Saudi Arabia

Kingdom, Canada boost trade ties
- Saudi Gazette
- 28 June 2009
Trade minister Stockwell Day said that Canada stands to benefit from the Saudi Kingdom’s overseas agricultural investment initiative and that the Canadian Parliament is studying it.
Il n’y a pas que les vaches qui rient
- Madagacasr-Tribune.com
- 22 June 2009
Dans tout le flou et le vague qui règnent autour du projet Daewoo, il y avait au moins une certitude : les Sud-coréens se proposaient de louer des terres qui seraient restées à Madagascar. L’eau de Faraony quant à elle, quittera bel et bien la Grande Ile, et en grande quantité.
Food security: We need a strategy for rice
- Jakarta Post
- 17 June 2009
Singapore's Temasek is seeking to buy land in North Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, where they plan to grow high-quality rice.
Almarai in $115m deal to buy Egyptian firm
- Reuters
- 13 June 2009
Saudi-based Almarai has agreed to buy Egyptian firm Beyti for $115 million, allowing a new joint venture with Pepsico to set foot in the Arab world's most populous nation. The price tag includes a 75-hectare piece of land.
Topraktan 20 milyar dolar çıkacak
- CBNC-e
- 10 June 2009
Suudi tarım şirketi Planet Food World, Türkiye'de 20 milyar dolar yatırımla 5 yılda 20 bin modüler organik çiftlik kuracak.
Asia: Land grabs threaten food security
- IRIN
- 10 June 2009
Sam Pov, a rice farmer in Cambodia’s western Battambang Province, is very worried that his land will be taken over by a foreign investor.
Betting the farm
- Fortune/CNN
- 10 June 2009
As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that's what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe.
Africa becomes wary of farm deals: land activist
- Reuters
- 09 June 2009
African nations are becoming more cautious in selling farmland to foreign investors, with governments paying closer attention to deals that could lead to social unrest, AGRA says
Inside the barley republic
- Ethiomedia
- 08 June 2009
What we are witnessing in countries like Ethiopia today is an extreme form of the banana republic syndrome.
Gulf states show interest in Thai farms
- Reuters
- 08 June 2009
A number of Gulf states have expressed interest in livestock and rice farming in Thailand to secure food supplies, a Thai official said on Monday. "The countries involved could be Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar or the UAE," he added.
Foreign cropland deals
- World-Grain.com
- 01 June 2009
A flurry of announced international purchases of grain-producing acreage sparks debate about their merits
Is offshore farming a good thing for Africa?
- Seattle Times
- 01 June 2009
Abdullah Alireza, the Saudi minister of Commerce and Industry, talked about farming abroad in a recent visit to Seattle, where he addressed a private gathering of local business people.