CP Group

Thai food giant investing big in Australia
- ABC
- 18 April 2012
CP Group has opened an office in Melbourne to start buying red meat and grains and set up a salmon farm in Australia.
Thailand inks food security pact with GCC
- Arab News
- 30 Mar 2010
The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment of Thailand Food Security Stockpile and Distribution Center and Industry with the Board of Trade of Thailand.
Nigeria spends N106b to import rice from Thailand
- next.com
- 30 January 2010
Charoen Pokphand officials interacted with various agencies of government involved in seed production and sales in a bid to have access to relevant information and to consider the procedure for acquisition of land.
DA earmarks P40B for support services
- Philippine Daily Inquirer
- 25 October 2009
Many foreign companies are now positioning for investments in the Philippines such as the Far East Agriculture Corp., a consortium of at least 10 agribusiness companies from Saudi Arabia. Next month, these companies are expected go back to the Philippines for site selection in areas of rice, corn, poultry and livestock production.
Farmlands plan faces new blow
- Gulf Daily News
- 06 September 2009
Bahrain and other Gulf countries' plan to buy agricultural land in Thailand to bolster their food supplies could be thwarted, it has emerged.
Charoen Pokphand pours Bt3 bn into Vietnam
- The Nation
- 02 September 2009
Pursuing its strategy of penetrating the Middle East market, the company has set up a special committee to study the possibility to increase exports to the region. So far, the company has signed a farming contract with Bahrain for supplying food products.
Terres arables : les étrangers en ligne de mire
- Le Petit Journal
- 25 August 2009
Les étrangers volent-ils la terre des Thaïlandais ? Le débat enflamme l’ensemble de la presse locale. Malgré des lois strictes, qui font de la terre un bien national inaliénable, les fermiers thaïlandais s’estiment lésés.
GCC, ASEAN eye new trade bloc based on food, oil
- Reuters
- 30 June 2009
Asian nations want to secure their energy needs, while Gulf Arab states are targeting investments in farmland to secure their food supply.
Thailand says no to farm investment by foreigners
- Reuters
- 23 June 2009
The issue of farmland investments is expected to be raised in the first ministerial meeting between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on June 29-30 in Manama.
Bahrain Bank, CP to form strategic alliance for agro-industrial
- The Nation
- 23 June 2009
Eam Ngamdamronk, vice chairman of CP Group, said it was a flexible agreement in which investment could be made in Bahrain, Thailand and also in third countries.
Al Salam Bank ventures into farming business
- Gulf Daily News
- 22 June 2009
Al Salam and CP Group will jointly identify suitable agribusiness ventures that will generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while playing a proactive role in addressing food security in the region.
Bahrain's Al Salam, Charoen to invest in agcltr
- Reuters
- 21 June 2009
Bahrain-based Islamic bank Al Salam said on Sunday it has signed an agreement with Thailand's agriculture and food company Charoen Pokphand Foods to jointly invest in agricultural businesses.