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"Substantial progress at Lonrho Agriculture" Stop further destruction by Bidco ! The No2Bidco Campaign in and Published: 13 Jan 2009 request support for their struggle Short URL: http://farmlandgrab.org/2683 against Bidco Africa- a multinational Posted in: Angola | Lonrho | Mali | Nigeria joint venture involving that has decimated Bugala Comments (0) Print Email this Island Uganda, clearing some 18,000 acres of rainforest to make way for an LONRHO PLC | 13th January 2009 oil palm plantation. Sign this letter to request that the UNDP immediately Lonrho Plc, the conglomerate with a structured portfolio of African investments, is pleased to disassociate from the project. announce that it's wholly owned agricultural subsidiary Lonrho Agriculture has made significant progress on its strategy towards vertically integrating its operations. It continues to become a significant producer, processor and deliverer of agricultural products from the African continent to key African and European and Middle Eastern markets. Who's involved?

The company announced today that it has signed a development agreement with the Angolan Select Category Government to develop 25,000 hectares of agricultural projects in Angola.

Agricultural projects Lonrho Agriculture has signed an Agreement with His Excellency Engineer Alfonso Pedro Canga, the Events Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Angola and Carlos Alberto Jaime, the Director of Gesterra, Gestao de Terras Aravais, the Government Agricultural Promotion agency. 06 Jul 2016 - New York Executive training program The agreement is for the development by Lonrho Agriculture of 25,000 hectares of agricultural on sustainable investments projects in the Provinces of Uige, Zaire and Bengo in Angola. This will be in close co-operation with in agriculture the Government of Angola and work closely with the Governments initiatives to promote agricultural reconstruction and development.

Lonrho agriculture is also currently undertaking feasibility studies in co-operation with the Governments of Malawi and Mali for 25,000 hectares of agricultural land on the banks of Lake Malawi and for a five year potential development of up to 100,000 hectares in the Niger Delta in Mali.

Logistics and Agri Processing Lonrho Agriculture remains focused on developing international standard agri processing, storage and handling facilities that meet stringent European import requirements and developing and operating the necessary chilled logistics networks to ensure that fresh produce from Africa can reach markets in Europe and elsewhere in prime condition.

Lonrho Agriculture's existing 'Rollex' operation has expanded it's processing and packing operations from 3,500m2 to 4,908m2 to meet expected demand. The facility is located airside at Johannesburg Posts Comments International in South Africa. Recent posts This facility's revenues in the 12 months ending December 2008 have increased by 25% over the corresponding period. The company is a major supplier to the South African market and major Ex-Karuturi flower f arm workers retailers in Europe including Marks & Spencer and Tesco. yet to get pay 13 Jul 2016 | No Comments The previously announced 1,810m2 fruit salad processing line at the Johannesburg facility is now Honduras : les assassinats contre delivering processed fruit salad in South Africa and opening lucrative export markets in Europe. The les environnementalistes se fruit salad facility is forecast to add turnover of US$ 20 million to the Rollex operations in 2009. poursuivent 12 Jul 2016 | No Comments The 480m2 cold store and export processing facility in Windhoek, Namibia, has surpassed expectations and now exports 15 tons of fresh fish from Windhoek to Frankfurt and Gatwick on a Accaparement mondial des terres daily basis. agricoles en 2016 : ampleur et impact The company's agricultural engineering consultants MBB have recently completed site surveys for the 12 Jul 2016 | No Comments new cold store and agri processing facility that the company announced that it is developing at Paraguay campesinos sentenced Lilongwe, Malawi to commence the delivery of produce from Malawi to service the fast growing f or 2012 coup-sparking massacre Middle East market. 11 Jul 2016 | No Comments

Further agri processing facilities are under negotiation and planned to be developed in Harare in Land grabs continue to destroy Zimbabwe, the Niger delta in Mali and Luanda in Angola. Uganda’s f orests 11 Jul 2016 | No Comments David Lenigas, Lonrho's Executive Chairman commented: Accaparement des terres: Mythe "Lonrho sees the potential for growth in the agricultural sector in Africa as a significant and ou réalité? real opportunity. Lonrho had a long tradition in large scale agriculture in Africa. We believe that 11 Jul 2016 | No Comments Lonrho Agriculture provides the ability to successfully vertically integrate the market, enabling Turmoil in Saudi water sector as the company to produce, source, process, pack and deliver produce from across the Continent country runs dry to markets in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. 11 Jul 2016 | No Comments

"It is the vertical integration of the African agricultural industry that is the key to success. It is Australia: Foreign investment in the ability to not only grow produce, but to deliver it to a global market that will meet the the f arm to be a key issue f or new growing shortages of food production." government 10 Jul 2016 | No Comments

Bassin du lac Tchad : Les Saoudiens convoitent 120 000 Source: Lonrho PLC hectares de terres agricoles et pastorales au Niger 09 Jul 2016 | No Comments

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