{"id":12345,"date":"2023-12-19T15:37:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/?p=12345"},"modified":"2023-12-19T15:44:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:44:21","slug":"african-industries-group-takes-over-romanias-largest-rice-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/african-industries-group-takes-over-romanias-largest-rice-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"African Industries Group takes over Romania\u2019s largest rice farms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rice_farm_and_machine_by_siamimagesdreamstime.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rice_farm_and_machine_by_siamimagesdreamstime.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rice_farm_and_machine_by_siamimagesdreamstime-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rice_farm_and_machine_by_siamimagesdreamstime-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rice_farm_and_machine_by_siamimagesdreamstime-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>African Industries Group (AIG), controlled by Raj and Alok Gupta, already active in Romania\u2019s agriculture, received the competition council\u2019s permit to take over Padova Agriculture \u2013 the owner of the largest local rice farm that stretches over 5,000ha \u2013 and Contara, another farm controlled by the same Italian owner,\u00a0Ziarul Financiar\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seller is the Italian Roncato group, managed by Giovanni Roncato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Padova Agricultura is the largest local rice producer, with a cultivated area of \u200b\u200bover 5,000 hectares in the south-east of Romania. 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