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'Invest in food industry' call
- Gulf Daily News
- 26 July 2008
Gulf banks and businessmen were yesterday urged to invest less money in the real estate sector and turn to food industries.
Investing abroad is right decision to ensure food supply
- Gulf News
- 26 July 2008
Pakistan has reportedly offered Saudi Arabia a large amount of acres of agricultural land in return for oil. Egypt is also said to have offered both Saudi Arabia and the UAE the opportunity to purchase farmland. Even Bahrain, the smallest economy in the GCC, has started exploring buying farmland in southeast Asian nations, notably Thailand and the Philippines.
Qatar seeks solution to food crisis
- The Peninsula
- 25 July 2008
Dr Kayan Jaff, the FAO’s regional chief, has warned that only a multi-billion dollar investment in agriculture will curb soaring supermarket prices — urging governments to buy up farmland in regions like the Horn of Africa and Asia.
Enter the new farmers
- Reuters
- 25 July 2008
What’s with farming these days? The humble, even if slightly romantic vocation, is attracting a new breed of participants as investing in farmland and agriculture becomes the latest fad in the world of investments.
On the hunt for farmland in Russia
- Ag Capita
- 25 July 2008
Companies listed on European exchanges have been acquiring large amounts of farmland in Russia
Ethiopia gives Djibouti's Guelleh farmland-officials
- Reuters
- 22 July 2008
Land-locked Ethiopia has given Djiboutian President Omar Ismail Guelleh large tracts of land for wheat farming and a lakeside holiday home, officials said on Tuesday.
Qatar, Sudan in farming tie-up
- Sudan Tribune
- 22 July 2008
As part of Doha’s efforts to ensure food security, Qatar and Sudan yesterday agreed to establish a joint holding company, which is expected to focus on agricultural investment, food industry and animal husbandry.
UAE signs MoU with Philippines to ensure food supply
- Gulf News
- 22 July 2008
The UAE is exploring opportunities in the Philippines to ensure the availability of certain food stocks in the country, an official said.
Sociétés russes et étrangères investissent activement dans les terres agricoles en Russie
- Vedomosti
- 21 July 2008
Les compagnies étrangères cotées dans les bourses européennes achètent activement des terres agricoles en Russie
Water calculus steers farming in Arab nations
- New York Times
- 20 July 2008
Global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa in a quandary, as they are forced to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply of water.
China and Mozambique invest in the Zambezi Valley to make Chinese “grain store”, says researcher
- Macauhub
- 20 July 2008
Chinese and Mozambican governments want to make the Zambezi Valley region of Mozambique a centre for rice production for the Chinese market, which is faced with increased consumption and less and less arable land, says researcher Loro Horta, a specialist in relations between China and Portuguese-speaking African countries.
Flour crisis – no end in sight
- The Post
- 20 July 2008
Sources say that UAE businessmen are considering buying large land holdings and importing food items from Pakistan at 20-25 percent less cost.
Gulf states look to harvest food from investment in Asia
- AFP
- 20 July 2008
One issue reportedly delaying UAE investment in Pakistan is the Gulf state appearing to want “blanket exemption” from Islamabad’s agricultural export policies.
Kuwait likely to invest in overseas farmland, says head of UCCS
- Food Business Review
- 18 July 2008
As part of a national food plan, the country is particularly considering investment in chicken farms.
Kuwait eyes investment in overseas farmlands
- The Peninsula
- 17 July 2008
A Kuwaiti cooperative union said yesterday the Gulf Arab state was interested in investing in farmland abroad to help secure food supplies, but would focus on local farms for now and a possible subsidies expansion.