UAE

UAE company to invest in Bulgarian agriculture
- Standard News
- 23 July 2010
UAE-based investment company Al Barakah has shown interest in developing agriculture and farming projects in Bulgaria.
The GCC stocks the larder against future food crisis
- The National
- 11 July 2010
The GCC states are rapidly pursuing contracts for the purchase of land from eastern Africa to Vietnam to guarantee ample food supplies
Foreign investors buy up African farmland, sparking fears of a new colonialism
- bt Egypt
- 06 July 2010
While some North African countries are selling land, others struggling with dry climates are starting to buy land tracts overseas and in other African nations to feed their own growing populations.
Hope grows in former killing fields as it seeks to become bread basket again
- The National
- 07 June 2010
“We plan to have invested $1bn in farms within five years,” says Petrus du Toit of Ridge Solutions, which is acquiring farmland in Angola with backing from foreign investors.
Felda unit to spend RM688m for cattle project in Malaysia
- Malaysia Insider
- 07 June 2010
Joint venture with the India/UAE Allana Group acquires 20,000 head of cattle owned by Felda and gains access to over 850,000 hectares of oil palm land.
Abu Dhabi looks to Sudan to secure food supply
- Financial Times
- 03 June 2010
Abu Dhabi is preparing to launch a large-scale agricultural project in Sudan to develop more than 70,000 acres of land as part of the oil-rich Gulf emirate's efforts to secure food supplies.
Gulf investment offers hope for Africa
- The National
- 31 May 2010
Between 2007 and mid-2008, Gulf states and their government-backed businesses spent US$15 billion (Dh55bn) in sub-Saharan Africa alone, much of it in the drive for food security
Gulf farmland search switches to richer countries
- Reuters
- 28 May 2010
"As more investors look into the opportunities that developed nations present there will be no need to go underground or be ashamed of these deals," said Hakan Agro's Tomar.
Land may become top asset class - beating shares
- Agrimoney
- 28 May 2010
Farmland, whose $5,000bn value equates to about 7-10% of the value of world equity markets, could be worth 15-25% of share values by 2020, Hardman & Co analysts say
Abu Dhabi group enters grape, date hunt
- New Era
- 28 May 2010
Government of Namibia has leased land to Namibia Development Corporation and the Abu Dhabi-based Al Dhahra Agricultural Company to produce farm grapes and dates on a large commercial scale
Gulf states face food crisis
- UPI
- 27 May 2010
NCB Capital estimates that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the main buyers of African land, have acquired some 6 million acres worldwide, largely in Sudan, Pakistan and Indonesia. Other estimates are much higher.
UAE takes rapid steps towards food security
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 24 May 2010
The UAE has embarked on an overseas investment spree to ensure domestic food security in a country with miniscule arable area -- a spree that will only grow