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Qatar and Vietnam set up agriculture fund
- Reuters
- 03 September 2008
Gas exporter Qatar and Vietnam have set up a $1 billion fund (56 million pounds) to invest in sectors including agriculture, a Qatar-based newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Vietnam and Qatar in $1bn joint fund deal
- Gulf Times
- 02 September 2008
Qatar and Vietnam have signed an agreement to set up a joint fund with a capital of $1bn to facilitate investments in both countries. Phung The Long, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Vietnam in Doha, said Qatar’s contribution to the fund, through Qatar Investment Authority, would be $900mn and the balance by Vietnam.
Turkey the winner in Gulf's investment hunt
- Turkish Daily News
- 01 September 2008
As the increase in oil prices continue to help boost the income of Persian Gulf nations, Turkey is becoming a magnet for Gulf-based investors aiming to establish strategic food reserves
Cambodia upbeat over Kuwait deal
- Kuwait Times
- 06 August 2008
A bilateral agricultural venture between Cambodia and Kuwait proposed during an official visit by Kuwait's prime minister left Cambodia very positive about future cooperation, Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said yesterday.
Kuwait eyes Cambodian farmland for investment
- Kuwait Times
- 05 August 2008
Kuwait is eyeing Cambodian farmland for investment in agriculture to produce food supply for the state, a minister said yesterday.
Qatar seeks solution to food crisis
- The Peninsula
- 25 July 2008
Dr Kayan Jaff, the FAO’s regional chief, has warned that only a multi-billion dollar investment in agriculture will curb soaring supermarket prices — urging governments to buy up farmland in regions like the Horn of Africa and Asia.
Qatar, Sudan in farming tie-up
- Sudan Tribune
- 22 July 2008
As part of Doha’s efforts to ensure food security, Qatar and Sudan yesterday agreed to establish a joint holding company, which is expected to focus on agricultural investment, food industry and animal husbandry.
Gulf food security: is there enough, and at what price?
- The Middle East
- 01 July 2008
Both public and private sector investors in the Gulf are also looking at ways to improve local food supplies, by investing in a range of outlets from arable farm land in the Sudan, Algeria and Pakistan to introduce new technology to enhance the local production of foodstuffs and grains, livestock, poultry and fish.
Arabs diversifying overseas investment
- Dawn
- 23 June 2008
Globalisation has taken yet another twist with some Middle Eastern countries deciding to grow their crops in other countries.
High food prices make oil sheikhs turn to farming
- Economic Times
- 02 June 2008
To break the runaway inflation that is fuelled by high food costs, Gulf rulers have a new strategy: they are buying unused agricultural land in poor countries like Pakistan, Thailand and Sudan, and becoming large-scale farmers.
UAE investors buy Pakistan farmland
- Financial Times
- 11 May 2008
Dubai-based Abraaj Capital, one of the Middle East’s largest private equity companies, has been quietly buying farmland in Pakistan as part of plans by the United Arab Emirates to increase food security and to damp inflation.

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