Sentences with phrase «based agribusiness»

Among the countries that are leading the charge to buy or lease land abroad, either directly through government entities or through domestically based agribusiness firms, are Saudi Arabia, South Korea, China, and India.

Both Asia Pulp & Paper, a paper products giant widely condemned by environmentalists for its destructive forest practices, and Wilmar, a Singapore - based agribusiness giant that accounts for 45 percent of global palm oil production, committed to progressive forest policies that exclude conversion of forests with more than 35 tons of above ground biomass, peatlands, and habitats with high conservation value.

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• Pure Harvest Smart Farms, a UAE - based tech - enabled arid climate agribusiness, raised $ 4.5 million in funding.

Sadly, villages that have improved their lot in such ways are sometimes wiped out by agribusiness or by flooding caused by a huge dam built to fulfill the goals of standard, top - down, development based on the individualistic model.

Kerry Agribusiness operates a quality - advisory service with the strategic goal of supporting and advancing milk quality control across our supplier base through the provision of technical advice and the proactive correction of milk quality non-conformance.

Lactanz Dairies had been in receivership since 2013 after accruing debts of $ 21 million, before being purchased for close to $ 30 million by Melbourne - based Australian Agribusiness Group (AAG) and a consortium of European investors in June last year.

To meet demand, Kerry North America recently collaborated with our Irish - based Kerry Agribusiness colleagues to develop a market solution that speaks to our Irish dairy heritage and our commitment to producing high quality, sustainable dairy.

With a surge in inquiries coming into our Beloit, Wisconsin, Kerry North America headquarters, Schroeder and the rest of the dairy team sought to collaborate with the Irish - based Kerry Agribusiness, which supports our Irish milk suppliers in implementing the Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS).

Kerry Agribusiness is proud of our grass - based, sustainable milk supply and were the first major milk processor in Ireland to have achieved 100 % SDAS (Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme) Certification under the Bord Bia Origin Green scheme.

Kerry Agribusiness is a leading supplier of a wide range of high - quality ruminant feeds to support our grass - based milk production system under the well - known Bloom Feeds brand.

Kerry Agribusiness is responsible for the management of all activities relating to our Farmers, ensuring the efficient production of grass - based, sustainably produced and high - quality milk, thereby making it a source of premium - quality dairy and nutritional products for customers across the globe.

«Kerry Agribusiness is proud of its strong dairy heritage and through ongoing engagement with our milk suppliers will ensure the adoption of best practice initiatives, to support our grass - based, sustainable and premium - grade milk production and in doing so secure the viability of present and future generations.»

«To be world leaders in grass - based milk production by ensuring the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the Kerry Agribusiness milk supply into the future.»

Kerry Agribusiness, through our technical and advisory extension services, enable our entire supplier base to maximise on - farm efficiencies and farm profitability.

Our farmers have an excellent milk quality history and their commitment to milk quality was recently emphasised when Kerry Agribusiness became the first large milk purchaser in Ireland to attain 100 % Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS) certification across its supplier base.

Kerry Agribusiness suppliers are steeped in dairying tradition and combine the synergies of a temperate climate and low - cost, grass - based milk production to deliver a high - quality and wholesome raw food product.

Based on these numbers it would appear smallholder farmers are less interested in joining the organic movement than large agribusiness farms.

Oddly, he has promised to «fight the efforts of big oil and big agribusiness to undermine» corn - based ethanol.

Last summer, agribusiness giant Syngenta, based in Basel, Switzerland, conducted the first field trials of maize (corn) containing engineered mini-chromosomes, and showed that the mini-chromosomes, which carried multiple genes for insect and herbicide resistance, were stable in the field.

Wilmar International, a Singapore - based company that bills itself as Asia's biggest agribusiness group, has come under fire for several of its plantation projects in Nigeria.

Students then look at the role and dominance of agribusinesses across the food supply chain through a number of graphics, based on the food price index, food production and consumption patterns.

This book is focused on the challenges to implement sustainability in diverse contexts such as agribusiness, natural resource systems and new technologies.The experiences made by the researchers of the School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Science (SAFE) of the University of Basilicata offer a wide and multidisciplinary approach to the identification and testing of different solutions tailored to the economic, social and environmental characteristics of the region and the surrounding areas.Basilicata's productive system is mainly based on activities related to the agricultural sector and exploitation of natural resources but it has seen, in recent years, an industrial development driven by the discovery of oil fields.

Over the 14 — year period ending Feb. 28, 2017, the S&P Global Natural Resources Index, which is designed to provide market participants with an equity - based approach to natural resource investments through its three commodity - related sectors (agribusiness, energy, and metals & mining), has outperformed the S&P Global BMI by a monthly average of 36 bps in high - inflation months.

The decision to invest in an agribusiness scheme should be based on the merits of the scheme, not on the potential tax benefits.

«[Global capital] is looking for investments, and one of the best investments is the agribusiness sector, which is based on food security across the world, first and foremost in Africa and Asia,» he said.

Protéus, a France - based biotechnology company, will collaborate with global agribusiness company Syngenta on the development of novel high - performance enzymes for cellulosic biofuel production.

«It is a disturbing development to see a politically motivated group like ALEC join forces with the shadowy palm oil lobby from Malaysia and Indonesia as well as with huge agribusiness companies Cargill and Wilmar to pressure the EPA to overturn what is supposed to be a science - based decision made in the best interests of the American people,» said Laurel Sutherlin with the Rainforest Action Network, in a statement.

Hazel Brasington is a transport lawyer based in Melbourne and head of the Australian commodities and agribusiness group.

Kathy advises a broad range of Canadian companies involved in the energy and resources, technology, and food and agribusiness sectors on matters involving the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange rules and regulations, public and private offerings, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, takeover and issuer bids, going - private transactions, related - party transactions and equity - based compensation arrangements, and has provided leadership on complex international transactions.

Based on the study results Arzinger is highly recommended in such legal areas as Dispute Resolution, Arbitration And Mediation, Antitrust & Competition, International Arbitration, Corporate and M&A, Labor & Employment, Corporate Governance & Compliance, Tax Law, Agribusiness, Legal Representation in product liability disputes as well as Real Estate.