UAE

UAE stepping up agricultural investment in Sudan
- Sudan Tribune
- 06 August 2008
The United Arab Emirates is beefing up its agricultural investments in Sudan in wake of a food crisis that led to world wide protests primarily in developing nations.
Investing abroad is right decision to ensure food supply
- Gulf News
- 26 July 2008
Pakistan has reportedly offered Saudi Arabia a large amount of acres of agricultural land in return for oil. Egypt is also said to have offered both Saudi Arabia and the UAE the opportunity to purchase farmland. Even Bahrain, the smallest economy in the GCC, has started exploring buying farmland in southeast Asian nations, notably Thailand and the Philippines.
UAE signs MoU with Philippines to ensure food supply
- Gulf News
- 22 July 2008
The UAE is exploring opportunities in the Philippines to ensure the availability of certain food stocks in the country, an official said.
Flour crisis – no end in sight
- The Post
- 20 July 2008
Sources say that UAE businessmen are considering buying large land holdings and importing food items from Pakistan at 20-25 percent less cost.
Gulf states look to harvest food from investment in Asia
- AFP
- 20 July 2008
One issue reportedly delaying UAE investment in Pakistan is the Gulf state appearing to want “blanket exemption” from Islamabad’s agricultural export policies.
UAE to invest in Kazakh agriculture
- Financial Times
- 16 July 2008
The United Arab Emirates is seeking to invest in agricultural projects in Kazakhstan as part of its efforts to secure food supplies.
UAE plans to invest in farmland in Kazakhstan, says president
- Food Business Review
- 16 July 2008
President of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed, has said that in order to secure food supply for the country, the government wants to invest in farmland in Kazakhstan
UAE looks abroad for food security
- Gulf News
- 09 July 2008
The UAE is actively looking at acquiring farmland in Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa and South America in an effort to ensure the availability of food stocks, according to the UAE Minister of Economy.
Financializing Food: Schroders Closes One Fund, Launches New as Speculative Money Continues to Flood into Commodity Funds
- Indonesia Investmenet Coordinating Board
- 08 July 2008
Gobal fund manager Schroders is launching an Agricultural Land Fund, only months after closing its USD 6 billion Alternative Solutions Agriculture Fund due to excessive investor demand.
Abu Dhabi seeks to lease land for farming in Sudan.
- YouTube
- 06 July 2008
A news video from UAE
Invest in Africa? Some say yes, others fear the worst
- The National
- 03 July 2008
The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization is expanding its Abu Dhabi office tenfold to broker deals with farmers in such areas as the Horn of Africa.
Gulf food security: is there enough, and at what price?
- The Middle East
- 01 July 2008
Both public and private sector investors in the Gulf are also looking at ways to improve local food supplies, by investing in a range of outlets from arable farm land in the Sudan, Algeria and Pakistan to introduce new technology to enhance the local production of foodstuffs and grains, livestock, poultry and fish.