Sudan

Gulf states continue quest for foreign land
- Reuters
- 17 July 2009
"We have no choice but to continue leasing and buying land," said Abdullah Al Obaid, head of the strategy unit at the Ministry of Agriculture in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi firm to invest $3 bln in Turkey farms
- Reuters
- 10 July 2009
Private Saudi firm Planet Food World (PFWC) will invest around $3 billion in agriculture in Turkey over the next five years to export food products to the Gulf region, the head of its Turkish unit said.
Sudan will put its agricultural resources at Africa’s disposal
- Sudan Tribune
- 02 July 2009
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir told the African Union summit in Libya that Sudan is willing to put its resources at the disposal of the continent.
The poor struggle for bargaining power in land disputes - world leaders aren't turning blind eye
- San Francisco Examiner
- 27 June 2009
When people are using lands under customary tenure arrangements, there is an inequality in bargaining power where no formal titles to the land exist if a foreign investor is interested in purchasing the land.
Strategic food security?
- International Supermarket News
- 25 June 2009
Carl Atkin, Head of Research at Bidwells Agribusiness looks at the recent interest in 'strategic food security' and the associated 'land grab' by Middle Eastern Corporations and Governments in countries as diverse of Sudan, Senegal and Sierra Leone.
Sudanese community fights land grab attempts
- Farm Radio Weekly
- 18 June 2009
Farm Radio Weekly correspondent, David De Dau spoke to people in the Madi community, who found themselves the victims of land grabbing in the post-conflict state of lawlessness.
The food crisis continues - in the form of a global scramble for lucrative farmlands
- CounterCurrents
- 17 June 2009
It's a tsunami of land deals and, as all of the experts who have studied the phenomenon have agreed, no nation is truly prepared for its implications.
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.
Sudan and China to focus on agriculture development
- Sudan Tribune
- 15 June 2009
Sudan and China are expected to sign a number of joint projects in the agricultural field
Piqûre de rappel - Les nouvelles haciendas
- Le Soleil
- 12 June 2009
Cette ruée vers l’or vert en Afrique inquiète la plupart des paysans du continent, car ils ont peur d’être dépossédés de leurs terres pour aller grossir les bataillons des ouvriers agricoles.
Betting the farm
- Fortune/CNN
- 10 June 2009
As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that's what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe.
Draft agreement on Sudan project nearing completion
- Jordan Times
- 08 June 2009
The government said on Sunday that a draft agreement with the private sector on the stalled Jordanian agricultural megaproject in Sudan is being finalised in order to be sent to the Cabinet for approval.v