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“One of these junior miners is Allana Potash Corp, listed on the TSX. Allana’s flagship asset is its Ethiopia Potash Project in the Danakil depression in north-eastern Ethiopia. Ethiopian potash deposits in this region are well known and highly concentrated. The Danakil depression is an atypical potash reserve, making it comparatively easily accessible, and therefore less costly to extract. Given the recent changes to the potash market, potential off-takers and equity investors are increasingly interested in Allana’s low cost production potential.:
Issue 02 / November 2013
Contacts
In this second issue of Cultivate, we review Brazil’s renewed interest in Africa, consider the future of potash mining and take a look at the regulation of foreign investment in Australian agriculture.
We also set out the findings of AGRA’s Africa Agriculture Status Report and review various legal developments including proposals for food regulation in Canada and food packaging restrictions In Australia.
We invite you to read about these recent developments affecting the food and agribusiness industry and welcome your thoughts on new areas to cover in future issues.
Contents
- Seeing the big picture in African agriculture An info-graphic snapshot of The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa‘s recently published inaugural Africa Agriculture Status Report. Taking an in-depth look at the staple crop value chain (cereals and root crops) from classroom to field to market in 16 countries in Africa.
- Unease in Australia – foreign investment in agriculture A discussion of the regulation of foreign investment in Australian agriculture. The sector is rife with disquiet and uncertainty reform appears inevitable — but what form will it take?
- The future of potash mining Population growth and the ongoing issue of global food security have thrust the production and supply of potash into the spotlight — we provide an analysis of the future of potash mining.
- A new player in African agribusiness A close look at why Brazil is once again taking an interest in African agribusiness.
- Legal update – Possible food packaging restrictions on the horizon in Australia A review of recent developments in Australian food packaging regulation, including an analysis of the the Labor Government’s call for a new and voluntary ‘star rating system’ prior to the recent Federal election.
- Legal update – Towards new food regulation in Canada Analysis of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s recently released discussion document: A New Regulatory Framework for Federal Food Inspection (Regulatory Framework Document), and the implications for food regulation in Canada.
- Case law – FDA Warning Letter update A brief synopsis of the recent food-related Warning Letters issued by the FDA, including the Letter addressed to Mark Palmer, President of Ocean Beauty Seafoods, LLC, and the recent letter to Steve Ellenberger, Owner and CEO of The Bagel Woks Café, Inc.
- Case law – ECJ: Use of farm saved seed without fulfilling the obligation to provide information infringes the plant variety right Commentary on the European Court of Justice’s ruling that using the product of the harvest obtained by planting propagating material as farm saved seed constitutes an infringement of the holder’s plant variety right, if the farmer fails to declare and pay, or misdeclares (Case C-509/10 – Josef Geistbeck, Thomas Geistbeck v Saatgut- Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH).
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- Exploring the “other” and second most plentiful Allana Potash resource…carnallite (allanapotashblog.org)
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- Allana CEO Farhad Abasov: Ethiopian Opportunity (business.financialpost.com)
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- EEPCo to sign first power purchasing agreement (allanapotashblog.org)
- Africa’s agribusiness worth US$1 trillion by 2030 (sierraexpressmedia.com)
- Allana Potash’s Low CAPEX/OPEX Project Creates Compelling Opportunity in Turbulent Potash Market (allanapotashblog.org)
- Cheer Up, Sir Bob Geldof – Allana Potash is Preparing to Transform Ethiopia into Africa’s Agricultural Superpower (allanapotashblog.org)
