• UAE ‘should invest in foreign farms’
    • The National
    • 21 June 2008

    The UAE and its food-importing neighbours are “particularly vulnerable” to spiralling costs and should make significant investments in “contract farming” in Africa and Asia, says the UN’s Gulf food chief, Dr Kayan Jaff.

  • Gulf eyes oil-for-food pacts
    • Inter Press Service
    • 20 June 2008

    Recent attempts by Persian Gulf countries to invest in farmlands abroad to counter soaring inflation and guarantee long-term food security could prove to be a win-win situation in the short term for both the oil-rich region and its investment-hungry neighbors, but continued high oil prices may neutralize the gains in the long-run, say experts.

  • Middle East economy: Food outsourcing
    • Economist Intelligence Unit
    • 18 June 2008

    The Saudi government announced that it would co-ordinate with local private-sector companies and invest in strategic agricultural interests in key producer countries such as Brazil, Ukraine, Thailand and India, guaranteeing for itself supplies of cereals, meat and vegetables. It is already in advanced negotiations with Thai investors and a deal on rice farms in Thailand is likely before the end of the year.

  • Korea Will Grow Wheat in Sudan
    • Korea Times
    • 15 June 2008

    A big chunk of land in Sudan has been set aside for Korea to invest in crop production, the Sudanese ambassador said.

  • Saudi Arabia in talks with Sudan and others to secure food needs
    • Bahrain Tribune
    • 15 June 2008

    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in talks with Sudan and other countries to grow grains to meet its strategic food needs.

  • Saudis plan to grow crops overseas
    • Financial Times
    • 13 June 2008

    Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to develop large-scale overseas agricultural projects to secure food supplies, revealing that Riyadh is in discussions with Ukraine, Pakistan, Sudan, Turkey and Egypt.

  • Countries Are Renting Farmland Abroad
    • US News and World Report
    • 12 June 2008

    As food crisis worsens, some nations are desperate for arable land

  • High food prices make oil sheikhs turn to farming
    • Economic Times
    • 02 June 2008

    To break the runaway inflation that is fuelled by high food costs, Gulf rulers have a new strategy: they are buying unused agricultural land in poor countries like Pakistan, Thailand and Sudan, and becoming large-scale farmers.

  • Farm projects in fertile Arab nations can cut GCC gap
    • Emirates Business 24/7
    • 28 May 2008

    Gulf oil producers need to set up agricultural projects in fertile Arab countries to achieve self-sufficiency and to bridge a massive farm deficit that exceeded $12 billion (Dh44bn) in 2006, a Gulf group said yesterday.

  • Saudi ministers in Sudan to discuss investment potentials
    • Sudan Tribune
    • 23 May 2008

    Egypt, Jordan and Kuwait are among the Arab countries who invest in agriculture in Suda. Also there are some private Saudi investors working in this field in the country.

  • Saudi Arabia looking to invest in rice
    • Bangkok Post
    • 16 May 2008

    Investors in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's top rice buyers, are looking for joint ventures with Thai partners to invest in rice farming in Thailand and Africa.

  • Jordan to invest in Sudanese agriculture
    • Sudan Tribune
    • 15 May 2008

    The Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi said his country will cultivate lands allocated for his country in Sudan as part of his government strategy to deal with rising prces of food items on the international market.

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