Uganda

The new landlords
- Times of India
- 26 September 2009
Ramakrishna Karuturi does not feature on any international power list. Perhaps he should.
Uganda: Museveni blocks Libyan ranch deal
- The Monitor
- 21 August 2009
President Museveni on February 23 wrote to Finance Minister Syda Bbumba advising against allowing foreigners to buy large chunks of land in Uganda in order to grow food.
World Bank hails investment in Ugandan farming
- Reuters
- 14 August 2009
A group of Saudi-based investors announced earlier this monthy a seven-year plan to develop and plant 700,000 hectares to produce 7 million tonnes of rice in countries like Uganda.
Egypt: Southern farming
- Business Today
- 10 August 2009
The wheat farms in Sudan & Uganda are not Egypt’s first foray into overseas farming — the government operates a corn farm in Zambia, a rice farm in Niger, a vegetable farm in Tanzania and plans 14 more farms across Africa — but they are significant because they are among the first efforts to address wheat scarcity after the instability of 2008.
Des investisseurs saoudiens lancent un projet de riziculture en Afrique
- Reuters
- 03 August 2009
Le programme, du nom « 7X7 », prévoit de développer 700 000 ha de terres agricoles pour produire en 7 ans 7 millions de tonnes de riz au Mali, au Sénégal et peut-être au Soudan et en Ouganda.
Saudi-based partners launch Africa rice farming plan
- Reuters
- 03 August 2009
The $1bn project, dubbed 7X7, aims at developing 700,000 ha of farmland to produce within 7 years 7 million tonnes of rice in Mali, Senegal and maybe Sudan and Uganda.
Is a recolonization of Africa underway?
- New Vision
- 14 July 2009
I wonder how many other behind-the-scenes transactions are currently underway in the continent that will only be announced when the deals have been signed and perhaps money has exchanged hands.
Uganda: Negotiate land deals carefully
- New Vision
- 03 July 2009
In the case of Uganda, Egypt has shown interest in acquiring 200 hectares for wheat production.
Artistic impression down on the farm
- Financial Times
- 17 June 2009
The Sekem Group, Egypt’s foremost producer and exporter of organic food to Europe and the US, is not a typical Egyptian enterprise.
Questioning old traditions
- IPS
- 17 June 2009
Uganda's minister of agriculture literally pleaded with the agribusiness delegates at a forum in Capetown to take advantage of Uganda’s extremely advantageous deals for private investors in the agricultural sector.
La Chine et l’Afrique : cela ne fait que commencer
- Les Afriques
- 07 June 2009
Au delà de sa boulimie pour les matières premières du sous-sol africain, la Chine a aussi commencé à s’intéresser à l’agriculture africaine.
Egypt to reap wheat in Ugandan field
- Trade Arabia
- 26 May 2009
The Egyptian government has been allocated up to 2 million acres of land in Uganda to grow wheat and corn for its domestic market