GCC Archive

• Gulf News05 Aug 10

  Gulf investors need to look at CIS market

  Since GCC countries have the required financial capacity and advanced financial systems, they can benefit from investment opportunities in agricultural production in CIS, where Gulf funds may bring about significant changes in the production and trade in food commodities in global markets
• The National11 Jul 10

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  The GCC states are rapidly pursuing contracts for the purchase of land from eastern Africa to Vietnam to guarantee ample food supplies
• Arabian Business28 Jun 10

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  Leading Gulf economist Dr Eckart Woertz says plans by GCC states to buy farmland in Asian and African countries were not materialising despite announcements to the contrary.
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  Study says creation of a farm fund is crucial for the success of Arab agricultural projects aimed at achieving self-sufficiency since most fertile countries in the region lack sufficient investments.
• Reuters12 Jun 10

  Indonesia sees rice crop up, seeks Gulf farm investment

  Indonesia aims to attract Gulf Arab investors to develop "sleeping land" says Agriculture Minister during meetings with businessmen in Riyadh.
• Avvenire23 May 10

  L’Etiopia ridotta alla fame dà cibo ai ricchi Paesi arabi

  Con una dozzina di grandi laghi, altrettanti corsi d’acqua principali e oltre 3,5 milioni di ettari di terra irrigata, l’Etiopia è il «sogno blu» per gli investitori dell’arido Golfo arabo.
• Gulf News09 May 10

  Local food production not viable

  GCC countries are doing the right thing by increasingly exploring investments in farmlands abroad, says Jasim Ali, Bahraini MP.
• Nature25 Apr 10

  Gulf Cooperation Council food security: balancing the equation

  "A key obstacle to more transparent debate and informed decisions by governments and investors [involved in global land transactions] is the lack of science-based information," writes Surendra Shah in Nature magazine
• The National18 Apr 10

  The latest crop of landowners gives food for thought

  Such huge transfers of agricultural power must surely come with consequences that are worthy of closer regulatory inspection.
• Arabian Business15 Apr 10

  ME’s farmland buys in Africa seen as ‘a win-win partnership’

  The head of a 19-state African trading bloc has denied the Gulf’s policy of snapping up cheap farmland across the continent is tantamount to a ‘neo-colonialist’ land grab.
• Arab News12 Apr 10

  Stronger GCC-ASEAN ties pledged

  Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet, current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, pledged to bolster Saudi-ASEAN cooperation in view of ASEAN's reliance on the Gulf states' oil and the Gulf states' need for overseas farmland for their own food security.
• EIU30 Mar 10

  New Economist Intelligence Unit study assesses long-term resource strategy of GCC countries

  The Economist Intelligence Unit says that GCC investments in farmland abroad are needed to ensure food security, but must be structured carefully to avoid conflicts with host governments.
• Emirates Business03 Mar 10

  GCC states look abroad to meet food needs

  Gulf oil producers have abandoned long-standing nationalistic policies of achieving food self-sufficiency and switched to a more realistic approach of using their strong financial muscle to invest in farm projects in fertile countries.
• Financial Times26 Jan 10

  Mideast supplies: Slowdown in Gulf states’ dash for farmland

  The urgency among Gulf states to pursue farmland acquisitions has diminished as food prices have gone down and controversy has gone up. Still, Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with its plans.
• Hurriyet04 Jan 10

  From the Bosphorus: Straight – A proposal to be stewed, roasted, baked or boiled

  This proposal smacks of the 18th and 19th century capitalizations of the Ottoman government that made Turkey a vassal of European powers. Thanks Mr. Korkmaz. But no thanks.
• The National17 Dec 09

  Food security keeps its place at the table

  What do the Berlin Wall and the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) have in common?
• Reuters15 Dec 09

  Sudan eyes $6 bln-$7 bln investment in 2010

  Sudan's minister of state for investment said yesterday he expects investments of $6-7 billion in the country in 2010, adding that Africa's largest nation is seeing increased interest in its agricultural sector.
• Gulf News12 Dec 09

  Baghdad calls on GCC to ensure its food security by investing in Iraq lands

  Baghdad has suggested that Gulf Cooperation Council countries invest in Iraq farms to help revive its agriculture and ensure the Gulf's food security locally.
• The National16 Nov 09

  When wise investing leads to full stomachs

  Why produce a low-value crop such as wheat using expensive water when the FAO says the global wheat harvest will this year be second only to last year’s record?
• The National23 Sep 09

  Thailand’s bloom fades for investors from Gulf

  Bangkok was wary of GCC efforts to ensure its food supplies by purchasing rice growing lands, and now political instability is chilling the investment climate. Tom Spender reports