Thailand

Land for farming on sale
- The Star
- 30 June 2009
Will Malaysia be emulating other nations by looking abroad to plant staple crops like rice, or rear cows, goats, chicken and fish to secure a sustainable food supply?
Eastern promise!
- Gulf Daily News
- 25 June 2009
Undeterred by recent debates, a Bahrain scouting mission left for a week-long trip to the Philippines and Thailand yesterday, where it hopes to secure fruit and vegetable plantations.
Our fear of the foreigner on the farm
- Bangkok Post
- 25 June 2009
Amid fears of land-grabbing foreigners, Thailand's Democrat government is all set to give local landlords a big bonanza.
Foreign farm bar to stay
- Bangkok Post
- 24 June 2009
"According to our laws and our policy, foreigners or foreign companies are not allowed to rent or buy land to grow rice or any kind of food, including raising livestock, in Thailand," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday.
Thailand says no to farm investment by foreigners
- Reuters
- 23 June 2009
The issue of farmland investments is expected to be raised in the first ministerial meeting between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on June 29-30 in Manama.
Bahrain Bank, CP to form strategic alliance for agro-industrial
- The Nation
- 23 June 2009
Eam Ngamdamronk, vice chairman of CP Group, said it was a flexible agreement in which investment could be made in Bahrain, Thailand and also in third countries.
Thai govt: Foreigners can't farm here
- Bangkok Post
- 22 June 2009
Thailand's Ministry of Commerce says the law is quite clear -- foreign developers cannot invest in the country's agricultural sector, especially the farm sector.
Farm sector: 'Reject mideast overtures'
- The Nation
- 22 June 2009
Thai rice farmers and exporters strongly oppose the Gulf Cooperation Council's interest in investing in the Thai farming sector
Al Salam Bank ventures into farming business
- Gulf Daily News
- 22 June 2009
Al Salam and CP Group will jointly identify suitable agribusiness ventures that will generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while playing a proactive role in addressing food security in the region.
Bahrain's Al Salam, Charoen to invest in agcltr
- Reuters
- 21 June 2009
Bahrain-based Islamic bank Al Salam said on Sunday it has signed an agreement with Thailand's agriculture and food company Charoen Pokphand Foods to jointly invest in agricultural businesses.
Thai sugar grower gets 10,000 hectare land concession
- Vietiane Times
- 11 June 2009
The Government of Laos has granted a major Thai investor a 10,000 ha concession in two central provinces of Laos to grow sugarcane.
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.