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09 May 2012Arab News

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Agriculture wants to hand over the file of foreign agricultural investments to the Saudi Company for Agriculture Investment and Animal Production.

07 May 2012Zawya

Great resource rush

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among the top four countries on a massive investment spree to acquire agricultural resources.

02 May 2012AlertNet

Food fears feed global scramble for land

Sixty years on, controversial agricultural projects are back in fashion in Africa and other parts of the developing world as investors - from foreign governments to wealthy individuals - hunt for land to grow food.

30 Apr 2012CorpWatch

Middle Eastern investors “grab” Sudan farmland

Dalla Al Baraka, a Saudi conglomerate with $5 billion in annual revenue, has acquired two million acres of farmland in eastern Sudan to produce food for export to the Middle Eastern kingdom. While the investors are hoping to wean Saudi Arabia off imports from South America, such agreements cause concern among local Sudanese farmers.

10 Apr 2012Semana

Jugando con el hambre: los millonarios negocios con la tierra

Multinacionales, países petroleros y fondos de inversión están comprando millones de hectáreas. El equilibrio natural, el destino de los campesinos y el futuro del planeta están en juego.

09 Apr 2012Sudan Tribune

Saudi Arabia gets two million acres from govt for tax-free farming

Saudi businessman Saleh Kamel announced last week that the Sudanese government agreed to give his country two million acres [809 371 hectares] of farmland for a project that will allow the Arab Gulf state to ensure a steady food supply.

13 Mar 2012Chaco día por día

Argentina: Pobladores del Interfluvio, en contra del mega emprendimiento Saudí

Habitantes del Interfluvio se mostraron en contra del mega emprendimiento saudí que pretende realizar la producción agrícola intensiva en tierras de El Impenetrable. La declaración se dio en un encuentro realizado este domingo.

13 Mar 2012Data Chaco

Piden que el Gobierno aclare sobre inversores extranjeros en Chaco

La Asamblea Popular expresó "vemos con preocupación cómo el gobierno provincial "sigue avanzando desde el silencio en la concreción del convenio con el grupo árabe “Al Korayef”

12 Mar 2012Bloomberg

Farmers to battle water scarcity as food demand grows, UN says

Saudi Arabia is reducing grain production to reduce unsustainable use of groundwater and encouraging companies to lease tracts of land in Africa for growing, a new UN report on water says.

12 Mar 2012Sudan Tribune

Sudan says it welcomes Saudi King’s initiative on Arab food security

The Sudanese finance and national economy minister Ali Mahmood Abdel-Rasool said that his government welcomes an initiative by Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz to work towards Arab food security through the implementation of major economic projects in Sudan.

28 Feb 2012PBS

Ethiopia: A battle for land and water

A controversial resettlement program in Ethiopia is the latest battleground in the global race to secure prized farmland and water. Correspondent Cassandra Herrman reports as part of the Food for 9 Billion series, a NewsHour partnership with the Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions and Marketplace.

24 Feb 2012Mesa de Organizaciones del Impenetrable

Comunicado de Prensa de las Asociaciones de Productores de la Mesa de Organizaciones del Impenetrable Chaqueño

"Queremos hacer público nuestro malestar ante la información sobre el proyecto del gobierno provincia para arrendar grandes extensiones de tierras (210 mil has.) a un grupo inversor saudí con el objeto de realizar agronegocios"

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