Pakistan

Is Pakistani agriculture ready for CPEC?
- The Diplomat
- 18 May 2018
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could see Chinese produce grown in Pakistan exported to Chinese markets, with little benefit whatsoever to Pakistan’s economy.
CPEC and the Chinese interests in Pakistan
- Daily Times
- 28 August 2017
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has a large agriculture aspect with large tracts of land expected to be leased out to Chinese firms for developing advanced planting and breeding bases.
China’s plan to `colonise` Pak is now out!
- Scoop News
- 24 May 2017
The secrecy behind much-touted China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) now lies in tatters with details of how China is plotting the economic takeover of Pakistan published early this week. Major thrust areas of this plan will hugely affect Pakistani agriculture sector.
Secret China-Pakistan Economic Corridor document reveals Beijing is the new East India Company
- Outlook
- 16 May 2017
Thousands of acres of agricultural land will be leased out to Chinese enterprises to set up demonstration projects in areas ranging from seed varieties to irrigation technology.
FrieslandCampina targets market in Pakistan
- Retail Detail
- 04 July 2016
FrieslandCampina has acquired 51 % of Engro Foods Limited, the second largest dairy producer in Pakistan and owner of a 4,000 cattle dairy farm.
Frieslandcampina seeks to buy 51% of Pakistan's Engro Foods
- Bloomberg
- 03 Mar 2016
Royal FrieslandCampina NV, a Dutch dairy company, is seeking to buy a 51 percent stake in Engro Foods Ltd. of Pakistan, the country's second-biggest listed dairy firm and owner of one of the country's largest dairy farms.
Ethiopia: Sugar production to begin at former Pakistani-owned plant
- Addis Fortune
- 06 April 2015
In addition to these ongoing seven sugar factories, there is also an ongoing private initiative, Hiber Sugar S.C. which will operates on 25,000ha of land in Amhara Regional State at Tana Beles Basin.
Corporate land grab: a neoliberal menace in Pakistan
- PCSC
- 04 February 2015
The rush of foreign investment into Pakistan’s agricultural sector being facilitated through Corporate Farming Ordinance will increase landlessness, food insecurity, water scarcity and agroecological degradation.
Pakistan invites energy, farm investments
- Gulf Times
- 08 December 2014
Pakistan, which is currently in negotiations with Qatar for liquefied natural gas supplies, has opened its farm sector to investments from Qatar, which has placed utmost priority on food security.
Why Gulf money did not flow into agriculture?
- Dawn
- 20 October 2014
Pakistan is now turning to agribusiness rather than land sales as a means of luring Gulf investment.
Food security and control over land
- Pakistan Observer
- 18 October 2014
The increase of international corporate land grabbing with the collusion of state Ministers, Senators and bureacrats has exacerbated the situation of unemployment and food insecurity in Pakistan
Agrarian mirage: Gulf foreign direct investment in Pakistan’s agricultural sector
- MEI
- 02 October 2014
How did such a promising idea (which appeared to offer a textbook example of a win-win situation) fail?

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