Sudan

Un nouveau rapport de GRAIN révèle que des hommes d'affaires saoudiens sont en train de mener des négociations en Afrique qui leur donneraient la mainmise sur les terres parmi les plus fertiles du continent.

Abu Dhabi's Jenaan Investment owns and leases properties in Egypt and Sudan, as well as leasing land in Tanzania, Ethiopia and the US.

Egyptian officials in September revived a 30-year-old agreement with Sudan that encourages private companies to plant wheat in northern Sudan.

Convencidos de obter grandes lucros, muitos bancos, fundos de investimento, grandes grupos industriais, Estados e milionários privados planejam instalar, na África, fazendas-empresa gigantes, a fim de produzir alimentos e biocombustíveis exclusivamente para exportação

Sudanese officials say the “Zayed Project” is among the largest farm ventures launched by the UAE in Sudan, with investment of $60 million.

Government and private sector are creating pilot farms as an inventive to investors to either come and buy existing yielding projects, expand them or to run them as joint public-private ventures.

Qatar gives special attention to investments in Sudan in agricultural fields and livestock.

Urges transparency and regulation to protect rights, prevent further food insecurity.

Mounting concern over security of food supplies is spurring a wave of private-sector investment in Africa.

The Egyptian external agricultural land deals are all the more fragile as a future government or policy change in Ethiopia or Sudan risks destabilizing their external food security strategy.

The UAE controls more than 2,800 square kilometers [280,000 ha] in farms in Sudan -- more than triple the area of Bahrain -- as a result of its decision to invest in agricultural projects in fertile Arab nations to slash its soaring food import bill

A plot of land has been chosen for Iran to establish an agro-industry complex to produce wheat and sugar in Sudan