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Jordan Times07 Jul 10Discussions are at a standstill after investors, a joint Arab-foreign company based in the Philippines, insist on owning the lands allocated by the Sudanese government to Jordan for the project,
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Emirates Business 24/724 May 10The UAE has embarked on an overseas investment spree to ensure domestic food security in a country with miniscule arable area -- a spree that will only grow
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![African land grab not a cure to Arab food concerns]( "African land grab not a cure to Arab food concerns")
Reuters07 Apr 10Interview with Wadid Erian of the Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.
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Jordan Times21 Feb 10Jordan and Kazakhstan are considering a joint venture to produce grain in Kazakh territories to secure the Kingdom's needs at fair prices.
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Jordan Times22 Jan 10The government is working to attract local and foreign investors to finance the Jordanian agricultural mega-project in Sudan, said a senior official. "One international company has shown interest in taking part in the project so far," the minister told The Jordan Times
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![Gulf company interested in Sudan farming project]( "Gulf company interested in Sudan farming project")
Jordan Times06 Dec 09The Jordanian government is considering a proposal by a regional private company to participate in a project to invest in Sudanese agricultural land, a senior government official said on Saturday.
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AFP01 Dec 09"I think it is not right to sell or give your land to foreigners... until you have exhausted every local possibility," said Osama Daoud, chief executive of the Sudanese DAL group which runs large agricultural projects.
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AFP26 Nov 09Inversores árabes y asiáticos buscan tomar el control de amplias extensiones de tierras fértiles en Sudán, el país más grande de África, que quiere convertirse en el granero de Oriente Medio, aunque para ello deberá modernizar primero su agricultura.
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Globe & Mail17 Nov 09Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi calls it the “new feudalism.” Groups representing peasant farmers call it “land grabs.” The United Nations literature dispersed at this week's UN food summit in Rome calls it “direct foreign investment.”
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Jordan Times16 Nov 09"We decided to update a previous feasibility study due to the fact that the prices of food items that will potentially be grown on the project's lands, including fodder and grains, have changed drastically over the past year," Jordan's Agriculture Ministry Secretary General Radhi Tarawneh said
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Jordan Times08 Oct 09The Sudanese government will take back a plot of land allocated for a Jordanian agricultural megaproject if the government does not implement the project within two weeks
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Business 24/727 Sep 09"We have acquired a very large piece of agricultural land in the Nile Delta – a 15,000 sq km tract of land where we will be producing for international markets, including the Arab World."
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Jordan Times08 Jun 09The government said on Sunday that a draft agreement with the private sector on the stalled Jordanian agricultural megaproject in Sudan is being finalised in order to be sent to the Cabinet for approval.v
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Reuters03 May 09Agricultural investment in Sudan by Arab countries looking to guarantee supplies of staples such as wheat for their people will account for up to 50 percent of all investment in the country from 2010
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![The growing lust for agricultural lands]( "The growing lust for agricultural lands")
Le Monde14 Apr 09Not a day goes by without new acreage being signed over. "For Sale" ads for agricultural property are now featured in the international financial press. And there's no dearth of clients.
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Le Monde14 Apr 09"Je crois que les tensions seront inévitables où que ce soit, faisant des enclaves agricoles étrangères de véritables forteresses assiégées."
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![Jordan to move forward on agricultural investments in Sudan]( "Jordan to move forward on agricultural investments in Sudan")
Sudan Times11 Apr 09Jordan will dispatch a delegation to Sudan next Thursday headed by its agriculture minister Saeed Al-Masri to discuss an agreement on developing food farms in the East African country, according to media reports.
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![Jusqu’où ira la razzia sur les terres agricoles des pays pauvres ?]( "Jusqu’où ira la razzia sur les terres agricoles des pays pauvres ?")
01 Mar 09La FAO s’apprête à sortir ces jours-ci un mode d’emploi sur la bonne gouvernance foncière. Histoire que le nouveau droit foncier de Madagascar ne soit pas défini par Daewoo Logistics. Et que les petits paysans du Sud participent enfin au débat
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Globe and Mail30 Jan 09Wealthy countries short of fertile land are gazing hungrily at Canada's prairies
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![Saudi Arabia Launches $5.3b Agricultural Fund]( "Saudi Arabia Launches $5.3b Agricultural Fund")
Media Line27 Jan 09The Saudi Arabian cabinet on Monday decided to establish a $5.3-billion fund to support agricultural development by offering soft loans and necessary credit facilities, the Saudi daily newspaper Saudi Gazette reported.