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Oman - A pat for the private sector
- Times of Oman
- 14 September 2009
Oman has decided to appoint a specialist company to prepare the Sultanate's national strategy for food security.
Country for sale? Dawn Editorial
- Dawn
- 14 September 2009
American drone attacks against the Taliban are routinely condemned in Pakistan as violations of national sovereignty. But there is little criticism of how our own government is threatening the country's territorial integrity by engineering the lease of millions of acres to foreign investors.
Arroyo to visit KSA next week
- Saudi Gazette
- 13 September 2009
Philippine President Arroyo will meet with Saudi Minister of Agriculture Fahd Bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim to discuss bilateral agricultural projects and with members of the Saudi business community for talks on proposals for investments in the Philippines.
Pakistan: Leasing land
- The News
- 13 September 2009
There are better means to meet the food needs of the Saudis than to lease thm land that belongs to the state and the people of Pakistan
Farmland investment fund is seeking more than Dh1bn
- The National
- 12 September 2009
What started as a government drive to secure cheap food resource has now become a viable business model and many Gulf companies are venturing into agricultural investments to diversify their portfolios.
Corporate farming to boost agriculture, economy : Kaira
- Associated Press of Pakistan
- 12 September 2009
Nazar Gondal said that government of Saudi Arabia has shown interest to acquire some land in Pakistan for farming but there was no progress in this regard so far.
FM Qureshi favours lease of Pak land for agriculture
- Pak Tribune
- 11 September 2009
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the government has so far not requested for any input from the Foreign Office regarding interest shown by foreign parties to lease Pakistani land for agriculture. “But if my ministry is asked for its input, then I would not oppose this move completely."
UN calls for international guidelines on land-grabbing
- EurActiv
- 11 September 2009
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), alarmed at the way governments and private corporations are buying farmland in developing countries, plans to present international guidelines to protect local people and farmers from what some have dubbed "neo-colonialism".
Libyan land grab of Mali’s rice-producing land
- Via Campesina
- 10 September 2009
Whilst Mali’s government declares its commitment to guaranteeing food self-sufficiency for the country, it continues to sign a worrying number of agreements with foreign investors. A report from Via Campesina.
Pakistan: Highly questionable farmland deals
- Business Recorder
- 10 September 2009
The problem is that we will lose control. Of course, some regulatory framework will be put in place, but it will also include ceding of control over our land resource to foreigners for a yet-to-be-specified time period.
Zanzibar to host major Afro-Arab conference
- The Citizen
- 10 September 2009
A conference to discuss ways of boosting agricultural production in Africa will be held in Zanzibar later this month
Russia Agribusiness Report Q4 2009
- BMI
- 10 September 2009
Putin's latest land reform legislation could lead to over 400mn hectares of crop acreage being sold.