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Arabian sheik to invest in Sarangani
- Manila Times
- 26 November 2009
Tadco has visited the Kalumbarak Skyline Village in Malungon town, Philippines, with the intention of putting up a multimillion dollar worth agricultural investment.
RP eyes agribusiness investments from Middle East
- Philippine Daily Inquirer
- 25 November 2009
A delegation from the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce will be in Manila on Friday and Saturday for a briefing on potential food production investment sites in the Philippines.
Al-Amoudi’s efforts to initiate Saudi agro investments
- Addis Fortune
- 24 November 2009
Sources close to Al-Amoudi said that the king has shown an interest in seeing other Saudi companies involved in rice farming after seeing the samples presented by Al-Amoudi
For Sale signs nailed to our Aussie icons
- The Telegraph
- 23 November 2009
Foreign companies are covertly buying up adjacent farms in Australia to use as a "salad bowl" in the case of global food shortages.
Is there such a thing as agro-imperialism?
- New York Times
- 19 November 2009
There’s a whole school of economic thought that says that Collier is wrong, that big is not necessarily better in agriculture — and that the land deals therefore might be unwise not because they’re wrong but because they’re unprofitable.
Acaparando desde el Sur
- Radio Mundo Real
- 18 November 2009
Arabia Saudita, Corea, China, Japón y otros concentran tierras “baratas” en países del sur
Saudi farms turn soil for seeds of change
- Financial Times
- 17 November 2009
Jannat has a target of securing 100,000 to 215,000 hectares of land abroad, including $100m in African investments, says Mohammed Abdulla al-Rajhi, chairman of Jannat and deputy chairman of Tadco.
Declaración de GRAIN para la Conferencia de Prensa conjunta de GRAIN - Vía Campesina
- GRAIN
- 17 November 2009
El actual acaparamiento global de las tierras cultivables, donde la inversión extranjera toma el control de la tierra y el agua en los países en desarrollo, no tiene nada que ver con el fortalecimiento de la agricultura familiar y los mercados locales, que a nuestro juicio es la única manera de avanzar para lograr sistemas alimentarios que alimenten a la gente. Debe ser inmediatamente detenido.
Almarai aims at half of Egypt dairy market
- Reuters
- 17 November 2009
Saudi-based Almarai Co says it plans to take a 50 percent share of the dairy market in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation, by 2013, a report said.
UN softens stand on rush to buy farmland
- Globe and Mail
- 17 November 2009
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi calls it the “new feudalism.” Groups representing peasant farmers call it “land grabs.” The United Nations literature dispersed at this week's UN food summit in Rome calls it “direct foreign investment.”
When wise investing leads to full stomachs
- The National
- 16 November 2009
Why produce a low-value crop such as wheat using expensive water when the FAO says the global wheat harvest will this year be second only to last year’s record?
Riyad lorgne sur les terres d’Afrique de l’Est
- RFI
- 16 November 2009
Un forum Arabie Saoudite/Afrique de l’Est s’est tenu le 15 novembre à Addis Abeba auquel assistaient le ministre saoudien du Commerce et des représentants d’une cinquantaine de compagnies saoudiennes.