A closer look at Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the relationship between sports investments by oil-rich nations and acquisitions by their sovereign wealth funds.
- Bleacher Report
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13 January 2011
Not since Belgium's King Leopold turned the Congo into his personal market-garden has so much land been allocated to offshore nations.
- The National
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20 December 2010
A wikileaks cable discusses the transfer of the Lamu port deal from Qatar to China. Little word about the fate of the 40,0000 ha of farmland promised to Qatar, however.
- Daily Nation
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10 December 2010
Ghana is negotiating with Qatar to establish a joint venture firm to produce food for both countries, starting with 50,000 hectares.
Argentina Tourism Minister Carlos Meyer has hailed Qatar Airways’ flights from Buenos Aires to Doha as an important step for enhanced ties between the two countries, including farmland acquisitions.
- Gulf Times
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02 December 2010
The Abu Dhabi Development Fund eyes the opportunity to invest in Bulgarian agriculture.
- Novinite
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24 November 2010
Recent business delegations from Iran and Qatar expressed strong interest in buying farmland in Uruguay to develop their own production projects.
- MercoPress
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01 November 2010
Qatar gives special attention to investments in Sudan in agricultural fields and livestock.
Le Qatar mène des négociations préliminaires avec l'Ukraine et l'Argentine sur l'achat de terrains agricoles, a annoncé jeudi le chef du Programme national pour la sécurité alimentaire Mahendra Shah.
- Ria Novosti
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14 October 2010
Qatar está en conversaciones preliminares con los gobiernos de Argentina y Ucrania para comprar tierras agrícolas destinadas a la producción de cereales.
Qatar is in preliminary talks with the governments of Argentina and Ukraine to buy farmland for cereals production, the head of the Gulf Arab state's national food security programme said on Wednesday.
Hassad Food knows how to shop. The $1b subsidiary of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund finalised a $500m agreement last year to grow wheat & rice on 100,000 ha in Sudan and has announced plans to invest $700m worldwide this year.
- The National
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02 September 2010