Agriculture Opportunities in Latin America – Speech at CII Partnership Summit
I was invited to speak at the CII Partnership Summit held in Chennai at the session on New Trade Routes. I spoke on how Latin/South America is well-positioned as the world’s agriculture outsourcing hub, and can meet India’s needs for food security. See video below:
The recent price rise in food items which has caused heartache [...]
Indian edible oil firms head for Latin America
Met Martin O’Farrell on my visit to Argentina last month. Great guy – lots of opportunities for future collaboration.
via IndianExpress
Indian entrepreneurs will soon become farmers in Latin America. About 14 producers of vegetable oils, including Gujarat Ambuja, KS Oil, Liberty Oil, Pranab Agro and Betul Oil, have formed a consortium to acquire 10,000 hectares of [...]
High edible oil demand, oil companies expand
via commodity online
As edible oil scenario is getting more sticky in India – world’s biggest consumer – companies in the oil field is going gaga. Looking to the huge aspect of demand of edible oil, the latest entrant from this sector to the stock market is Gokul Refoils and Solvent Ltd, a Gujarat-based solvent extractor [...]
Ban on edible oil futures won’t help
Potential to add imports of sunflower oil from Argentina to mix. Banning futures trading is counter-productive and will hurt commodity producers since it doesn’t allow for adequate risk management.
via Business Standard
Of the annual consumption of around 11 million metric tonnes (mmt) of edible oil, India imports around 4 mmt of palm oil and 2 mmt [...]
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