Al Amoudi Archive

  • Saudi Star to swallow 100,000sqm of Bishoftu land021 February 2010

    Saudi Star to swallow 100,000sqm of Bishoftu land

    Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, the newest food growing company formed by Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi, is to acquire 100,000sqm of land in Bishoftu (Debre Zeit) this week, its senior official disclosed.
  • Al-Amoudi solicits additional arable land07 December 2009

    Al-Amoudi solicits additional arable land

    Al-Amoudi's recently established Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc requested, two weeks ago, an additional 250,000 ha of land in Ethiopia for sugar beet production.
  • Full circle: Back to the ‘Land to the Tiller’: Implications of the land grab in Ethiopia13 December 2009

    Full circle: Back to the ‘Land to the Tiller’: Implications of the land grab in Ethiopia

    Ethiopia's potential can be maximized only if we Ethiopians are the producers and sellers of our own agricultural products. What Meles Zenawi is doing now is putting this upside down. He made our potential buyers the sellers of our commodity.
  • Al-Amoudi’s efforts to initiate Saudi agro investments124 November 2009

    Al-Amoudi’s efforts to initiate Saudi agro investments

    Sources close to Al-Amoudi said that the king has shown an interest in seeing other Saudi companies involved in rice farming after seeing the samples presented by Al-Amoudi
  • Is there such a thing as agro-imperialism?019 November 2009

    Is there such a thing as agro-imperialism?

    There’s a whole school of economic thought that says that Collier is wrong, that big is not necessarily better in agriculture — and that the land deals therefore might be unwise not because they’re wrong but because they’re unprofitable.
  • Riyad lorgne sur les terres d’Afrique de l’Est016 November 2009

    Riyad lorgne sur les terres d’Afrique de l’Est

    Un forum Arabie Saoudite/Afrique de l’Est s’est tenu le 15 novembre à Addis Abeba auquel assistaient le ministre saoudien du Commerce et des représentants d’une cinquantaine de compagnies saoudiennes.
  • Ethiopia leases land for agriculture to earn foreign exchange210 November 2009

    Ethiopia leases land for agriculture to earn foreign exchange

    The Ethiopian government says concerns about foreign investors exporting food are outweighed by the plantations’ capacity to bring the country foreign exchange and technology, as well as creating employment.
  • Sheik’s new agro firm shells out $80m012 October 2009

    Sheik’s new agro firm shells out $80m

    Al Amoudi has a new company whose purpose is to grow food in Ethiopia for Saudi Arabia.
  • Ethiopia. Now is harvest time03 September 2009

    Ethiopia. Now is harvest time

    In June 2009, the Indian company Karuturi took up intensive farming in Ethiopia. The harvest will be exported to Asia and Europe.
  • Ethiopie. L’heure de la moisson a sonné03 September 2009

    Ethiopie. L’heure de la moisson a sonné

    Indiens et Saoudiens sont sur le point d’effectuer leur première récolte sur sol éthiopien. Le pays a prévu de céder 2,7 millions d’hectares aux étrangers.
  • Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Receives Minister of Commerce and Industry025 January 2009

    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Receives Minister of Commerce and Industry

    The King Abdullah Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad aims at contribution to realizing national and international food security, building integrative partnerships with countries all over the world that have high agricultural potential to develop and manage agricultural investments in several strategic crops at sufficient quantities and stable prices in addition to ensuring their sustainability.
  • Al-Amoudi Plans Largest Agro Investment024 January 2009

    Al-Amoudi Plans Largest Agro Investment

    In the largest single agricultural investment, Ethiopia’s richest man Sheik Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi, joined the bio-fuel sector in a joint venture with Jemal Ahmed, one of the biggest edible and palm oil importers in the country.