Hadco Archive

• Reuters01 Jul 09

  Almarai to take over poultry firm Hadco

  In addition to being a key player in the Saudi poultry business, Hadco produces olives, wheat, dates and grass fodder. Almarai has its own cattle farms.
• FT24 May 09

  Riyadh paves way for foreign ventures

  Since details emerged of Saudi Arabia’s plans to ensure supplies of wheat, rice, corn, soya beans and alfalfa through overseas agricultural investments, officials have insisted that they intended the programme to be private-sector led.
• Dawn26 Apr 09

  Saudi Arabia looks to foreign farmlands to feed itself

  The issue of food security is getting higher on Riyadh’s priority list.
• Le Monde17 Apr 09

  L’Arabie saoudite vise une autosuffisance alimentaire délocalisée

  En janvier, le premier riz “saoudien” produit à l’étranger a été présenté au roi Abdallah. Le consommateur saoudien ne goûte pas la différence. En dépit du renversement de conjoncture, il continue à payer son alimentation à un prix élevé, correspondant au niveau en vigueur pour les achats massifs effectués en 2008 afin de prévenir toute crise alimentaire.
• Reuters20 Mar 09

  FACTBOX: Foreign forays into African farming

  A move by Madagascar's army-backed leader to nix a huge South Korean farming deal has exposed the risks of such ventures in Africa.
• Reuters15 Mar 09

  Two Saudi firms eye agribusiness investment abroad

  Two listed Saudi companies plan to invest in either farming or agri-business abroad under a state-sponsored plan to ensure steady food supplies.
• The Times (London)05 Mar 09

  Quest for food security breeds neo-colonialists

  Perhaps the UN’s hand-wringing is just sentimental. Deals will be done and the rush to buy land has begun in Europe, too.
• Reuters18 Feb 09

  INTERVIEW-Foreign land grabs for food could fuel unrest

  Big purchases of African land by richer countries in a drive for food security could fuel unrest if the rights of local farmers are not taken into consideration, a land rights campaigner warned on Wednesday.
• Sudan Tribune18 Feb 09

  Saudis to invest $ 266m in Ethiopia and Sudan

  A group of five Saudi Arabia business men have planned to invest 1 billion Saudi riyals (some $ 266.6 million) in agricultural projects in Sudan and Ethiopia within the coming few years, Pan Arab daily Asharq Al Awsat reports.
• Al Arabiya17 Feb 09

  HADCO Chairman talks about the Co’s Sudan investments

  A number of videos interviews broadcast by Al-Arabiya are available at Zawya.com, in Arabic
• Reuters17 Feb 09

  Saudi’s Hadco Eyes Sudan, Turkey in Food Security Push

  Saudi Arabia's Hail Agricultural Development Co (Hadco) said on Monday it would look at investing in Turkey and Kazakhstan after moving into Sudan under a government plan to ensure steady food imports.
• Reuters16 Feb 09

  Saudi Hail starts farm investment abroad in Sudan

  Saudi private sector company Hail Agricultural Development Co (Hadco) has picked Sudan for its first investment in farming abroad under a Saudi government scheme to ensure steady food imports, it said.
• African Business07 Feb 09

  Food: The big land sell-off

  With vast tracts of land being sold in Madagascar, and Sudan and other African governments actively seeking investors in agricultural land, are we witnessing a neo-colonial land grab or will the investment result in greater food productivity to the long-term benefit of recipient nations?
• Farming UK16 Jan 09

  East Africa-Middle East invest in farmland

  To lure investment dollars, the Sudan government has removed import duties on agricultural equipment being imported into the country.
• Los Angeles Times28 Sep 08

  Foreigners farm for themselves in a hungry Africa

  Some of the world's richest nations are coming to grow crops and export the yields, hoping to turn the global epicenter of malnutrition into a breadbasket for themselves.