Saudi Arabia

Brazil’s Lula urges closer Saudi economic ties
- AFP
- 17 May 2009
Lula said that his country could become a “strategic partner” for Saudi Arabia in its search for farm investment opportunities abroad to develop greater food security.
Philippines looks abroad to boost agriculture
- Al Jazeera
- 17 May 2009
The United Nations says the issue of food security has become one of the world's fundamental challenges. In the Philippines, the government has started looking beyond its borders as it tries to boost domestic agriculture. Many small farmers, however, are not happy about that, as Marga Ortigas explains
Brazil's Lula meets Saudi king on historic visit
- AFP
- 17 May 2009
One area the Saudis are looking at is investment in agriculture in Brazil as Riyadh seeks to build up food security by purchasing or leasing farmland in other countries.
Pakistan on prowl for $10 bln in Gulf help
- Zawya Dow Jones
- 16 May 2009
Pakistan hopes to attract more than $10 billion of investment from oil-rich Arab Gulf countries this year to help develop the country's infrastructure, a senior government official said Saturday.
Philippines: Potential $300-million Saudi investments cited
- Business World
- 14 May 2009
A visit last week by Saudi Arabian businessmen could result in $300 million in investments to develop 20,000 hectares of farm lands for commercial crops.
Pakistan: MoI decides to sell 1m acres of farmland to foreigners
- Daily Times
- 14 May 2009
Pakistan's Ministry of Investment has decided to offer one million acres of farmland for long-term investment or sale to foreigners, including the Emirates Investment Group.
Philippines: DA wants ecozones created for agribusiness
- Business Mirror
- 13 May 2009
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) wants to create exclusive economic zones for agribusiness that would take into consideration the nuances of food production and an expanded set of incentives for locators.
Arabs eyeing investments in Mindanao
- Manila Bulletin
- 12 May 2009
Several Arab investors visited this city last week in a mission to look for potential agriculture business in Mindanao where they can pour their investments.
Analysis: Grain crisis and political economy of a new scramble for Africa
- This Day
- 11 May 2009
The fact that President Jakaya Kikwete accepted an invitation to Saudi Arabia recently to discuss the possibility of farmland allocation is important, as it means that Tanzania is attentive to the proposal.
Saudi trade mission asked to invest in Mindanao’s halal food production
- Business World
- 09 May 2009
The Philippine government has invited visiting investors from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to invest in the halal food industry, said Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap. "They have the fund...we have to find a way to convince them to invest in the Philippines," he said.
Saudi businessmen wary of agrarian reform
- Business Mirror
- 07 May 2009
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said corporate executives representing the big agricultural businesses in Saudi Arabia have raised concerns about the Philippine agrarian reform and limiting foreign land ownership as they indicated interest in acquiring tracts of plantation land and poultry farms.
Foreign, local investors allowed to develop RP land
- RAMR, GMA News
- 07 May 2009
Over a million hectares of Philippines farmland will be made available to foreign and local investors in a bid to boost agriculture productivity.