Qatar

Qatar: Hassad to meet half of wheat requirement
- Zawya
- 02 June 2010
Hassad Food says it would soon begin meeting at least 50 percent of Qatar's wheat requirements and later 20 percent of its poultry needs.
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.
Needed: an ethical approach to development partnerships
- Gulf Times
- 01 June 2010
Gulf countries investing in farmland abroad have a real opportunity to help developing countries and should rethink simply switching their investments to richer states says Dr Mahendra Shah
Qatar eyes farm, energy investment in Moldova
- Gulf Times
- 31 May 2010
"I understand Moldova has a favourable climate and good farmland, which Qatar’s Hassad Food could possibly look at for opportunities," says Qatar's Deputy Premier
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
Gulf farmland search switches to richer countries
- Reuters
- 28 May 2010
"As more investors look into the opportunities that developed nations present there will be no need to go underground or be ashamed of these deals," said Hakan Agro's Tomar.
Pachauri to Arabs: "Convert oil wealth into soil wealth"
- The National
- 09 May 2010
Prof Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC, thinks Arab states should shore up their food security as global warming places stress on the world's agricultural resources. But he is not thinking of recent government initiatives to buy fertile farmland in other countries.
Africa: What will continent export if it leases farmland to Arabs?
- Business Daily
- 04 May 2010
"Investors like Citadel Capital and Goldman Sachs must be stopped from acquiring large tracts of land in Africa because this practice has become a serious threat to the continent's food sovereignty"
Ghana presents $700mn investment proposals to Qatar food firm
- Gulf Times
- 03 May 2010
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre is seeking investments from Qatar to the tune of $700mn, including a major deal with Hassad Food
Senator seeks investment from Qatar in Australia
- Gulf Times
- 29 April 2010
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund agricultural company launched Hassad Australia last year, aimed at ensuring that livestock and grain needs for Qatar, from Australian farmland, are met.
Statement by Qatar to Roundtable on Responsible Agricultural Investments
- IIASA
- 25 April 2010
An equitable shared-benefits agreement can best provide the basis for responsible and sustainable agricultural development, especially in currently cultivated land areas where the yield gaps are large.
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