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Al-Amoudi solicits additional arable land
- Addis Fortune
- 07 December 2009
Al-Amoudi's recently established Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc requested, two weeks ago, an additional 250,000 ha of land in Ethiopia for sugar beet production.
Les visées de l'Arabie saoudite sur les terres fertiles du continent
- Jeune Afrique
- 01 December 2009
L’idée n’est pas nouvelle, mais elle fait son chemin depuis la tenue, les 14 et 15 novembre à Addis-Abeba, du premier forum économique entre l’Arabie saoudite et les pays d’Afrique de l’Est. Une manifestation qui a permis à Riyad de plaider sa cause et de renouveler son intérêt pour les terres agricoles de cette partie du continent.
Alimentos: el mercado falló
- La Jornada
- 01 December 2009
Los grandes "acaparamientos de tierras" en África y Asia también son signos de desconfianza en los mercados mundiales. Algunos importadores con recursos –como Arabia Saudita, Kuwait, China y Corea del Sur– han optado por cultivar alimentos en tierras que poseen o controlan en el extranjero en vez de importarlos mediante el comercio internacional. Estos países han cerrado contratos para comprar o arrendar unos 20 millones de hectáreas de la mejor tierra agrícola en países pobres.
Sudan arable land attracting Arab, Asian investors
- AFP
- 01 December 2009
"I think it is not right to sell or give your land to foreigners... until you have exhausted every local possibility," said Osama Daoud, chief executive of the Sudanese DAL group which runs large agricultural projects.
A grande dádiva de terras: Neocolonialismo por convite
- Resistir
- 30 November 2009
A construção de impérios em estilo colonial está a ter uma enorme recuperação, e a maior parte dos colonialistas são recém-chegados, a abrirem o seu caminho depois dos predadores europeus e estado-unidenses bem estabelecidos.
Sudán, ¿el futuro granero de Oriente Medio?
- AFP
- 26 November 2009
Inversores árabes y asiáticos buscan tomar el control de amplias extensiones de tierras fértiles en Sudán, el país más grande de África, que quiere convertirse en el granero de Oriente Medio, aunque para ello deberá modernizar primero su agricultura.
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