Saudi Arabia

Sheik’s new agro firm shells out $80m
- Addis Fortune
- 12 October 2009
Al Amoudi has a new company whose purpose is to grow food in Ethiopia for Saudi Arabia.
Newsline: The Saudi factor
- Newsline
- 09 October 2009
Special issue on the Pakistani government's plans to dole out domestic farmlands to the Gulf countries on 99-year lease for corporate farming.
Corporate farming…A wise development strategy or land grab?
- Desertification
- 08 October 2009
Critics say that by seeking to solve their food shortage problem through foreign farmland acquisitions, the rich emerging economies may succeed in producing enough quantity for their populations but may in the long-term be exporting their food insecurity to other nations.
Zardari regime grappling with its credibility
- Dawn
- 04 October 2009
The Zardari government is on trial with respects to three developments, of which the possible lease of land to Saudi Arabia and some other Arab countries, because they are of historical significance for Pakistan.
"Madagascar ne doit pas vendre son eau douce"
- Courrier International
- 02 October 2009
Le parti vert malgache n'est pas contre l'accès à la terre des étrangers, mais il faut que l'Etat s'occupe des Malgaches d'abord.
No land deal with any country, food ministry tells LHC
- Dawn
- 30 September 2009
The proposals for farmland acquisitions by countries such as Saudi Arabia or Qatar are at a pre-feasibility stage and no commitment has been made so far, the government of Pakistan told the High Court of Lahore
Saudi Arabia eyes special relationship with RI: Envoy
- Jakarta Post
- 30 September 2009
“Our people have already surveyed several areas to choose the right place for planting basmati rice. The investment will be huge,” says Ambassador Khayyat.
Hearing against sale of land to foreigners put off
- Daily Times
- 30 September 2009
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif postponed until October 6 the hearing of a petition challenging the proposed sale or lease of millions of acres of agriculture land to foreign countries.
Asian Human Rights Commission: People’s sovereignty threatened as government pushes ahead plan to sell land to foreigners
- Asian Human Rights Commission
- 25 September 2009
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urges the government to seriously reconsider its plan to sell land to Saudi Arabia and other foreign investors, taking into account the welfare of hundreds of thousands of peasants whose livelihood will be directly affected.
Food pirates are expanding their tentacles, Pakistan an easy target
- Ground Reality
- 24 September 2009
The 'Food Pirates' are fast expanding their network, their reach and their control over land. And it is happening fast in our own neighbourhood, writes Devinder Sharma.
RP as Saudi Arabia’s “food hub” hit, GMA accused of engaging in real estate business
- Anakpawis
- 23 September 2009
“We expect this impending land-lease deal with Saudi Arabia, courtesy of global land-grabbing’s No. 1 puppet in Asia, to displace thousands of farmers and agricultural workers. Ms Arroyo is selling out the country’s national patrimony under the guise of multi-million dollar investment packages,” Anakpawis party-list Representative Rafael Mariano said.
Saudi firms see Philippines as food production hub in the Far East
- Philippine Government
- 22 September 2009
Ten Saudi Arabian agricultural companies wants to make the Philippines their food production hub and distribution center in the Far East.