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Saudi reaps benefits of first offshore rice production
- Middle East Online
- 03 February 2009
First cargo of rice arrives in oil-rich kingdom amid mixed feelings over business ethics.
Delegation seeks Saudi investment in Mindanao
- Saudi Gazette
- 03 February 2009
According to Nograles the vision of the political leaders of Mindanao is that if the 26,000 hectares of contiguous agricultural land can be developed in the joint venture partnership with the Saudi chamber of commerce, a lease agreement could gurantee 50 years of food security for the Kingdom.
Infrastructure investments necessary, but at what cost?
- The Daily Nation
- 01 February 2009
While I am all for infrastructure projects, the way these large-scale agriculture projects are being conceived leaves a lot to be desired. One, they are shrouded in secrecy. Two, this being Kenya, it is not clear who will benefit most.
Improving food security in Arab countries: Is land acquisition a viable strategy?
- World Bank
- 31 January 2009
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are worldwide leaders in buying farmland in third-party countries, followed by China and Japan, says the World Bank.
The farms race
- Globe and Mail
- 30 January 2009
Wealthy countries short of fertile land are gazing hungrily at Canada's prairies
Cambodia farm land sold to wealthy nations
- Channel 4 (UK)
- 29 January 2009
Never mind the food miles: when prices are soaring around the world some countries have found a way of keeping their own consumers happy - farming out their farms overseas. One of Asia’s poorest countries, Cambodia, is at the top of their wish list.
South Korean investors to grow corn in Indonesian islands
- Antara
- 28 January 2009
PT Daewoo Logistic Indonesia and Cheil Jedang Samsung will jointly build an integrated corn industry on the islands of Buru and Sumba with an investment of US$50 million.
Two pacts may be signed during Emir’s Lanka visit
- Gulf Times
- 28 January 2009
"We are trying to promote Qatari investment in [Sri Lanka's] farm sector.”
Sudan beckons for new investors
- BBC
- 28 January 2009
Of all the places on this planet where you might think of investing, Sudan would surely not normally be at the top of anyone’s list. But that is not the view of Philippe Heilberg of Jarch Capital in New York, who told the BBC that his company was leasing 400,000 hectares in the relatively more stable south part of the country.
Corporate farming raises concern among local growers
- The News
- 28 January 2009
Local farmers have protested against the government’s initiative to invite foreign investors in corporate farming, thus allowing them to take 100 per cent of the yield.
Surprise ending in Madrid! No consensus on a G8-driven partnership against hunger...for now
- This Day
- 27 January 2009
The solution to the food crisis exists, and is being fought for in many communities. It is called food sovereignty. We need to stop corporate land grabbing for industrial agrofuels and commodity production.
Tsonga Project: Assessing Gains of Commercial Farming
- This Day
- 27 January 2009
When the Kwara State Government invited the displaced Zimbabwean farmers to the state for the Tsonga farming project, many thought it was another white elephant exercise.