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Kuwait, Sudan agree to boost economic partnership
- Sudan Tribune
- 08 September 2008
Sudan and Kuwait agreed today to enhance strategic economic partnership between the two countries especially in the field of agricultural investments.
Global Scramble to Own Food and Agricultural Assets
- TriState Observer
- 05 September 2008
On the heels of tight crop production reports and the recent memory of individual nations experiencing food disruptions, there is a scramble to control or own agricultural assets and food stocks.
VN, Qatar launch oil, farm fund
- Vietnam News Service
- 04 September 2008
Viet Nam and Qatar have agreed to establish a US$1 billion petroleum and agriculture development fund, enabling Viet Nam to grow crops and export farm product.
Qatar, Vietnam set up US$1b fund, eye agriculture, paper
- Intellasia / Reuters
- 04 September 2008
8Natural gas exporter Qatar and Vietnam have set up a US$1 billion fund to invest in sectors including agriculture. Sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority will provide 90% of the fund's equity, Gulf Times reported, citing Phung The Long, Vietnam's Ambassador to Doha. "We have exchange ideas about setting up an animal farm for breeding cattle and lambs," The Long said.
« Echange pétrodollars contre terres agricoles en Afrique »
- Les Afriques
- 04 September 2008
Un mariage d’intérêt pourrait naître de l’excédent de liquidités dans les pays du Golfe et de l’abondance de terres arables en Afrique. C’est le vœu de Gulf Finance, Al Ihmar et Abu Dhabi Investment House, trois mousquetaires de la finance islamique qui viennent de mettre en place, fin août, un fonds d’investissement agricole appelé Agricapital.
Qatar and Vietnam set up agriculture fund
- Reuters
- 03 September 2008
Gas exporter Qatar and Vietnam have set up a $1 billion fund (56 million pounds) to invest in sectors including agriculture, a Qatar-based newspaper reported on Tuesday.
GCC for joint farm fund to cut import bill
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 03 September 2008
The UAE and other Gulf oil producers are considering creating a giant fund to invest in farm in fertile Arab areas and other nations to slash a soaring import bill and ease reliance on foreign markets for their food.
India looks abroad for land to grow oilseeds
- New Straits Times
- 03 September 2008
Some of India's top vegetable oil firms plan to lease or buy land in Paraguay, Uruguay and Myanmar to grow oilseeds and lentils as farmland shrinks in the South Asian nation, a top trade official said yesterday.
Govt, India Inc plan to farm land abroad
- Economic Times
- 03 September 2008
Contributing their bit to the global Indian takeover, the government and India Inc plan to buy sizeable land abroad for cultivation. Seen as a long-term answer to keep prices of farm products under control, the grand plan envisages acquisition of large tracts of land in neighbouring countries like Myanmar and far off places like Paraguay.
Vietnam and Qatar in $1bn joint fund deal
- Gulf Times
- 02 September 2008
Qatar and Vietnam have signed an agreement to set up a joint fund with a capital of $1bn to facilitate investments in both countries. Phung The Long, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Vietnam in Doha, said Qatar’s contribution to the fund, through Qatar Investment Authority, would be $900mn and the balance by Vietnam.
The New Prospectors: Arab Countries Look Overseas for Food Security
- World Politics review
- 02 September 2008
The rulers in the Persian Gulf are looking at other ways of ensuring food security. Rather than rely on the vagaries of the market and unstable import sources, countries across the GCC, through sovereign wealth funds and development agencies, are seeking to buy up the means of production itself.
South Sudan : Nile Trading and Development Inc. land lease agreement.
- The Oakland Institute
- 01 September 2008
The largest land deal in South Sudan to date was negotiated between Nile Trading and Development Inc. (NTD) and Mukaya Payam Cooperative in March 2008. The 49-year land lease of 600,000 hectares allows NTD full rights to exploit all natural resources in the leased land