• Algeria invites interest from farmland investors
    • Reuters
    • 21 September 2011

    Algeria has for the first time formally invited expressions of interest from investors, including foreigners, seeking to acquire stakes in the country's farming sector.

  • Sucre : Yes we canne !
    • Jeune Afrique
    • 02 Mar 2011

    Dangote Industries, une des plus importantes compagnie du Nigéria, veut produire de la canne à sucre sur 40,000 ha au Sénégal.

  • Algeria seeks investment in key economic sectors
    • Khaleej Times
    • 13 October 2010

    UAE investors are pumping huge funds into the agricultural sector given the availability of vast arable lands and water and production inputs along with a large market which can serve as a gateway to European and African markets.

  • Algerie : L’agro-industrie étrangère bienvenue ?
    • Maghreb Confidentiel
    • 09 September 2010

    Le ministre algérien de l’agriculture examine une série de candidatures étrangères -- des investisseurs européens, canadiens et arabes -- en vue de l’exploitation de terres agricoles dans le pays.

  • Foreigners apply to farm maize in Algeria
    • Reuters
    • 02 September 2010

    Algeria's government is considering applications from firms in Europe, the Gulf and Canada to launch the country's first commercial maize production, the head of the Algerian farmers' union said.

  • Algeria allows farmland leases for first time
    • Reuters
    • 22 July 2010

    Algeria adopted a law on Wednesday which will allow private firms to lease state-owned farmland but it also imposed restrictions on foreign investment.

  • Foreign investors buy up African farmland, sparking fears of a new colonialism
    • bt Egypt
    • 06 July 2010

    While some North African countries are selling land, others struggling with dry climates are starting to buy land tracts overseas and in other African nations to feed their own growing populations.

  • Algerie: on veille au grain
    • Oxford Business Group
    • 25 May 2010

    « Certains de nos agriculteurs du secteur privé ont commencé à investir dans des pays comme l’Egypte et le Soudan. Nous espérons en faire de même en Algérie » dit le ministre de l’agriculture saoudien.

  • La concession de 40 ans comme régime d’exploitation
    • La Tribune
    • 12 May 2010

    Le Conseil des ministres a adopté hier le projet de loi fixant les conditions et modalités d’exploitation de terres agricoles relevant du domaine privé de l’Etat. L’ouverture au partenariat étranger est exclue.

  • L’Etat sauvegardera les terres agricoles et luttera contre la spéculation
    • La Tribune
    • 12 May 2010

    La nouvelle loi algérienne sur l’exploitation des terres agricoles consacre deux principes majeurs : la concession d’une durée de seulement 40 ans renouvelables et l’exclusivité de la jouissance aux Algériens.

  • Food security in Arab countries still faces big challenge
    • Xinhua
    • 11 May 2010

    Saudi Arabian Agriculture Minister Fahd Bin Abdul-rahman Bin Sulaiman Balghunaim said at the summit that Saudi Arabia was planning to invest in Algeria's agriculture, like Egypt and Sudan.

  • Saudis eye farmland investment in Algeria: minister
    • Reuters
    • 28 April 2010

    Saudi Arabian investors are looking at opportunities to buy into farmland in Algeria, says the Saudi Agriculture Minister.

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