Kingdom seeks more private sector role in boosting food production
    Saudi ag minister says his government is positioning itself as a facilitator for the Saudi private sector, seeking land and agricultural investments, and providing funds, credit, and logistics.
    • Arab News
    • 16 September 2013
    Roumanie : la grande ruée sur les terres agricoles
    Selon l’association roumaine EcoRuralis, plus de 700.000 hectares, soit 6,5 % des terres arables du pays, seraient déjà aux mains de compagnies du Qatar, d’Arabie Saoudite ou de Grande-Bretagne.
    • Nouvelles de Roumanie
    • 27 June 2013
    Saudi investor to delay Sudan farm project over dollar curbs
    A Saudi firm will hold off its planned project in Sudan to produce wheat and other basic food items until the government eases a ban to repatriate profits.
    • Reuters
    • 20 May 2013
    Arabs invest little in agriculture
    Agricultural investment firm GLB presented its Sudan alfafa production project, which produces feed for animals in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to participants at the agriculture investment conference in Sudan.
    • ANBA
    • 20 May 2013
    Ismail vows to punish Sudan’s investment ministry staff accepting bribes
    Sudan investment minister Mustafa Osman Ismail revealed that Saudi Arabia requested over million acres (405,000 ha) of land for investment in food security
    • Sudan Tribune
    • 16 May 2013
    BMI: Saudi Arabia Agribusiness Report (Apr-13)
    A consortium of Saudi groups - comprising dairy giant Almarai, grain importer Al Rajhi and Salic, the agriculture arm of the country's sovereign wealth fund - agreed to pay US $92mn to acquire Continental Farmers Group located in northern Poland and western Ukraine
    • Zawya
    • 07 May 2013
    SAR100m firm to expand Saudi farm investments
    Commerce and Industry Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has approved the establishment of a new East Asia Agricultural Development and Investment Company to invest in farming.
    • Arab News
    • 29 April 2013
    Sudan's biggest sugar firm plans biofuel expansion, Joburg IPO
    Kenana, which is mainly owned by the governments of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, is aiming to more than double its annual sugar output to 1 million tonnes by 2015 as the firm seeks new export markets
    • Reuters
    • 29 April 2013
    Riyadh forum to discuss agricultural investment challenges
    A forum of Saudi agricultural investors at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry will on Sunday discuss the progress of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad.
    • Arab News
    • 27 April 2013
    The Saudi-Sudanese Investment Forum - Is it a rehearsal for other Arab investments?
    President Omar Al-Beshir has made orders for removal of all impediments and facilitation of the procedures for Saudi Arabian investors aiming to produce food in Sudan, including through land leases
    • Sudan Vision
    • 14 April 2013
    Joint investment firm to boost Saudi-Sudan links
    Joint investment company will harness Sudan's resources in agriculture and livestock in line with the foreign economic policy of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.
    • MENAFN
    • 04 April 2013
    Saudi extends foreign land spree with CFG takeover
    A consortium of Saudi groups - comprising dairy giant Almarai, grain importer Al Rajhi and Salic, the agriculture arm of the country's Public Investment Fund sovereign wealth fund – buys Continental Farmers Group, which has large farming operations in Poland and the Ukraine.
    • Agrimoney
    • 28 Mar 2013

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