Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO on Monday said it bought 60,000 tonnes of Ukraine wheat from investment firm SALIC, marking its first purchase from agricultural investments overseas aimed at enhancing the country’s food security.

Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer SAGO is asking Saudi investors with farmland overseas to import 355,000 tonnes of wheat into the kingdom, as major food importers try to increase strategic reserves in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Wafra International, an investment firm owned by the Kuwait state pension agency, is investing $10 million of the new funding in Pure Harvest Smart Farms, and committing $100 million in equity and project financing.

Deux filiales de l'émirati Al Dahra Holding bénéficieront d'un prêt de 5 millions d'euros de La Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement pour faire de l'huile d'olive pour l'exportation (1 214 ha)

When Gulf nations face food, security, and water scarcity issues, one response is to seek lucrative agricultural investments in fertile African lands. Yet, while such deals can bring benefits to the countries involved, there are also sizeable risks

Saudi-based gourmet date connoisseur Bateel has revealed that joint-venture agreements are to be signed this year for new date farms in South Africa and Namibia

L’invitation officielle adressée au groupe saoudien Almarai d’investir en Algérie fait partie de toutes celles qu’on avait engagées en grande pompe et qui se sont évaporées instantanément pour avoir été engagées à travers un marché de dupes.

Companies from countries across the world have acquired fertile Nile-irrigated land for growing food crops, non-food agricultural commodities such as alfalfa, flowers, tobacco, and biofuels, rearing livestock and logging trees.

Al-Amoudi va monter une usine de raffinage d’huile alimentaire, en Ethiopie, qui sera approvisionnée en graines de soja, tournesol, arachide et coton de ses propres fermes

Consistent interest from Saudi Arabia in direct investment in foreign agriculture, such as SALIC's recent purchase of 200,000 ha in Western Australia, will continue.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company signed an agreement to join forces in the search of investment projects in the Russian agricultural sector

Birhanu Fikade of "The Reporter" sat down with Atkyelesh G.M. Persson (PhD) to learn about her findings on large scale FDI that failed to deliver the desired results in Ethiopia