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte for 83 million dollars to secure access to a supply of animal feed. The acquisition will give Riyadh-based Almarai Co. control of roughly 30,000 acres of farmland just ahead of tough new limits to be imposed by Argentina's government on foreign ownership of productive land.
Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 13:54 UTC
Rousseff reiterates pledge to eliminate extreme poverty in Brazil by 2014

President Dilma Rousseff, about to complete her first year in office, reiterated she remains committed to eliminate extreme poverty in Brazil by the end of her term in 2013.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 21:10 UTC
Brazil overtakes the UK and becomes the world’s sixth largest economy

Brazil has overtaken the UK as the world's sixth largest economy according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research, CEBR. The latest World Economic League Table also showed Asian countries moving up and European countries falling back.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 11:19 UTC
China and Argentina ratify crossed support for Taiwan and Falklands’ claims

China ratified support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands. The message was delivered last week by Chinese President Hu Jintao's special envoy Jiang Shusheng and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and is part of the reciprocal policy in support of Taiwan as a province of China.
Thursday, December 22nd 2011 - 14:13 UTC
Falkland Islands Councillors opt for continuity in portfolio responsibilities

Following the election last week of two new members to the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, MLA Dr Barry Elsby and MLA Ian Hansen, councillors have favoured stability and continuity in the allocation of portfolio responsibility, with the newly elected councillors largely taking on the responsibilities left vacant by the resignation of former members, Emma Edwards and Bill Luxton.
Monday, December 12th 2011 - 20:05 UTC
Extended corruption in access to land in 61 countries, claims FAO and Transparency

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, and Transparency International have detected serious corruption problems in the access to land in at least 61 countries, among which some in Latinamerica.
Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 02:18 UTC
New Economy minister: market friendly and an expert in debt negotiations

Hernán Lorenzino, 39, currently Finance Secretary and beginning next Saturday Argentina’s Minister of Economy is considered market friendly, has a vast experience in debt negotiations and accompanied President Cristina Fernandez in her recent trip to the G20 summit in France.
Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 04:19 UTC
Vietnamese teaching Cubans how to grow rice efficiently

Cuba plans to enlarge to 40,000 hectares a Vietnamese-aided test farm to expand production of rice, official media said on Monday.
Monday, November 28th 2011 - 14:35 UTC
Developing meat export industry, top priority of Falklands’ Agriculture Department

It is the generation of thirty-something who as children were the first to benefit from well-funded primary and secondary education following the Islands’ economic turn-around in the late 1980’s. They were the first generation of locally educated children who could graduate in careers of their choice.
Saturday, November 26th 2011 - 03:18 UTC
Strong process of land concentration and in foreign hands in Latam says FAO

A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, in seventeen Latinamerican and Caribbean countries discovered an intense concentration and foreign-held land process.