UAE

An agricultural revolution by Amtaar Investment
- World Folio
- 05 June 2015
As a joint venture between the UAE based Jenaan Investment and the Republic of the Sudan, Amtaar is today Sudan's largest scale agricultural investment.
ADFD extends AED183.6 million loan to Montenegro to support agriculture
- Zawya
- 05 June 2015
Phase two of the agreement involves the procurement of services relevant to machinery, factories, warehouses, and agricultural land.
Koreans offer food expertise to UAE
- The National
- 25 May 2015
A South Korean food security office will open in Abu Dhabi next month to help the UAE in its agricultural and fishery sectors, says the country’s ambassador to the UAE.
World Bank, Japan agency offer farm loan for Philippines
- WSJ
- 18 May 2015
A $250 million loan package is being prepared to support foreign investment in farms in Mindanao
Una mostra sul «land grabbing», ultima versione del neocolonialismo
- Corriere della Sera
- 05 May 2015
Il land grabbing si presenta insomma come un’ultima versione del neocolonialismo, che priva della loro terra i pastori e i piccoli coltivatori locali, l’accaparramento dell’acqua e la perdita della biodiversità. La ricerca si è concentrata sull’Etiopia, l’Arabia Saudita e gli Emirati Arabi: la fotografia è accompagnata da ampi testi esplicativi
Ghana Trade Minister leads team to investment forum in Dubai
- Spy Ghana
- 09 April 2015
The meeting brought together Economic and Trade Ministers from the UAE, Ghana, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Macedonia to discuss how direct investment could be channeled into agribusiness to achieve food security and prosperity.
UAE’s food imports to rise to $400b in 10 years
- Gulf News
- 31 Mar 2015
The UAE import 85 per cent of its food, and the government plans to develop farmland in other countries — due to the lack of arable lands in the UAE — to secure food supplies amid increasing demand.
Arab businessmen reaffirm the success of agricultural investment projects in Khartoum State
- Albashir
- 25 February 2015
he governor Abdul Rahman Al Khidir has meanwhile stressed when he received the UAE investors of Al Mohair Group, specialized in agricultural production in West Omdurman, that the state is ready to provide all necessary assistance so that the production reach its peak.
Investors should work with farmers to secure food supply: Al Ghurair
- Gulf News
- 09 February 2015
Eisa Al Ghurair, chairman of Al Ghurair Resources, the agricultural commodities arm of Dubai-based Al Ghurair Investment, warned on Monday of investors buying farmland in foreign countries, citing political risk.
Dubai: food prices and fluctuations
- Dubai Eye
- 09 February 2015
Gulf countries have accumulated a lot of bad press, while having no commercial or strategic benefits from overseas farming intiatives, says Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow at Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.
UAE invited to invest in Belarusian agricultural companies
- BelTA
- 18 December 2014
Top on the agenda of talks between Belarus and the UAE was the purchase of land to produce grain crops in Belarus for their subsequent export to the United Arab Emirates.
Egypte : deux compagnies émiraties s’associent au gouvernement pour produire du blé dans les régions désertiques
- Ecofin
- 09 December 2014
Al Dahra et Jenaan travaillent avec le gouvernement égyptien à la création d’une joint-venture destinée à produire du blé dans des régions désertiques en Egypte.