• Saudi in talks to lease Pakistan farmland: official
    • Reuters
    • 01 September 2009

    "Over the past few weeks the Saudi government has been in talks with us to lease 500,000 acres (202,400 hectares) of farmland and we are currently in the process of locating which land we could give them," Tauqir Ahmad Faiq at the ministry of agriculture, said

  • Saudi in talks to lease Pakistan farmland
    • Reuters
    • 01 September 2009

    In April, concerns over farmers’ rights led the government of Pakistan’s Balochistan province to block direct deals between United Arab Emirates-based private investors and farmers.

  • Gulf investors more covert on land deals
    • Daily Nation
    • 30 August 2009

    Land buying firms no longer disclose their identities to avoid tarnishing their image

  • La séduction égyptienne
    • Al-Ahram Hebdo
    • 26 August 2009

    Al-Raghi a connu un investissement fructueux dans le secteur agricole égyptien où la société cultive 25 000 feddans (10 500 ha) dans le projet Tochka sur un total de 125 000 feddans (52 500 ha). La deuxième phase du projet commencera en début de 2010.

  • Agricultura mundial. Compra tierra y corre. Fósforo ¿hay futuro?. Hambre para hoy y mañana. ¿Qué agricultura?
    • Kaos en la Red
    • 19 August 2009

    La crisis del fósforo (clave para la vida), un grave y nuevo reto para la Humanidad. Respuestas capitalistas a la decadencia de la agricultura mundial y alternativas proletarias. Eslóganes.

  • Egypt's Beltone, Sudan's Kenana to invest in farms
    • Reuters
    • 19 August 2009

    Egypt's Beltone Private Equity and Sudan's Kenana Sugar Company have agreed to set up a firm to invest up to $1 billion in large-scale agriculture projects in both countries, Beltone said in a statement on Wednesday.

  • World Bank hails investment in Ugandan farming
    • Reuters
    • 14 August 2009

    A group of Saudi-based investors announced earlier this monthy a seven-year plan to develop and plant 700,000 hectares to produce 7 million tonnes of rice in countries like Uganda.

  • Foreign states in race to take up Ethiopia’s farmland
    • Daily Nation
    • 13 August 2009

    Ethiopian government has defended its plan to offer 2.7 million hectares of farmland to foreign companies despite millions of citizens who need food aid from the international community.

  • Gulf risks animosity with land grab deals
    • Reuters
    • 13 August 2009

    Gulf states buying farmland in developing nations for food security face the risk of damaging their reputation as international investors as the deals are seen as land grabs, a Rothschild executive said yesterday.

  • Saudis told to invest in food production ventures abroad
    • Saudi Gazette
    • 05 August 2009

    The Asharqia Chamber in Saudi Arabia has sent a circular to businessmen in the region to invest in agriculture projects overseas following a government directive

  • Des investisseurs saoudiens lancent un projet de riziculture en Afrique
    • Reuters
    • 03 August 2009

    Le programme, du nom « 7X7 », prévoit de développer 700 000 ha de terres agricoles pour produire en 7 ans 7 millions de tonnes de riz au Mali, au Sénégal et peut-être au Soudan et en Ouganda.

  • Saudi-based partners launch Africa rice farming plan
    • Reuters
    • 03 August 2009

    The $1bn project, dubbed 7X7, aims at developing 700,000 ha of farmland to produce within 7 years 7 million tonnes of rice in Mali, Senegal and maybe Sudan and Uganda.

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