Iraq

Iraq’s agriculture minister has offered Saudi investors one million hectares of farmland.

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.

"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’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 Chairman says scores of investors have expressed the desire for partnerships with the Authority in agriculture.

Arab states should buy land in Kurdistan and Kazakhstan to produce staple foods to secure future food resources says a senior Arab League official.

A handful of North African countries, along with Iraq and Sudan, could feed the Gulf.

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, qui a des vues sur des terres agricoles en Irak, vient de créer une nouvelle structure, ADS pour «Abu Dhabi Sources».

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

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.

He confirmed that the Ministry received very wide offers of investment by Arab and foreign investors.