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Middle East agribusiness offers Nigeria $3bn investment yearly
- The Punch
- 24 February 2009
Agribusiness in the Middle East countries hold out investment opportunities worth $3bn for Nigeria yearly.
Qatari investors to set up trade units in Balochistan
- Pakistan Observer
- 24 February 2009
Investors of State of Qatar have expressed their interest for making investments in agriculture and fisheries sectors in coastal areas of Balochistan, and they will soon set up their industrial, agricultural and trade units in the coastal areas of the province.
Israeli business delegation due in Cambodia in March
- Phnom Penh Post
- 23 February 2009
An Israeli delegation is set to visit Cambodia on March 16, hoping to forge agreements in agriculture and telecommunications
Wikileaks: A spoonful of Chinese sugar sours US investors in Mali
- Wikileaks
- 23 February 2009
"Over the past four years we have, on Schaffer's behalf, frequently raised concerns about various impediments to the sugar project with many senior Malian officials," reports the US mission in Bamako
Commodity giants on our shores
- Business Day
- 23 February 2009
“We have a land fund in South America, we have in Ukraine. Now we are developing one in Africa. We need to acquire land for farming,” says Guy de Montule, Louis Dreyfus’ chief executive officer for Middle East and Africa
Focus: Agriculture grows in stature
- Financial Times
- 23 February 2009
Agriculture opportunities are accessed through land purchase (for production of foodstuffs or, more recently, biofuels), through equity investments in companies associated with this theme or – as is the case for £143m Ceres Agriculture fund – through pure derivative strategies.
Sheep imported from UAE for breeding and meat
- Vietnam Business News
- 22 February 2009
A flock of 360 sheep imported from the UAE landed at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport Saturday, Ninh Thuan Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.
Loi n°45/AN/09/6ème L portant création de la Société Djiboutienne de Sécurité Alimentaire (SDSA).
- République de Djibouti
- 21 February 2009
La Société Djiboutienne de Sécurité Alimentaire a pour mission d'oeuvrer pour le compte de l'Etat à la réalisation des objectifs de la Sécurité Alimentaire de la République de Djibouti. Les projets peuvent se situer au niveau du territoire national comme à l'extérieur du Pays dans une perspective d'intégration régionale.
Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches: Newsletter n° 3
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- 21 February 2009
En fait, les responsables de Daewoo n’annoncent pas qu’ils envisagent d’annuler leur projet. Il n’est question que de retard pour la culture de maïs. De plus, ce n’est qu’une éventualité et non une information. La culture d’huile de palme sur 300 000 ha n’est pas concernée.
The growing demand for land: Risks and opportunities for smallholder farmers
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- 19 February 2009
Paper for the International Fund for Agricultural Development's Governing Council meeting
Sarawak halal hub attracts RM4bil outlay
- The Star
- 19 February 2009
Six Taiwanese and five local companies have committed more than RM4bil in investments in the Tanjung Manis Halal Hub in Mukah Division in central Sarawak.
INTERVIEW-Foreign land grabs for food could fuel unrest
- Reuters
- 18 February 2009
Big purchases of African land by richer countries in a drive for food security could fuel unrest if the rights of local farmers are not taken into consideration, a land rights campaigner warned on Wednesday.
Saudis to invest $ 266m in Ethiopia and Sudan
- Sudan Tribune
- 18 February 2009
A group of five Saudi Arabia business men have planned to invest 1 billion Saudi riyals (some $ 266.6 million) in agricultural projects in Sudan and Ethiopia within the coming few years, Pan Arab daily Asharq Al Awsat reports.
Los países ricos inician una carrera para hacerse con la tierra y garantizar su suministro de alimentos
- Rebelion
- 17 February 2009
Los gobiernos y corporaciones ricos han desatado la alarma para los pobres a medida que van comprando los derechos a millones de hectáreas de tierra cultivable en los países en desarrollo en un esfuerzo por garantizar su suministro de alimentos a largo plazo.
Daewoo's African Dream
- Korea Times
- 17 February 2009
"We can't eat semiconductors or auto parts." When Richard Shin of Daewoo Logistics told me this during an interview last week, it hit me hard. Shin is the manager of the Korean firm's $6 billion project to carve a 1.3 million hectare farm out of Madagascar, a formal French colony.