Saudi Arabia

Pakistan sweetens terms to lure Saudi investment
- Tribune
- 20 April 2024
Pakistan has offered Saudi Arabia a cattle farm in Punjab with 50,000 acres of land on lease for corporate farming
No, the Saudis haven’t stopped pumping Arizona groundwater
- Arizona Capitol Times
- 28 Mar 2024
The Butler Valley leases terminated by Arizona's governor only amount to about one quarter of Fondomonte’s total farm holdings in Arizona prior to October. Besides the 3500 acres that the company leased from the state, it privately controls almost 10,000 acres more further south and closer to Vicksburg.
SA and Saudi Arabia partner for billions in agricultural exports
- Food for Mzansi
- 29 February 2024
Saudi Arabia and South Africa discussed agriculture investment possibilities following agreement on a protocol for red meat exports, with the South African side aiming to expand domestic production on over 2 million hectares.
Arizona communities sink after Saudi Arabia pumps water out of the state: ‘It’s horrific’
- The Cool Down
- 27 February 2024
“The Emiratis are farming and have withdrawn so much water from the ground that the entire town of Wenden has sunk by four feet,”
Auditor blasts Arizona Land Department over leases to Saudi-owned farm with low rent, no water rules
- Capital Media Services
- 24 February 2024
Arizona’s Auditor General has released a scathing report, criticizing the State Land Department for leasing land to a Saudi-owned company in western Arizona at cheap rates.
Saudis put Western Australia’s largest grain operation up for sale
- AFR
- 19 December 2023
The largest grain growing operation in Western Australia is expected to fetch close to $200 million after its owners, the Saudi Arabian government and a Perth-headquartered agricultural fund decided to sell.
Egyptian Minister of Agriculture meets with Saudi investors to discuss ways to enhance agricultural investment in Egypt
- Daily News
- 23 November 2023
The Minister of Agriculture stressed that investment in the agricultural sector is promising, and that the state is keen on creating a climate for local, Arab and foreign investors.
Accaparement de l'eau au Sénégal
- Seneplus
- 18 November 2023
L'eau du lac Guiers, ressource vitale menacée. Une entreprise américaine l'exploite intensivement pour l'agro-export, ignorant les besoins croissants de Dakar et les risques environnementaux
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio engages Saudi Public Investment Fund, meets Minister of Education as part of a series of bilateral talks at the Saudi-Africa Summit
- APO
- 13 November 2023
The President talked about his country’s over 5 million hectares of arable land and said he was seeking credible partnerships for investment in large-scale food production
Zim, Saudi Arabia enter new economic era
- The Herald
- 11 November 2023
Zimbabwe's President says he brought his Minister of Agriculture to Riyadh to follow-up on discussions held recently in Harare about signing an MOU for the production of grain for export to Saudi Arabia.
UAE's EAP plans multimillion-dollar wheat farm project in Ethiopia, tea factory in Uganda
- Zawya
- 25 October 2023
Elite Agro Projects plans to establish a wheat farm in Ethiopia, where it already operates a flower farm.
Invitation to Saudi company to invest in corporate farming pick up pace
- Profit
- 10 October 2023
The Special Investment Facilitation Center has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research for an update on the invitation sent to the Almarai company of Saudi Arabia to invest in farming in Pakistan.