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    Farmers forgotten in oil-for-food deals
    Southeast Asian countries took big steps towards formalizing food-for-oil deals with Gulf states at a June meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
    • Asia Times
    • 31 Jul 2009
    Arab nations urged to take steps to halt food price rise
    In a new study, the Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development says that Gulf States' projects to grow food abroad are not large enough to slash the Arab farm import bill.
    • Emirates Business 24/7
    • 30 Jul 2009
    KPMG Fakhro in agri advice deal
    Many governments in the region have been trying to address the food security concern by investing in farmlands overseas such as Sudan and Malaysia. John W Power, president, LSC International, feels this is unlikely to solve the problem in the long term, especially if the indigenous population is short of food.
    • TradeArabia
    • 29 Jul 2009
    Overseas farming: New colonialism or new capitalism?
    While Oman has yet to indicate it will follow the course, it is in this make-or-break moment for a new, more stable capitalist system that the Gulf – and perhaps Oman in the future – are forging a rather novel form of global venture, that is, government-funded offshore farming.
    • Oman Economic Review
    • 18 Jul 2009
    Offshore farms for gulf food self-sufficiency hampered by hungry masses
    Rothschild has recently formed a co-operation agreement with Rabobank, a leading global food and agricultural bank. The agreement covers co-operation for mergers and acquisitions and the equity capital market across a number of sectors including farm inputs and equipment, farm-based commodities, primary food processing, food processing and beverages.
    • The National
    • 15 Jul 2009
    Les pays du Golfe veulent acheter des terres en Asie
    L'appel est quasiment passé inaperçu la semaine dernière. Mais les six pays du Conseil de coopération du Golfe ont proposé, à Bahreïn, aux dix membres de l'Asean un partenariat dans le domaine alimentaire : des terres agricoles contre du pétrole.
    • Le Figaro
    • 07 Jul 2009
    GCC, ASEAN eye new trade bloc based on food, oil
    Asian nations want to secure their energy needs, while Gulf Arab states are targeting investments in farmland to secure their food supply.
    • Reuters
    • 30 Jun 2009
    Our fear of the foreigner on the farm
    Amid fears of land-grabbing foreigners, Thailand's Democrat government is all set to give local landlords a big bonanza.
    • Bangkok Post
    • 25 Jun 2009
    Foreign farm bar to stay
    "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.
    • Bangkok Post
    • 24 Jun 2009
    Thailand says no to farm investment by foreigners
    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.
    • Reuters
    • 23 Jun 2009
    Thai govt: Foreigners can't farm here
    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.
    • Bangkok Post
    • 22 Jun 2009
    Farm sector: 'Reject mideast overtures'
    Thai rice farmers and exporters strongly oppose the Gulf Cooperation Council's interest in investing in the Thai farming sector
    • The Nation
    • 22 Jun 2009
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