Last week a Saudi delegation has requested 100,000 hectares to invest in alfalfa plant (livestock food) integrated project and in livestock processing.

A joint team drawn from both Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia will be established to carry out feasibility study and come up with investment ideas in the sector.

After food costs spike, Saudis spent billions buying up farm land around the world. Who benefits exactly and can the spree continue?

Un collectif d'organisations de la société civile demande aux autorités nigériennes d'arrêter le processus en raison du tort qu'il causerait aux petits agriculteurs.

La sociéte saoudienne Al-Horaish veut mettre en valeur 120 000 ha au Niger

Une société saoudienne envisage l'achat de 120 000 hectares de terre dans la région de Diffa à l'extrême-est du Niger.

Saudis have been urged to invest in land and water resources overseas, but now face an immense water crisis

Aucun contrat n’a encore été signé avec Al Horaish, mais, il faut bien se garder de croire que le projet est définitivement enterré.

Opposition parties criticized the government for not revealing documents related to the expenditure of $11 million on a farm to breed sheep in Saudi Arabia for the interest of a Saudi businessman who owns a sheep farm in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Saudi-based Al Rajhi International for Investment company targets injecting 1.2 billion Egyptian pounds (US$135 million) to reclaim 75,000 feddans in Egypt's Toshka project until 2020.

The Middle Eastern kingdom needs hay for its 170,000 cows. So, it's buying up farmland for the water-chugging crop in the drought-stricken American Southwest.

La compra es parte de la reversión en su política saudí de intentar cultivar en su propio país lo que consume, para favorecer ahora los cultivos en granjas en el extranjero.