Egypt

Arab investors and land grabbers wanted by Egypt
- Green Prophet
- 24 April 2014
Egypt plans to lease 25,000 hectares of agricultural land to Arab investors.
Égypte, le retour du rêve fou d’un vieux pharaon
- Orient XXI
- 22 April 2014
Le projet de Tochka était censé régler les problèmes démographiques et agricoles de l’Égypte. En 2008, plus de 30 000 ha ont été attribués à une compagnie saoudienne. Fin 2013, une compagnie émiratie y annonçait l’achat de 40 000 ha.
Egypt eyes more Gulf investment on back of agricultural deal
- World News
- 09 April 2014
Egypt plans to lease 25,200 hectares of agricultural land this year to a firm affiliated with an Arab investment body, its agriculture minister said,
Accaparement des terres : les pays du Golfe reculent
- Jeune Afrique
- 08 January 2014
Face aux difficultés enregistrées en Afrique, les pays du Golfe réorientent leur stratégie d’investissement agricole vers des territoires moins risqués, notamment les États-Unis et l'Europe de l'Est.
Gulf states seek food security in Europe, US after African problems
- Reuters
- 30 December 2013
The desert states of the Gulf are changing tack in their multi-billion dollar search for food security.
South-South land grabbing: what the case of Egypt and its southern neighbours reveals
- Pambazuka
- 12 December 2013
Emerging regional powers’ in the South have produced powerful finance capitalists such as the Egyptian firm, Citadel Capital. Allied with global governance institutions, such firms represent greater control over vital resources and distribution routes for private wealth accumulation
Jenaan changes Egypt strategy to wheat for local market
- Reuters
- 25 November 2013
Jenaan, which has agricultural investments from Spain to Ethiopia, said it changed its policy in part because it had been losing money in Egypt and in part due to advice from the government of Abu Dhabi.
¿A quién pertenece el agua en África?
- ABC
- 03 June 2013
Mientras que el 40% de la población subsahariana no dispone de acceso al agua potable, los inversores internacionales hacen negocio acaparando los territorios por donde transita.
L’accaparement du Nil, un scénario qui inquiète l’Egypte
- Afrik
- 14 May 2013
L’Egypte voit la ruée étrangère vers les terres agricoles en Afrique comme une menace pour ses ressources en eau.
Egypt aims to become self-sufficient in sunflower oil by using farmland provided by neighboring Sudan
- Global Post
- 09 April 2013
Private Egyptian investors to plant sunflower on 210,000ha of land earmarked for joint agricultural projects under a deal reached by President Mohamed Mursi and President Hassan Omar al-Bashir.
Briefing: Transformer les déserts égyptiens en terrains agricoles
- IRIN
- 15 January 2013
Une délégation du ministère de l’Agriculture de l'Egypte se prépare à se rendre au Soudan cette année pour examiner la possibilité de cultiver du blé sur un total de 470 000 hectares de terres soudanaises.
Egypt: Turning deserts into fields
- IRIN
- 10 January 2013
A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to visit Sudan later this year to examine the possibility of growing wheat on as many as 470,000 hectares of Sudanese land.