According to the chairman and managing director of Qatar's Hassad Foods, Nasser al-Hajri, the company spent around US$700m in 2010 to acquire farmland across the world, with Brazil targeted for the production of poultry, beef, sugar and grain production, Argentina for grain and Uruguay for rice, grain and meat, says the report from teh Economist Intelligence Unit.
According to the chairman and managing director of Qatar's Hassad Foods, Nasser al-Hajri, the company spent around US$700m in 2010 to acquire farmland across the world, with Brazil targeted for the production of poultry, beef, sugar and grain production, Argentina for grain and Uruguay for rice, grain and meat, says the report from teh Economist Intelligence Unit.