Saudi firm to invest $3 bln in Turkey farms
    Private Saudi firm Planet Food World (PFWC) will invest around $3 billion in agriculture in Turkey over the next five years to export food products to the Gulf region, the head of its Turkish unit said.
    • Reuters
    • 10 July 2009
    Sudan will put its agricultural resources at Africa’s disposal
    The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir told the African Union summit in Libya that Sudan is willing to put its resources at the disposal of the continent.
    • Sudan Tribune
    • 02 July 2009
    Kingdom, Canada boost trade ties
    Trade minister Stockwell Day said that Canada stands to benefit from the Saudi Kingdom’s overseas agricultural investment initiative and that the Canadian Parliament is studying it.
    • Saudi Gazette
    • 28 June 2009
    Il n’y a pas que les vaches qui rient
    Dans tout le flou et le vague qui règnent autour du projet Daewoo, il y avait au moins une certitude : les Sud-coréens se proposaient de louer des terres qui seraient restées à Madagascar. L’eau de Faraony quant à elle, quittera bel et bien la Grande Ile, et en grande quantité.
    • Madagacasr-Tribune.com
    • 22 June 2009
    Food security: We need a strategy for rice
    Singapore's Temasek is seeking to buy land in North Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, where they plan to grow high-quality rice.
    • Jakarta Post
    • 17 June 2009
    Almarai in $115m deal to buy Egyptian firm
    Saudi-based Almarai has agreed to buy Egyptian firm Beyti for $115 million, allowing a new joint venture with Pepsico to set foot in the Arab world's most populous nation. The price tag includes a 75-hectare piece of land.
    • Reuters
    • 13 June 2009
    Topraktan 20 milyar dolar çıkacak
    Suudi tarım şirketi Planet Food World, Türkiye'de 20 milyar dolar yatırımla 5 yılda 20 bin modüler organik çiftlik kuracak.
    • CBNC-e
    • 10 June 2009
    Asia: Land grabs threaten food security
    Sam Pov, a rice farmer in Cambodia’s western Battambang Province, is very worried that his land will be taken over by a foreign investor.
    • IRIN
    • 10 June 2009
    Betting the farm
    As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that's what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe.
    • Fortune/CNN
    • 10 June 2009
    Africa becomes wary of farm deals: land activist
    African nations are becoming more cautious in selling farmland to foreign investors, with governments paying closer attention to deals that could lead to social unrest, AGRA says
    • Reuters
    • 09 June 2009
    Inside the barley republic
    What we are witnessing in countries like Ethiopia today is an extreme form of the banana republic syndrome.
    • Ethiomedia
    • 08 June 2009
    Gulf states show interest in Thai farms
    A number of Gulf states have expressed interest in livestock and rice farming in Thailand to secure food supplies, a Thai official said on Monday. "The countries involved could be Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar or the UAE," he added.
    • Reuters
    • 08 June 2009

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