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26 Jul 2010GMA News
Group wants state-led agribusiness firm abolished
A group of food security advocates wants a Philippine government-led corporation that identifies new land suitable for local and foreign agricultural businesses abolished.
07 Jul 2010Manila Bulletin
AgriNurture acquires mango exporter company
ANI is one of the few accredited companies that have the capacity and license to export fresh mango to Japan and Korea.
07 Jul 2010Peninsula
Hassad to produce rice abroad for Qatar market
State-backed food producing and marketing giant, Hassad Food Company, has plans to produce rice in India, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
07 Jul 2010Jordan Times
Sudan mega-project hits new snag
Discussions 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,
12 Jun 2010Arab News
Kingdom, Philippines bound by strong ties
Philippines Ambassador to Saudi Arabia reveals how plans have been forged to provide lands in Mindanao to Saudi businessmen.
05 May 2010Manila Bulletin
ANI forges food deal with Saudi firm
AgriNurture Inc has signed the enclosed MoA with Far Eastern Agricultural Investment Company of Saudi Arabia for food crop plantations and processing plants in the Philippines.
30 Apr 2010Reuters
Saudia Arabia eyes US for ag investing, contracts
Saudi Arabian investors are looking to expand their agricultural investments in the United States to secure long-term food supply because of water shortages in the desert kingdom, Saudi officials said on Thursday.
29 Apr 2010Asian Peasant Coalition
WB’s seven principles are seven deadly sins of global landgrabbing and against farmers’ interests
The Asian Peasant Coalition and Peasant Movement of the Philippines slam World Bank’s “seven principles”.
28 Jan 2010stuff.co.nz
Dairy expertise exported in Middle East venture
An ambitious project pooling New Zealand's farming expertise has received a fillip from Emirates Investment Group. Through EIG, there are two large Pakistan projects on the cards, one involving a 35,000ha farm.
22 Jan 2010Jordan Times
Jordan: Gov't seeks investors for Sudan project
The 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
24 Dec 2009Manila Bulletin
Land, crop conversions opposed by rice farmers
Militant farmers belonging to the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) are completely disgusted by the failure of government to stop land and crop conversions.
14 Dec 2009Business Mirror
Philippines: Mideast farm firms eye investment tie-up here
No less than 4,000 hectares in the Davao region have been identified by Middle Eastern-based companies to grow their products.
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