Qatar

African land grab not a cure to Arab food concerns
- Reuters
- 07 April 2010
Interview with Wadid Erian of the Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.
Business Close-up: Americana Group
- MEED
- 02 April 2010
The Kuwait-based firm aims to build on its base as the leading food company in the Middle East.
Qatar agribusiness buys first Australian holding
- Australian Financial Review
- 08 Mar 2010
Qatar-based Hassad Food has initiated its investment in Australian agriculture with the purchase of the prized Kaladbro Estate in far western Victoria.
Qatar plans to grow corn in Georgia, import 70,000 sheep a year
- Bloomberg
- 26 February 2010
Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. plans to invest in Georgia, including the purchase of farm land, following a fact-finding trip in April.
Citadel Capital planning beyond the railway tracks
- Ratio Magazine
- 24 February 2010
Citadel's Karim Sadek dismisses talk of land grabbing as an “academic concern”, saying “there should definitely be a priority for the produce to be sold on the local market, if there is a paying market for it”.
Gulf Africa Strategy Forum 2009
- Khaleej Times
- 23 February 2010
The lack of systematic collection of data and categorising private and official investments from the Gulf has made it difficult to reach an accurate estimate of total investments, made so far.
Proposed agricultural deal carries risk for Cambodia's rural poor
- VoA
- 18 February 2010
BKK Partners, an Australian financial advisory firm, has a client that wants to buy 100,000 ha of Cambodian farmland. Human rights workers and politicians are concerned.
IDB eyes Qatar funds to double farm financing
- Gulf Times
- 17 February 2010
Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank is tapping Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund as well as other government and private entities as the bank seeks to double financing for agriculture sector in developing countries.
Sudan firm in talks with Hassad
- The Peninsula
- 04 February 2010
A delegation of top Kenana Sugar officials is in Doha to hold talks with Qatar’s Hassad group to create one of the world’s biggest food producing companies with a view to ensuring food security in the Arab world.
Qatar seeks US tech deals on food security
- Arabian Business
- 24 January 2010
A top-level Qatar National Food Security Programme (QNFSP) delegation, led by QNFSP chairman Fahd al Attiyah, will visit agricultural research institutes and meet senior US Government officials, including from the White House, the State Department, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy during its week-long US programme.
Significant progress - Agriculture and industry in Sudan
- Global Arab Network
- 21 January 2010
Both private and public sector investors from countries such as Qatar, Libya, Jordan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the Arab world as well as China and Korea elsewhere now hold long term rights to a total of two million feddans of arable land in Sudan, according to figures from the country’s agriculture ministry.
Land rental deal collapses after backlash against 'colonialism'
- Telegraph
- 14 January 2010
“We are in big trouble with the government of Madagascar,” said Shin Dong-hyun, the general manager of planning and finance at Daewoo Logistics Corporation.