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Kingdom, Philippines bound by strong ties
- Arab News
- 12 June 2010
Philippines Ambassador to Saudi Arabia reveals how plans have been forged to provide lands in Mindanao to Saudi businessmen.
ANI forges food deal with Saudi firm
- Manila Bulletin
- 05 May 2010
AgriNurture Inc has signed the enclosed MoA with Far Eastern Agricultural Investment Company of Saudi Arabia for food crop plantations and processing plants in the Philippines.
Saudia Arabia eyes US for ag investing, contracts
- Reuters
- 30 April 2010
Saudi Arabian investors are looking to expand their agricultural investments in the United States to secure long-term food supply because of water shortages in the desert kingdom, Saudi officials said on Thursday.
WB’s seven principles are seven deadly sins of global landgrabbing and against farmers’ interests
- Asian Peasant Coalition
- 29 April 2010
The Asian Peasant Coalition and Peasant Movement of the Philippines slam World Bank’s “seven principles”.
Dairy expertise exported in Middle East venture
- stuff.co.nz
- 28 January 2010
An ambitious project pooling New Zealand's farming expertise has received a fillip from Emirates Investment Group. Through EIG, there are two large Pakistan projects on the cards, one involving a 35,000ha farm.
Jordan: Gov't seeks investors for Sudan project
- Jordan Times
- 22 January 2010
The government is working to attract local and foreign investors to finance the Jordanian agricultural mega-project in Sudan, said a senior official. "One international company has shown interest in taking part in the project so far," the minister told The Jordan Times
Land, crop conversions opposed by rice farmers
- Manila Bulletin
- 24 December 2009
Militant farmers belonging to the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) are completely disgusted by the failure of government to stop land and crop conversions.
Philippines: Mideast farm firms eye investment tie-up here
- Business Mirror
- 14 December 2009
No less than 4,000 hectares in the Davao region have been identified by Middle Eastern-based companies to grow their products.
Qatari firm seeks to bring welfare, profit sharing to agriculture ventures
- The National
- 12 December 2009
Qatar has embarked on a food-security programme to make it more self-sufficient and help the communities around its farmland projects in developing countries.
Korea’s overseas development backfires
- Korea Times
- 04 December 2009
That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
Alimentos: el mercado falló
- La Jornada
- 01 December 2009
Los grandes "acaparamientos de tierras" en África y Asia también son signos de desconfianza en los mercados mundiales. Algunos importadores con recursos –como Arabia Saudita, Kuwait, China y Corea del Sur– han optado por cultivar alimentos en tierras que poseen o controlan en el extranjero en vez de importarlos mediante el comercio internacional. Estos países han cerrado contratos para comprar o arrendar unos 20 millones de hectáreas de la mejor tierra agrícola en países pobres.
Arabian sheik to invest in Sarangani
- Manila Times
- 26 November 2009
Tadco has visited the Kalumbarak Skyline Village in Malungon town, Philippines, with the intention of putting up a multimillion dollar worth agricultural investment.