Saudi Arabia

Selling off the heart of our nation
- Daily Telegraph
- 07 Mar 2010
Saudi Arabia, along with Abu Dhabi and Kuwait, want to buy more than $1 billion worth of Aussie farmland in a 21st century land grab.
Saudi Arabia mulls new port for food imports
- Arabian Business
- 03 Mar 2010
Since Saudi Arabia abandoned its wheat cultivation programme two years ago, due to dwindling water resources in the desert kingdom, it became a major buyer of wheat from global markets.
GCC states look abroad to meet food needs
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 03 Mar 2010
Gulf oil producers have abandoned long-standing nationalistic policies of achieving food self-sufficiency and switched to a more realistic approach of using their strong financial muscle to invest in farm projects in fertile countries.
“África sufre un grave problema de acaparamiento de tierras"
- Baserribizia
- 24 February 2010
"En Mali vamos a hacer movilizaciones frente a ese acaparamiento de tierras."
Gulf Africa Strategy Forum 2009
- Khaleej Times
- 23 February 2010
The lack of systematic collection of data and categorising private and official investments from the Gulf has made it difficult to reach an accurate estimate of total investments, made so far.
Y ahora a por sus tierras
- Noticias de Guipuzkoa
- 21 February 2010
LA ONU ha presentado un estudio en el que informa sobre la masiva compra de tierras que países poderosos, e incluso multinacionales, están llevando a cabo en África.
Kingdom must have agriculture base, says Al-Rasheed
- Arab News
- 18 February 2010
The chairman of Golden Gras says the solution to problems around buying farmland abroad for Saudi food production is 60:40 partnerships.
Saudi's Nadec to obtain farmland in Sudan
- Reuters
- 14 February 2010
Saudi-based National Agricultural Development Co (Nadec) said on Sunday it has completed procedures to obtain a 42,000-hectare farmland in Sudan.
Korean investor wins permit for Papua food estate
- Tempo Interaktif
- 10 February 2010
As many foreign and local investor are seeking to win a license to invest in the giant agriculture project in Papua, Indonesia, one unnamed South Korean investor has obtained a permit. Mitsubishi is also bidding. Binladin Group has been rejected.
Yemen eyes Saudi agricultural deal by June
- Reuters
- 30 January 2010
Yemen, grappling with poverty and a resurgent al Qaeda, is in talks with Saudi firms interested in acquiring farms or investing in fishery and livestock production with a first deal eyed by June.
Banks eye increasing value of land
- Daily News Egypt
- 27 January 2010
Heightened land values have caused several Egyptian banks, private companies and government bodies to purchase agricultural land in Africa, in addition to focusing greater attention on Egypt’s land resources.
Mideast supplies: Slowdown in Gulf states’ dash for farmland
- Financial Times
- 26 January 2010
The urgency among Gulf states to pursue farmland acquisitions has diminished as food prices have gone down and controversy has gone up. Still, Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with its plans.