Iraq

Saudi trade body fixes technical hurdle blocking exports to Iraq
- Asharq Alawsat
- 06 October 2025
Iraq’s agriculture minister has offered Saudi investors one million hectares of farmland.
Iraq-backed Sudan farm venture suspended
- Shafaq News
- 08 September 2025
The Iraqi Fund for External Development (IFED) said that one of its four agricultural ventures in Sudan has stopped operating, without providing any reason for the halt.
UAE invests in Kurdistan's agriculture and livestock sectors
- Iraq Business News
- 30 December 2022
"We came to the conclusion that Kurdistan has fertile land suitable for investment in agriculture and planting," says the head of a delegation from the Emirati Al Abrar Company.
Iraq says Saudi could invest in agricultural land in Anbar province
- Reuters
- 04 April 2018
Iraq’s trade ministry said on Wednesday a joint Iraqi-Saudi coordination council was considering an investment in one million hectares of agricultural land in the western province of Anbar.
AAAID Investments have exceeded its paid capital: executive
- Sudan Vision
- 09 August 2016
AAAID Chairman says scores of investors have expressed the desire for partnerships with the Authority in agriculture.
Arab states 'must invest in Central Asian farmland'
- The National
- 08 May 2012
Arab states should buy land in Kurdistan and Kazakhstan to produce staple foods to secure future food resources says a senior Arab League official.
Unused land in Africa 'could feed the Gulf'
- National
- 02 February 2011
A handful of North African countries, along with Iraq and Sudan, could feed the Gulf.
Food security requires regional cooperation
- The National
- 13 January 2011
Gulf governments have focused almost exclusively on controlling land where food is grown, investing in projects and buying land in North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and central Asia. Perhaps the better strategy would be to look for food closer to home.
Abou Dabi future place de négoce internationale
- RFI
- 21 November 2010
Abou Dabi, qui a des vues sur des terres agricoles en Irak, vient de créer une nouvelle structure, ADS pour «Abu Dhabi Sources».
'Agro-neocapitalism and land grab' available in Arabic & Kurdish
- Talib Murad
- 23 April 2010
A publication (82 pages) entitled ‘Agro-Neocapatilism and Land grab’ featuring Arabic and Kurdish translations of the various articles on this subject is now available
Iraq and investment of its arable land
- IRAQdirectory.com
- 10 January 2010
Chairman of the National Investment, Sami Araji, said that Iraq is seeking the exploitation of nearly two million acres of agricultural land of direct investment by foreign companies specialized in this matter.
Deputy of Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture: We will present agricultural land for private investment both domestic and foreign
- IRAQdirectory.com
- 09 January 2010
He confirmed that the Ministry received very wide offers of investment by Arab and foreign investors.