31 Jan-01 Feb, 2012
Dubai, U A E
Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel & Towers
Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel & Towers
"New Structures of Agri-Investment"
Tapping on the extensive agri opportunities in Africa!
Equatorial Palm Oil: progressing with Liberian plans. The firm's long-term plan is to become a sustainable, low-cost African producer of crude palm oil through the reactivation and development of both existing plantations and the company's land bank in Liberia. Sept 11, Proactiveinvestors.com
The UK government-owned development finance institution, CDC Group, is to make a $20m investment in farming and agribusiness in sub-Saharan Africa. Oct 11, Africa Fund Manager
Zambia to set up $150 million sugar plantation. Spanish and Indian investors are competing to invest in a $150 million sugar plantation that Zambia plans to set up this year, a senior official has said. Nov 11, Africa Echo News
Sub-Saharan Africa, which holds 60% of the world's remaining uncultivated land suitable for farming, is seeing a surge of interest from foreign investors. Sovereign wealth and private equity funds are also diversifying into African agricultural farmland investments.
However, developing agribusiness in Africa has many challenges including political instability, security of tenure, lack of transportation systems, financial risk guarantee and infrastructure challenges to name a few.
How are companies addressing these challenges? What are the key success factors to consider when embarking on an African venture? What business models work best?
CMT's 2nd commercial farm Africa Summit brings together leading experts to share insights on the opportunities and challenges in agri investment in emerging Africa!
You will network with key decision makers from - Farm & plantation investors/owners
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| Here's what our delegates said about our Large Scale Farming in Africa and 2nd Global Large Scale Farm Forum: |
Excel Crop Care – Good opportunity to interact with people in the commercial agri sector Standard Chartered Bank – Excellent networking opportunity Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya – The conference was very informative and interactive Agri-SA – It broadened my perspectives and introduced me to people, topics and sources to add value to our initiatives in Africa Agricultural Management Company – The conference provided a great entry and network for establishing our market entry strategy to the MENA region Kenana Sugar Company – Size of conference was good for intimate discussion and ability to meet everyone; Good topics and good networking opportunities Polyserve – Very useful Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (The Arab Republic of Egypt) – It was very interesting and beneficial with good opportunities to get acquainted Farmsecure Holdings – Thank you for arranging a brilliant conference Eurasia – Well balanced, well organised, well attended, overall a satisfactory experience and interesting enough. Glad to come back! Karuturi Global – It was an eye-opener with relevance to East Asia Phyto Agricultural Group Ltd– It was informative and useful |
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