Capitalising on Milk Price Volatility for Long-term Gains
Prem Maan Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Southern Pastures Global dairy consumption is growing at greater than 2% per annum and is expected to double by 2050. This demand growth is driven primarily by an increasing demand for animal protein in the emerging world’s
Read moreFollow the $2 Billion AgTech Investment Momentum at GAI AgTech Week
The AgTech gold rush is on. With investment in this sector exploding to over two billion in 2014 from roughly $150 million in 2012, according a recent article by GAI News, the momentum is set to continue. Highly engaged in discussions of the principles of this burgeoning sector are investors – from venture capital to privat
Read moreNotes from the field: An Indian perspective on the Global AgTech Week
By Sahil Kini With the global population expected to rise to 9 billion by 2050, the world will have to figure out a way to grow 60% more food with less land, water, fertilizers and pesticides. If that doesn’t sound daunting enough, sample this: We will have to somehow grow more food in the next 35 years, than we have ever grown since th
Read more10 Trends in U.S. Agriculture to Keep Your Eye on in 2015 (Premium Content)
By Garret Baldwin, GAI contributor Each year, prognosticators put together trend forecasts for stakeholders in almost every industry. But one of the biggest pitfalls to such measurements is that few companies and individuals are altering their budgets and business strategies well into January. For this reason, monitoring trends in
Read moreLatin America: The Next Global Breadbasket
By Alexandre Fernandes de Oliveira, Inter-American Development Bank Earlier this year at the inaugural AgroLAC 2025 meeting international experts flew into Sao Paulo, Brazil to promote new financial instruments that could connect with innovative solutions to expand and develop sustainable agricultural production across the regio
Read moreCuba’s New Laws Will Be More Friendly To Foreign Investors
By Marc Davis Investors worldwide, ever alert for opportunities, are now eyeing Cuba as the next emerging market with significant growth and profit potential. Cuba's agricultural sector, including forestry, cattle ranching and the dairy industry, are among the areas expected to receive infusio
Read moreGAI Insight: Cuba’s New Laws Will Be More Friendly To Foreign Investors
By Marc Davis Investors worldwide, ever alert for opportunities, are now eyeing Cuba as the next emerging market with significant growth and profit potential. Cuba's agricultural sector, including forestry, cattle ranching and the dairy industry, are among the areas expected to receive infusions of foreign investment cap
Read moreMoving Closer to a Solar Economy
Khuram Maqsood Managing Director, Middle East Sundrop Middle East Limited Perhaps it is fitting at a Conference examining in various aspects how agriculture and investment meet, that we take notice of how hard it is to remember what we should probably not have forgotten. Over 40 years ag
Read moreTurkish Agriculture 2015 and Beyond: Is there opportunity for FDI?
Güldem Atabay Sanli Director - Research and Strategy EGC Agri Capital With some 30% of household spending going to food, beverages and tobacco; Turkey’s food industry has registered a steady growth in recent years, with the Turkish consumers becoming increasingly demanding, spoi
Read moreCanada- Land of the Free (Grain)?
Nicole Rogers Principal, Agriprocity nrogers@agriprocity.com Nicole is a member of the GAI Middle East 2015 Advisory Board The Canadian market has undergone two and a half years of enormous change. In August 2012, for the first time in over 70 y
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