Pakistan

New Saudi company leases Asia land for rice
- Financial Times
- 13 June 2010
TADCO subsidiary has already arranged leases in Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan and the Philippines for export production of aromatic and long grain basmati rice.
Hassad Food plans to invest $700mn in global projects
- Gulf Times
- 01 June 2010
Hassad Food Company intends to invest $500mn to $700mn this year for projects across the world as part of its mission to ensure food security for Qatar, chairman and managing director Nasser bin Mohamed Mubarak al-Fuhaid al-Hajri has said.
Gulf investment offers hope for Africa
- The National
- 31 May 2010
Between 2007 and mid-2008, Gulf states and their government-backed businesses spent US$15 billion (Dh55bn) in sub-Saharan Africa alone, much of it in the drive for food security
UAE takes rapid steps towards food security
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 24 May 2010
The UAE has embarked on an overseas investment spree to ensure domestic food security in a country with miniscule arable area -- a spree that will only grow
Envoy calls for agricultural investment in Pakistan
- Arab News
- 07 May 2010
Pakistan’s ambassador to the Kingdom has called on Saudis to invest in his country’s agricultural sector.
‘WB report aims at promoting agricultural land grabbing’
- The New (Pakistan)
- 27 April 2010
An upcoming World Bank (WB) report aims at giving legitimate cover to agricultural land grabbing in Pakistan.
Gulf Cooperation Council food security: balancing the equation
- Nature
- 25 April 2010
"A key obstacle to more transparent debate and informed decisions by governments and investors [involved in global land transactions] is the lack of science-based information," writes Surendra Shah in Nature magazine
Landowners ready to lease farmlands to foreigners
- Dawn
- 14 February 2010
Two years ago, the Sarhad Chamber of Agriculture, NWFP, Pakistan was contacted by investors from the Gulf states through a letter showing interest in acquiring farmlands on lease under the corporate farming being introduced by the government.
Analysis: Buy land — they’re not making it anymore
- Daily Times
- 07 February 2010
Reports indicate that the Gulf States have acquired more than 150,000 hectares of land in Balochistan near Mirani Dam to begin mechanised farming.
Crime, conflict and shortages threaten Gulf
- The National
- 05 February 2010
The worldwide financial crisis has reportedly stalled several agricultural deals between Gulf countries and overseas partners, including two between Bahrain and Pakistan.
Pakistan identifies 80 projects for FoDP investors
- Daily Times
- 03 February 2010
Foreign Office spokesman says Pakistan has 8.25m hectares of land that can be cultivated to cater to global food demand
'Going ahead' with farmland deals
- The News
- 29 January 2010
Far too many questions remain unanswered for the government of Pakistan to forge ahead with these deals.