Pakistan, which is currently in negotiations with Qatar for liquefied natural gas supplies, has opened its farm sector to investments from Qatar, which has placed utmost priority on food security.
Pakistan is now turning to agribusiness rather than land sales as a means of luring Gulf investment.
The increase of international corporate land grabbing with the collusion of state Ministers, Senators and bureacrats has exacerbated the situation of unemployment and food insecurity in Pakistan
How did such a promising idea (which appeared to offer a textbook example of a win-win situation) fail?
Saudi food firms have invested in Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, but their respective political situations have forced investors to look for alternatives, with Pakistan and Australia looking to be a good fit.
Partner organizations of Pesticide Action Network - Asia and the Pacific launch a book compiling seven case studies on land grabbing in the region as part of its activities to mark "World Foodless Day"
FELDA proposes that the Pakistan government provide it with 30,000 ha for oil palms to help the country balance its surging imports of palm oil from Malaysia.
Qatar has plans to expand its food security options in Pakistan and the state-owned corporation, Hassad Food, has opened an office in Lahore, Pakistan’s ambassador Mohamed Sarfraz A Khanzada told Gulf Times in an exclusive interview.
The World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) and Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) while welcoming the report designed by Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, who warned of the threat of ‘ocean-grabbing’ to food security, and urged world governments and international bodies to halt the depletion of fish stocks, and take urgent steps to protect, sustain, and share the benefits of fisheries and marine environments.
Today's neocolonials are no longer content monopolising the output of the lands; they want the source of the produce, too — the land itself and the accompanying water supply.
This is a case study undertaken by Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific and Roots for Equity. It looks into the intricacies of Al Dhara Company's investment in Sindh, Pakistan.
Participants from various communities shared documented cases, stories and photos of how large-scale investments of local and foreign owned companies are displacing communities and how people oppose such type of investments.
