Elaia, the agricultural platform of Atitlan, has taken a significant step in its internationalization strategy by acquiring a majority stake in Ecosac, a Peruvian company specializing in grape and canned pepper production.

Reports suggested that Blue Carbon—a company privately owned by Sheikh Ahmed al-Maktoum, a member of Dubai’s ruling family—had signed deals promising the firm control over vast tracts of land across the African continent.

A state-owned palm oil company and an industry association have begun early work to push a vast new plantation strategy in Sulawesi, one of Indonesia’s largest islands.

Algeria’s Agriculture Ministry has signed a EUR 420 mn agricultural agreement with Italian agro-industrial group Bonifiche Ferraresi (BF) aimed at boosting food security and self-sufficiency in key crops in Algeria.

Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in importing 200,000 tonnes of red meat and one million tonnes of soybeans annually from Nigeria, as the African country seeks trade to earn dollars.

Japanese paper maker Oji Holdings Corp. has announced the establishment of a company in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, for forest plantation acquisition.

For a warming world, “plant more trees” seems pretty obvious, but in New Zealand, which tested that premise by linking incentives for forestry development with its emissions trading scheme, the results have been more controversial and less effective than climate advocates hoped.

The Mostaqbal Misr (Future of Egypt) Project is one of several giant land-reclamation and agricultural-production schemes aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in food, boosting farm exports, and cutting down bills for imports.