Saudi Arabia

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- MHP
- 17 September 2024
MHP, a Ukrainian agribusiness company with massive poultry and grain farms, says the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) has acquired a 12.6% stake in the company.
Extractive agribusinesses—guaranteeing food security in the Gulf
- MERIP
- 04 September 2024
In recent years, Gulf economies have tackled their food dependencies not just by importing foodstuffs but through land enclosures, or the purchasing of agricultural land abroad, particularly in the Middle East, North and East Africa (but also as far as the United States and Australia)
Jamais un mètre-carré de terre congolaise ne sera cédé (Denis Sassou-N’Guesso)
- Echos du Congo
- 02 September 2024
À propos des terres agricoles accordées à des sociétés rwandaises, le Président de la République du Congo a déclaré que jamais il n’a été question de leur vendre des terres. "À chaque fois, il s’agit -ou il s’agira- de terres louées pour une période déterminée et pour une mission précise."
Hedge fund's $100M Arizona farmland buy stirs fears of water grab
- Arizona Daily Star
- 26 August 2024
New York-based hedge fund Water Asset Management LLC spent $100 million to buy farmland and water rights in Western Arizona, stirring concerns about a future “water grab” from that rural area and of corporate control over a major groundwater source.
Zim, Saudi Arabia work on agric map
- The Herald
- 20 August 2024
“Salic, which is charged by royal decree to make strategic investments at home and abroad to ensure food security in Saudi Arabia, is a good fit for several of our State institutions, as well as for our private sector, in the area of agriculture, livestock and agribusiness," says Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Zimbabwe explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia
- The Standard
- 17 August 2024
A delegation from the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) expressed interest in Zimbabwe’s agricultural potential and acknowledged the country’s strategic importance in the region.
Laundering carbon—The Gulf’s ‘new scramble for Africa’
- International Viewpoint
- 12 August 2024
The Gulf’s dispossession of African land for carbon offset projects is key to its efforts to delay, obfuscate and obstruct addressing climate change in meaningful ways.
UAE and Saudi Arabia’s agricultural diplomacy in Africa: Competition, cooperation and its strategic implications
- ORF
- 26 July 2024
With scarce arable land and water resources, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are expanding their agricultural diplomacy to improve food access and vying for agricultural cooperation with Africa
Nigerian minister says Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in importing red meat, soybeans
- Reuters
- 08 July 2024
Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in importing 200,000 tonnes of red meat and one million tonnes of soybeans annually from Nigeria, following meetings with the country's agribusiness entrepreneurs.
1000 hectares d’oliviers dans le désert de Tataouine pour une enveloppe de 174 MD
- Webdo
- 03 July 2024
Un financement saoudien de 174 millions de dinars va permettre de créer un pôle d'oliveraies dans le désert de Tataouine, en Tunisie, sur une superficie de 1000 hectares.
Ukraine: Continental has started harvesting winter crops from 89,500 hectares
- InterFax
- 24 June 2024
Continental Farmers Group, owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, has started the first wave of harvesting winter crops on 89,500 hectares in Ukraine.
The global race for water in the Arizona desert
- Mother Jones
- 08 June 2024
This week's episode of Reveal looks at how Arizona pension managers fueled a crisis by investing in an agribusiness deal that depleted local water supplies.