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Our objectives at the moment are to increase our processing levels and to transform ourselves from being a country that is an exporter of raw cashew nuts to a country that exports cashew kernels. This will allow us to ensure the stability of the price in terms of the growers and even to perhaps increase the price and create added value as well as reduce unemployment in Ivory Coast.
Sanogo Malamine, General Director of the Cotton and Cashew Council (Conseil du Coton et de l’Anarcade), gives an overview of both segments in Ivory Coast.
Marcopolis has ranked the largest agriculture companies in Saudi Arabia. The largest agriculture company in the kingdom is Al Marai, followed by Savola and Sadafco as per market value.
Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi, Saudi Arabia
With our 35 years of experience in Saudi in the modern agricultural industry and especially in dairy as well as in poultry, I believe we created a world-class, efficient agricultural project. The biggest challenge is and will be with water consumption. For example, today 96% of the water consumption in the dairy business comes from feeding.
“Integrated dairy farm means having all activities in one location which includes the feed production, raw milk production and cattle management, together with processing and factories,” says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.
“Today we have 50,000 cows in one location and we are considered to be the largest integrated dairy farm in the world,” says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.
“The biggest competitive aspect is the government support for electricity, fuel, some ingredients, etc. This helps us to maintain reasonable and low prices for the final consumers,” says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.
“We believe that we are competitive and the quality of the milk produced here in Saudi is considered one of the highest globally,” says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.
“The big investment opportunities in agriculture will be in the food production with efficient water consumption. Greenhouses is an opportunity and different types of research to utilize seawater in agriculture could be an opportunity,” says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.
“With our 35 years of experience in Saudi in the modern agricultural industry and especially in dairy as well as in poultry, I believe we created a world-class, efficient agricultural project,” says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.
