Saudi Arabia to establish agricultural trade with RP
    An estimated $238.6 million will be alloted by the Saudis to set up cash crop fruit plantations consisting of bananas, mangoes, and pineapples, an agriculture official said.
    • GMA News
    • 24 February 2009
    Madagascar, la braderie de l’île
    Depuis les émeutes qui ont fait plus de 110 morts fin janvier dans la Grande Ile, l’immeuble est gardé par une escouade de gendarmes et d’agents de sécurité. Nous sommes à Ivandry, dans le quartier d’affaires d’Antananarivo.
    • Libération
    • 24 February 2009
    SA, Saudi co-operate on food security
    Saudi Arabia intends investing in farming in SA, the Saudi commerce and industry minister, Abdulla Ahmed Zeinal Ali Reza, told a joint economic commission on Monday.
    • Moneybiz (South Africa)
    • 24 February 2009
    Middle East agribusiness offers Nigeria $3bn investment yearly
    Agribusiness in the Middle East countries hold out investment opportunities worth $3bn for Nigeria yearly.
    • The Punch
    • 24 February 2009
    Qatari investors to set up trade units in Balochistan
    Investors of State of Qatar have expressed their interest for making investments in agriculture and fisheries sectors in coastal areas of Balochistan, and they will soon set up their industrial, agricultural and trade units in the coastal areas of the province.
    • Pakistan Observer
    • 24 February 2009
    Israeli business delegation due in Cambodia in March
    An Israeli delegation is set to visit Cambodia on March 16, hoping to forge agreements in agriculture and telecommunications
    • Phnom Penh Post
    • 23 February 2009
    Wikileaks: A spoonful of Chinese sugar sours US investors in Mali
    "Over the past four years we have, on Schaffer's behalf, frequently raised concerns about various impediments to the sugar project with many senior Malian officials," reports the US mission in Bamako
    • Wikileaks
    • 23 February 2009
    Commodity giants on our shores
    “We have a land fund in South America, we have in Ukraine. Now we are developing one in Africa. We need to acquire land for farming,” says Guy de Montule, Louis Dreyfus’ chief executive officer for Middle East and Africa
    • Business Day
    • 23 February 2009
    Focus: Agriculture grows in stature
    Agriculture opportunities are accessed through land purchase (for production of foodstuffs or, more recently, biofuels), through equity investments in companies associated with this theme or – as is the case for £143m Ceres Agriculture fund – through pure derivative strategies.
    • Financial Times
    • 23 February 2009
    Sheep imported from UAE for breeding and meat
    A flock of 360 sheep imported from the UAE landed at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport Saturday, Ninh Thuan Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.
    • Vietnam Business News
    • 22 February 2009
    Loi n°45/AN/09/6ème L portant création de la Société Djiboutienne de Sécurité Alimentaire (SDSA).
    La Société Djiboutienne de Sécurité Alimentaire a pour mission d'oeuvrer pour le compte de l'Etat à la réalisation des objectifs de la Sécurité Alimentaire de la République de Djibouti. Les projets peuvent se situer au niveau du territoire national comme à l'extérieur du Pays dans une perspective d'intégration régionale.
    • République de Djibouti
    • 21 February 2009
    Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches: Newsletter n° 3
    En fait, les responsables de Daewoo n’annoncent pas qu’ils envisagent d’annuler leur projet. Il n’est question que de retard pour la culture de maïs. De plus, ce n’est qu’une éventualité et non une information. La culture d’huile de palme sur 300 000 ha n’est pas concernée.
    • International Fund for Agricultural Development
    • 21 February 2009

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