Saudi Arabia

Philippines: Potential $300-million Saudi investments cited
- Business World
- 14 May 2009
A visit last week by Saudi Arabian businessmen could result in $300 million in investments to develop 20,000 hectares of farm lands for commercial crops.
Pakistan: MoI decides to sell 1m acres of farmland to foreigners
- Daily Times
- 14 May 2009
Pakistan's Ministry of Investment has decided to offer one million acres of farmland for long-term investment or sale to foreigners, including the Emirates Investment Group.
Philippines: DA wants ecozones created for agribusiness
- Business Mirror
- 13 May 2009
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) wants to create exclusive economic zones for agribusiness that would take into consideration the nuances of food production and an expanded set of incentives for locators.
Arabs eyeing investments in Mindanao
- Manila Bulletin
- 12 May 2009
Several Arab investors visited this city last week in a mission to look for potential agriculture business in Mindanao where they can pour their investments.
Analysis: Grain crisis and political economy of a new scramble for Africa
- This Day
- 11 May 2009
The fact that President Jakaya Kikwete accepted an invitation to Saudi Arabia recently to discuss the possibility of farmland allocation is important, as it means that Tanzania is attentive to the proposal.
Saudi trade mission asked to invest in Mindanao’s halal food production
- Business World
- 09 May 2009
The Philippine government has invited visiting investors from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to invest in the halal food industry, said Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap. "They have the fund...we have to find a way to convince them to invest in the Philippines," he said.
Saudi businessmen wary of agrarian reform
- Business Mirror
- 07 May 2009
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said corporate executives representing the big agricultural businesses in Saudi Arabia have raised concerns about the Philippine agrarian reform and limiting foreign land ownership as they indicated interest in acquiring tracts of plantation land and poultry farms.
Foreign, local investors allowed to develop RP land
- RAMR, GMA News
- 07 May 2009
Over a million hectares of Philippines farmland will be made available to foreign and local investors in a bid to boost agriculture productivity.
RP, Bahrain sign accord for project in Mindanao
- Saudi Gazette
- 07 May 2009
The Philippines and Bahrain have begun discussions on a possible agribusiness project in Mindanao covering an initial area of 10,000 hectares that is expected to create some 20,000 jobs, officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday.
RP pitches investment opportunities to Saudi businessmen
- Business World
- 07 May 2009
The Philippine government yesterday proposed investment opportunities in the agriculture sector for Saudi Arabians to ensure the supply of agriculture commodities and develop idle government lands.
Russia's PAVA to offer farmland to Gulf investors
- Reuters
- 06 May 2009
Russian grain processing firm PAVA plans a farmland investment road show across the Gulf region over the next two months and is open to selling shares to Middle East investors as it aims to triple the land under its control.
Rethinking corporate farming
- Daily Times
- 05 May 2009
Our government is planning to offer Arab investors legislative cover to protect them from changes in the government, but hardly any attention has yet been given to the need for protecting poor labourers who will be working for Arab corporate agriculture companies