Sudan

UAE remains vulnerable to high food price
- Emirates 24/7
- 23 November 2010
Sudanese officials say the “Zayed Project” is among the largest farm ventures launched by the UAE in Sudan, with investment of $60 million.
Sudan targets food self-sufficiency in 5 years
- Reuters
- 22 November 2010
Government and private sector are creating pilot farms as an inventive to investors to either come and buy existing yielding projects, expand them or to run them as joint public-private ventures.
Qatar Supports Agriculture and Food Security in Arab and Islamic Countries
- QNA
- 29 October 2010
Qatar gives special attention to investments in Sudan in agricultural fields and livestock.
CHRGJ report calls for rights protections in global land rush
- CHRGJ
- 28 October 2010
Urges transparency and regulation to protect rights, prevent further food insecurity.
Private sector interest grows in African farming
- WSJ
- 28 October 2010
Mounting concern over security of food supplies is spurring a wave of private-sector investment in Africa.
Egypt’s conundrum over food security and the Nile’s water
- Afrik News
- 14 October 2010
The Egyptian external agricultural land deals are all the more fragile as a future government or policy change in Ethiopia or Sudan risks destabilizing their external food security strategy.
UAE has over 2,800 sq km in Sudan farms
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 13 October 2010
The UAE controls more than 2,800 square kilometers [280,000 ha] in farms in Sudan -- more than triple the area of Bahrain -- as a result of its decision to invest in agricultural projects in fertile Arab nations to slash its soaring food import bill
Iran to build agro-industry complex in Sudan
- Tehran Times
- 11 October 2010
A plot of land has been chosen for Iran to establish an agro-industry complex to produce wheat and sugar in Sudan
Egypt's Citadel invests $40 mln in Sudan farms
- Reuters
- 29 September 2010
Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital said it was investing $40 million to grow crops in Sudan, where agricultural spending is increasing as the government moves to address food shortages.
Sudan, Spanish agricultural projects shelved
- Jordan Times
- 21 September 2010
Jordan's stalled Sudan agricultural investment project is no longer feasible, as no one will pay the infrastructure costs to transport water.
UN casts eye on GCC's farmland investment
- Bahrain Tribune
- 07 September 2010
Abu Dhabi finalises scheme to purchase 29,400 hectares of land in Sudan
Egypt signs deal to allow farmland access in Sudan
- Reuters
- 06 September 2010
Egypt's government signed a deal to allow Egyptian companies access to 400,000 hectares of farm land in Sudan, the first deal of its kind between the two countries