UAE

Unifrutti signs deal for Maguindanao banana farms
- Business World
- 10 November 2014
Chiquita-Unifrutti will invest US$60 million in a 2,000 ha banana plantation in an area previously occupied by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
UAE firm set to produce 300,000 tonnes of wheat in Egypt's Toshka
- Reuters
- 27 October 2014
UAE-based Al Dahra Agriculture aims to pump water from the country's Aswan High Dam reservoir and deliver it via a 50-kilometre canal to 100,000 acres of reclaimed farmland 60 km from the border with Sudan.
Why Gulf money did not flow into agriculture?
- Dawn
- 20 October 2014
Pakistan is now turning to agribusiness rather than land sales as a means of luring Gulf investment.
O novo colonialismo: Terceiro mundo é vendido aos pedaços
- Brasil 247
- 08 October 2014
Desde a última grande crise alimentar, governos e empresas de nações ricas têm comprado ou arrendado terras férteis de países em desenvolvimento, em especial na África. Benefícios desses negócios para as populações locais? Poucos ou nenhum.
Agrarian mirage: Gulf foreign direct investment in Pakistan’s agricultural sector
- MEI
- 02 October 2014
How did such a promising idea (which appeared to offer a textbook example of a win-win situation) fail?
UAE-Al Dahra to Egypt's Mahlab 'We pumped EGP750mn in Toshka Project'
- Amwal Alghad
- 01 October 2014
Egyptian PM Ibrahim Mahlab met with UAE Minister of State Ahmed Al Jaber and officials of Al Dahra Agriculture to assure them that the Egyptian government is removing obstacles to the company's projects in Toshka.
Richest African Dangote says Dubai deals may be billions
- Bloomberg
- 01 October 2014
Investment Corp. of Dubai in tie-up with Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote that "could run into billions of dollars" and involves ventures in agriculture.
Farmers protest in Serbia: ‘Most fertile land is given to Arabs’
- inSerbia
- 28 July 2014
Farmers are outraged at the Ministry of Agriculture, which leased more than 3,000 ha of the best arable land to the company “Al Rafaved” from the United Arab Emirates for 250 euros per hectare.
Serbian village raises complaint about UAE purchase of farmland
- The National
- 20 July 2014
Farmers in Kula, Serbia have made formal complaints about an Abu Dhabi company, Al Rawafed Agriculture, which is trying to acquire land.
Government, UAE firm set up joint agriculture company
- Tanjung
- 07 July 2014
The first venture of the company will be a EUR 22 million purchase of part of the property of two agricultural enterprises in restructuring - AD Bačka, based in Sivac, and Adria AD, based in Nova Gajdobra.
Zimbabwe: UAE firm targets mining sector
- The Herald
- 22 April 2014
"UAE relies on food imports and we are very concerned with food security so we are very willing to invest heavily in Zimbabwe's agriculture," Dr Andre Homberg of Tabarak Investment Bank said.
Égypte, le retour du rêve fou d’un vieux pharaon
- Orient XXI
- 22 April 2014
Le projet de Tochka était censé régler les problèmes démographiques et agricoles de l’Égypte. En 2008, plus de 30 000 ha ont été attribués à une compagnie saoudienne. Fin 2013, une compagnie émiratie y annonçait l’achat de 40 000 ha.