Qatar

Booming Gulf looks overseas for agriculture needs
- Associated Press
- 16 November 2008
Gulf nations now are quietly scouring the globe for rich farmland to rent or buy outright.
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.
Turkey: International cooperation necessary to boost agricultural productivity
- ALI ASLAN KILIC
- 06 October 2008
The deputy leader of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Turkey has stated that Turkey possesses some great advantages in agriculture, despite the major problems that remain in place in the sector, but emphasized that it is a mistake to sell agricultural land to foreigners.
Gulf states covet Asian farms
- Asia Times
- 26 September 2008
Once committed largely to perceived safe-haven investments in the United States, Gulf nations are now looking to send their petrodollar surpluses towards a more exotic global destination: Southeast Asian farmland.
VN, Qatar launch oil, farm fund
- Vietnam News Service
- 04 September 2008
Viet Nam and Qatar have agreed to establish a US$1 billion petroleum and agriculture development fund, enabling Viet Nam to grow crops and export farm product.
Qatar, Vietnam set up US$1b fund, eye agriculture, paper
- Intellasia / Reuters
- 04 September 2008
8Natural gas exporter Qatar and Vietnam have set up a US$1 billion fund to invest in sectors including agriculture. Sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority will provide 90% of the fund's equity, Gulf Times reported, citing Phung The Long, Vietnam's Ambassador to Doha. "We have exchange ideas about setting up an animal farm for breeding cattle and lambs," The Long said.
Qatar and Vietnam set up agriculture fund
- Reuters
- 03 September 2008
Gas exporter Qatar and Vietnam have set up a $1 billion fund (56 million pounds) to invest in sectors including agriculture, a Qatar-based newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Vietnam and Qatar in $1bn joint fund deal
- Gulf Times
- 02 September 2008
Qatar and Vietnam have signed an agreement to set up a joint fund with a capital of $1bn to facilitate investments in both countries. Phung The Long, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Vietnam in Doha, said Qatar’s contribution to the fund, through Qatar Investment Authority, would be $900mn and the balance by Vietnam.
Turkey the winner in Gulf's investment hunt
- Turkish Daily News
- 01 September 2008
As the increase in oil prices continue to help boost the income of Persian Gulf nations, Turkey is becoming a magnet for Gulf-based investors aiming to establish strategic food reserves
Cambodia upbeat over Kuwait deal
- Kuwait Times
- 06 August 2008
A bilateral agricultural venture between Cambodia and Kuwait proposed during an official visit by Kuwait's prime minister left Cambodia very positive about future cooperation, Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said yesterday.
Kuwait eyes Cambodian farmland for investment
- Kuwait Times
- 05 August 2008
Kuwait is eyeing Cambodian farmland for investment in agriculture to produce food supply for the state, a minister said yesterday.
Qatar seeks solution to food crisis
- The Peninsula
- 25 July 2008
Dr Kayan Jaff, the FAO’s regional chief, has warned that only a multi-billion dollar investment in agriculture will curb soaring supermarket prices — urging governments to buy up farmland in regions like the Horn of Africa and Asia.