Pakistan

Rising wheat crisis | Pakistan eyeing corporate farming
- The Post
- 12 October 2008
Talks are on with investors from Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia. 25,000 Punjab villages will be affected.
Riyadh outsources wheat industry
- Middle East Business Intelligence
- 03 October 2008
Arabia is phasing out its domestic wheat growers and seeking to shift production overseas.
Le "néocolonialisme agraire" gagne du terrain dans le monde
- Le Monde
- 23 September 2008
Conséquence directe de la crise alimentaire mondiale et de la volatilité des cours, les projets d'achat ou de location de terres agricoles à grande échelle, parfois sur des centaines de milliers d'hectares, se multiplient.
The food shortage tsunami
- The Weekly Pulse
- 11 September 2008
Pakistan’s minister for privatization and investment, at a recently held forum in Dubai, announced that Pakistan was willing to provide land with 100 per cent ownership rights and that the buyers would be free in importing the agri-produce to their country as well.
Gulf should weigh agro investments
- Gulf News
- 30 August 2008
Gulf countries contemplating direct agro-investments in central Asia and Africa should evaluate the relative merit of these investments in comparison to similar potential in Europe and Latin America, the Gulf Research Centre said in a recent report.
Al Qudra buys land for crops
- AME info
- 27 August 2008
Qudra Holding plans to buy about 400,000 hectares of land in the Middle East, Africa and the Far East by the first quarter of 2009 to boost its agriculture operations, reported The National.
New Gulf funds find investment niches
- The National
- 27 August 2008
Three new investment funds controlled by prominent Gulf investors will sink at least US$2.8 billion (Dh10.3 bn) into infrastructure, agriculture and hospitality projects in the Middle East and South Asia.
Al Qudra to buy 400,000 hectares of farmland
- The National
- 26 August 2008
Al Qudra Holding, the Abu Dhabi-based investment company, plans to acquire roughly 400,000 hectares of land in the Middle East, East Africa and Far East by the end of the first quarter of next year in a major expansion of its agricultural operations.
Saudi setting up fund to buy agriculture land abroad
- Zawya Dow Jones
- 26 August 2008
Oil-giant Saudi Arabia plans to set up a new investment fund to buy agricultural land overseas in an effort to meet rising food demand in the Middle East’s largest economy, a Saudi official said.
UAE's $4b food bill set to climb
- Bloomberg
- 24 August 2008
“We are investing in land in Sudan, Pakistan and Egypt to secure food supplies without being at the mercy of market fluctuations,” Dr Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahd, Minister of Environment and Water, said at a conference in Dubai yesterday.
United Arab Emirates Food and Drink Report Q3 2008
- The Poultry Site News Desk
- 22 August 2008
Given its unsuitable climate for agricultural development, the UAE must look abroad if it is to significantly expand its agricultural output. Pakistan could be the perfect partner.
Pakistan Real Estate: What now?
- Pakistan Real Estate
- 01 August 2008
MAP services group’ is in the process of setting up a fund to develop model dairy and livestock farm in Pakistan. The fund will focus on private equity, SME funding and development as well as donor facilitation of project. The company plans to have 10 model farms in Pakistan by the end of 2010.