UAE

Missing food security
- Pakistan Observer
- 18 April 2011
UAE is ready to build small dams for cultivation on lands they would acquire in Pakistan, provided the government ensures that there is no ban on exports.
Sudan, UAE sign Memo of Understanding on Protection and Encouragement of Investment
- SUNA
- 17 April 2011
Sudan and UAE have agreed to concentrate investment in the field of agriculture, referring that the UAE Al-Thahra Company expressed desire to invest in Sudan as strategic partner in the food security projects.
Foreign investors run fingers through Ukraine's black earth
- bne
- 15 April 2011
Chinese and other eastern investors are looking to buy agriculture land and agribusiness across the globe, and Ukraine is increasingly on their radar.
South Sudan threatened by land grab
- NPA
- 23 Mar 2011
Four months before South Sudan becomes an independant nation nine percent of the country has been targeted by investors, a Norwegian People's Aid report reveals.
UAE eyes investment in Chinese agriculture sector
- Emirates 24/7
- 12 Mar 2011
The UAE and other Gulf states in collaboration with Singapore companies are entering the Chinese agriculture market to ensure food security.
Investing abroad to secure food at home
- Gulf News
- 09 Mar 2011
Gulf states are following in the footsteps of China and looking beyond their shores to make heavy investments in agriculture
Clarity and UAE investors launch first agricultural project in Macedonia
- Zawya
- 08 Mar 2011
The company is currently looking at concluding another deal in Africa as well as other opportunities on behalf of regional investors for large scale production of crops in areas such as Africa, Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Local food companies lack funds to invest in farmland abroad
- Gulf News
- 28 February 2011
Local food companies are not financially capable of investing in farmlands abroad to grow basic staples that would insulate them from soaring prices of raw materials, they said on the sidelines of Gulfood 2011.
Businesses urge Dubai to snap up farmland abroad
- The National
- 22 February 2011
Dubai business leaders have urged the Government to snap up farmland overseas to grow basic staples as a buffer against soaring food prices.
UAE looking to Turkey for investing in food security
- The National
- 11 February 2011
The UAE will look to invest in farmland in Turkey as rising prices raise the urgency of food security, says Sultan al Mansouri, the Minister of Economy.
Arab farm investment push
- Stock & Land
- 10 February 2011
Former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, is leading a push to get Arabs to invest in Australian farmland as part of a long term food security strategy for oil-rich Gulf States
FNC debates UAE's threatened food security
- Gulf News
- 08 February 2011
The UAE and other GCC member countries should draw up a unified food security strategy with the bloc, and not individual countries, investing in farms abroad to minimise risks of political blackmail.