• Vietnam aims to lease land for rice crops
    • Phnom Penh Post
    • 26 February 2009

    Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice producer, plans to lease Cambodian farmland to grow rice in areas close to the border, officials said this week.

  • Land access and rural development: New challenges, new opportunities
    • Brussels Development Briefing
    • 25 February 2009

    The 9th Brussels Development Briefing took place on 25th February 2009 in Brussels on “Land access and rural development: New challenges, new opportunities” and discussed the links between property rights, investment and the generation of economic opportunities in rural areas.

  • DTI sees hike in investments approvals for Mideast bizmen and local tycoons
    • Business Mirror
    • 25 February 2009

    “[Middle East investors] wanted to go on a long-term lease of huge tracts of land and they will plant various crops and then enter into a contract to buy the produce because they need food to feed their people,” Trade Secretary Peter Favila told reporters.

  • Gov’t mulls farm deals with Saudi investors
    • Business World
    • 25 February 2009

    The investments aim to meet Saudi Arabia’s increasing demand for fruits, vegetables and livestock products

  • 1st Africa-Arab Agro-Investment Summit
    • FARA
    • 25 February 2009

    "A path to agro-investments replacing international food aid"

  • 'Gulf States’ Technology Can Be Swapped for Africa’s Food'
    • Inter Press Service
    • 25 February 2009

    Countries in the Gulf and in Africa can form mutually beneficial partnerships, with Africa supplying fertile arable land and the Gulf investing in technology, fertiliser and other agricultural inputs.

  • ADB, Japan to Help Lao PDR Strengthen Natural Resources Management
    • The Financial
    • 24 February 2009

    Over the past few years Laos has seen a surge of foreign investment in farms and plantations from neighboring countries keen to acquire rubber, sugar, and other agricultural commodities. Under this project, noncommercial details of land concession awards will be posted on a public website to improve transparency, while the commercial terms will be kept in a confidential database for monitoring compliance.

  • Saudi Arabia to establish agricultural trade with RP
    • GMA News
    • 24 February 2009

    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.

  • Madagascar, la braderie de l’île
    • Libération
    • 24 February 2009

    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.

  • SA, Saudi co-operate on food security
    • Moneybiz (South Africa)
    • 24 February 2009

    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.

  • Middle East agribusiness offers Nigeria $3bn investment yearly
    • The Punch
    • 24 February 2009

    Agribusiness in the Middle East countries hold out investment opportunities worth $3bn for Nigeria yearly.

  • Qatari investors to set up trade units in Balochistan
    • Pakistan Observer
    • 24 February 2009

    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.

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