Unctad’s World Investment Report is the first detailed analysis of FDI flows behind the so-called farmland grab trend, in which countries such as Saudi Arabia or South Korea invest in overseas plots.
Oman has decided to appoint a specialist company to prepare the Sultanate's national strategy for food security.
While Oman has yet to indicate it will follow the course, it is in this make-or-break moment for a new, more stable capitalist system that the Gulf – and perhaps Oman in the future – are forging a rather novel form of global venture, that is, government-funded offshore farming.
Oman has sought the assistance of the specialised UN agency, UNCTAD, in conducting a study on food security.
