Philippines

UAE signs MoU with Philippines to ensure food supply
- Gulf News
- 22 July 2008
The UAE is exploring opportunities in the Philippines to ensure the availability of certain food stocks in the country, an official said.
China: 'Going Outward' for Food Security
- Stratfor
- 30 June 2008
Beijing is adding agricultural investments to its “go outward” strategy, under which domestic businesses are encouraged to venture into foreign markets.
Saudi Arabia: Buying food security with petrodollars
- Kuwait Times
- 18 June 2008
The Arabian Peninsula is currently flooded with petrodollars, giving the Gulf Arabs a wide array of investment options abroad. But while these countries are winners in the oil market, they are losers in the food market. As a result, the Gulf Arabs - with Saudi Arabia at the fore - are pursuing a strategy to buy their food security through overseas agribusiness investment.
Bahrain may invest in Manila farmland
- Bahrain Tribune
- 14 June 2008
Bahrain is eyeing a major food production programme with the Philippines in a bid to ensure food security in the Kingdom.
Countries Are Renting Farmland Abroad
- US News and World Report
- 12 June 2008
As food crisis worsens, some nations are desperate for arable land
Bahrain eyes farmland in Philippines
- Reuters
- 11 June 2008
Bahrain wants to invest in rice farmland in the Philippines, the world's top importer of the grain, in a move to boost food security as global food supplies become increasingly expensive, traders said on Wednesday.
Bahrain seeks to secure foodstuff needs
- BNA
- 29 May 2008
Bahrain Minister of Industry and Commerce Dr. Hassan bin Abdullah Fakhro pointed out today that an agreement was reached with officials in the Philippines to allocate large plots of land to grow Basmati rice in a bid to secure the Kingdom's needs for such a product at reasonable prices
Chinese debate pros and cons of overseas farming investments
- The Guardian
- 11 May 2008
“It is the government’s policy to encourage all companies to go abroad, including agricultural firms,” a Chinese Agriculture Ministry official told Reuters.