TEHRAN, IRAN – The country has exported more than 6.7 million tons of agricultural and food products worth US$4.8 billion during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023 – January 20, 2024), an Iranian economic official said. Rouhollah Latifi, the spokesman of the Iranian House...

Vienna, Austria— Continuing with its initiative to support businesses across the world, the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) is providing a US$50 million loan to Banco Continental in Paraguay for on-lending to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in agricultural and livestock sectors. The investment is part of...

SALIC had signed the acquisition pact in March.

Real estate transactions in the Emirate of Sharjah totaled US$544 million (AED 2 billion) in August 2022, according to the monthly report published by Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department (SRERD).

Russian fertilizers and agricultural products must be able to reach world markets "unimpeded" or a global food crisis could strike as early as next year, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Saturday. "It is important that all governments and the private sector cooperate to bring them to market," he said...

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was on a tour of Bustanica, the world’s largest vertical farm that recently opened in Dubai.

The two firms will cooperate in agriculture sector.

The four-day event is organized by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI).

The loan approved Wednesday aims to ensure "affordable bread for the poor, barley for livestock, and agricultural inputs for domestic grain production".

Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, has said UAE is keen to enhance efforts aimed at building sustainable food and agricultural systems in GCC. She was speaking at the 32nd Meeting of the GCC Agricultural Cooperation Committee. Almheiri commended the Committee and hoped that...

Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) said that the total value of exports during the January-May period 2022 amounted to JD339 million, compared to JD248 million for the first five months last year. According to the ACC's statistical data announced on Sunday, the number of ACC certificates of origin issued during...

World food prices hit an all-time high in March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which accounted for 20 percent of global wheat and maize exports over the past three years

Abu Dhabi issued 25,427 new economic licenses in 2021, an increase of 21.5 percent compared to the 2020 figure of 20,925, according to the 2021 Business Activity Report published by the Abu Dhabi Business Center at the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) . The report said that renewed...

The UAE has announced a prize of up to $2 million for startups that can offer technology innovations to transform traditional agricultural practices efficiently and sustainably. The FoodTech Challenge is organized by the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and Tamkeen, an Abu Dhabi entity that partners with leading...

Kyrgyzstan and the UAE have discussed enhancing the investment and trade cooperation between the two sides. Mohamed Ali Musabbeh Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Abdilatif Jumabaev, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the UAE represented their countries in a meeting. The meeting...

Abu Dhabi's agricultural production in 2020 was valued at AED13.7 billion ($3.72 billion) in 2020, with an increase of 12 percent compared to 2019, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 6.5 percent for 2017-2020. Statistics collected by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) in collaboration...

The Riyadh-based firm has appointed Solaiman Abdulaziz Altwaijri as its CEO

UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and UAE Special Envoy for Climate, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber has said that the UAE views climate action as a key enabler of stability and economic prosperity.

The 7th International Date Palm Conference will be held at Emirates Palace Hotel, in Abu Dhabi, from 14th to 16th March, 2022, local media reports said. A total of 475 international researchers, and experts, from 42 countries are likely to attend the conference. Minister of Tolerance and Co-existence Sheikh Nahyan...

The MoU was concluded during the preparatory and ministerial meetings between the two sides.

Real estate transactions worth AED5.7 billion ($1.55 billion) were recorded in Sharjah during the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 22.7 percent compared to the same period last year. A report by the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department said the rise in the number of transactions indicated a retreat...