Thailand

Bahrain Bank, CP to form strategic alliance for agro-industrial
- The Nation
- 23 June 2009
Eam Ngamdamronk, vice chairman of CP Group, said it was a flexible agreement in which investment could be made in Bahrain, Thailand and also in third countries.
Thai govt: Foreigners can't farm here
- Bangkok Post
- 22 June 2009
Thailand's Ministry of Commerce says the law is quite clear -- foreign developers cannot invest in the country's agricultural sector, especially the farm sector.
Farm sector: 'Reject mideast overtures'
- The Nation
- 22 June 2009
Thai rice farmers and exporters strongly oppose the Gulf Cooperation Council's interest in investing in the Thai farming sector
Al Salam Bank ventures into farming business
- Gulf Daily News
- 22 June 2009
Al Salam and CP Group will jointly identify suitable agribusiness ventures that will generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while playing a proactive role in addressing food security in the region.
Bahrain's Al Salam, Charoen to invest in agcltr
- Reuters
- 21 June 2009
Bahrain-based Islamic bank Al Salam said on Sunday it has signed an agreement with Thailand's agriculture and food company Charoen Pokphand Foods to jointly invest in agricultural businesses.
Thai sugar grower gets 10,000 hectare land concession
- Vietiane Times
- 11 June 2009
The Government of Laos has granted a major Thai investor a 10,000 ha concession in two central provinces of Laos to grow sugarcane.
Gulf states show interest in Thai farms
- Reuters
- 08 June 2009
A number of Gulf states have expressed interest in livestock and rice farming in Thailand to secure food supplies, a Thai official said on Monday. "The countries involved could be Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar or the UAE," he added.
Thai, UAE talks to set up livestock farms
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 04 June 2009
The UAE Government is holding talks with Thailand about plans to develop huge livestock farms in the Southeast Asian country.
Saudi Arabia looks to foreign farmlands to feed itself
- Dawn
- 26 April 2009
The issue of food security is getting higher on Riyadh’s priority list.
Life is slowly draining from the farms
- Bangkok Post
- 22 April 2009
In 2006, Thailand had about 25 million farmers, who accounted for 40% of the population. The number is likely fall to 37% of the population by 2013. The government must act to reverse the trend, otherwise investors could rent or buy land from farmers to invest in large-scale farming, agricultural processing plants and hiring local people.
Africa beckons for rice firms
- Bangkok Post
- 16 April 2009
The region continues to have great market potential as a number of Thai rice companies have offices there and some have been approached by local governments to invest there in milling, processing and even growing rice.
Thais eye Nigerian rice plantations
- The Nation
- 01 April 2009
Capital Rice and Asia Golden Rice, both in Thailand, recently formed a business alliance with the Stallion Group, Nigeria's largest conglomerate, to supply rice to this major African market. The next step is to export rice-planting know-how and invest in Nigerian farmland.