Qatar

UAE keen to import Bulgarian food
- Novinite
- 24 November 2010
The Abu Dhabi Development Fund eyes the opportunity to invest in Bulgarian agriculture.
New rush of foreign investors, mainly Argentines, to purchase land in Uruguay
- MercoPress
- 01 November 2010
Recent business delegations from Iran and Qatar expressed strong interest in buying farmland in Uruguay to develop their own production projects.
Qatar Supports Agriculture and Food Security in Arab and Islamic Countries
- QNA
- 29 October 2010
Qatar gives special attention to investments in Sudan in agricultural fields and livestock.
Le Qatar veut acheter des terres agricoles en Ukraine
- Ria Novosti
- 14 October 2010
Le Qatar mène des négociations préliminaires avec l'Ukraine et l'Argentine sur l'achat de terrains agricoles, a annoncé jeudi le chef du Programme national pour la sécurité alimentaire Mahendra Shah.
Qatar negocia la compra de tierras argentinas por U$s 100 M
- ON24
- 13 October 2010
Qatar está en conversaciones preliminares con los gobiernos de Argentina y Ucrania para comprar tierras agrícolas destinadas a la producción de cereales.
Qatar in talks to buy Argentina, Ukraine farmland
- Reuters
- 13 October 2010
Qatar is in preliminary talks with the governments of Argentina and Ukraine to buy farmland for cereals production, the head of the Gulf Arab state's national food security programme said on Wednesday.
In bid for food security, Qatar sows seeds globally
- The National
- 02 September 2010
Hassad Food knows how to shop. The $1b subsidiary of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund finalised a $500m agreement last year to grow wheat & rice on 100,000 ha in Sudan and has announced plans to invest $700m worldwide this year.
Hassad Food to buy sugar project in Brazil
- Reuters
- 29 August 2010
Hassad Food, owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, plans to acquire a sugar project in Brazil with a capacity to produce 25 million tonnes per annum, 70% of which will be shipped to Qatar.
Hassad Food to market own brand of rice in Qatar
- The Peninsula
- 29 August 2010
The Qatari company is about to bring home the first shipment of its own wheat produced overseas, and to start producing its own sugar in Brazil
Alarm bells at sovereign funds' farmlands foray
- Stock & Land
- 16 August 2010
Australian Liberal senator Bill Heffernan warns that sovereign wealth funds need to be watched because some were "already acquiring other sovereigns' wealth to protect their own food security tasks".
UAE company to invest in Bulgarian agriculture
- Standard News
- 23 July 2010
UAE-based investment company Al Barakah has shown interest in developing agriculture and farming projects in Bulgaria.
Hassad to produce rice abroad for Qatar market
- Peninsula
- 07 July 2010
State-backed food producing and marketing giant, Hassad Food Company, has plans to produce rice in India, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.