Tag: Food Security
GCC food service to serve up $24.5b market by 2018
Saudi Arabia led the region with total food service sales of $8.9 billion in 2014. The UAE was the second-largest contributor, with total sales of $5.3 billion.
Malaysia Must Develop Food Security Policy
Government agencies, agriculture entrepreneurs and independent farmers could play a role in ensuring adequate and quality food supply in the country.
Saudi consortium buys farming group to increase food security
A London-listed company which owns swaths of the world’s most fertile farmland in the Ukraine and Poland was snapped up yesterday by a consortium of Saudi Arabian investors for £61.5m.
Qatar: Food shortage threatens 51 countries
With the world food demand set to rise by 70 percent over the next thirty years, experts at the International Conference on Food Security in Dry Lands (FSDL) yesterday called for innovative solutions to ensure food security.
GCC investing in food security in Pakistan, India and others
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments are investing heavily in outside farmland acquisitions and leases, along with injecting money in domestic food production industry, to secure food supplies to the region and safeguard against market fluctuations.
Rice Set to Climb as Thailand Plans Curbs, U.S. Crop Drops
The smallest increase in rice stockpiles in five years means global grain inventories will extend a decline that already drove food costs to a record.
Oman: Food security vital
The Sultanate has attached great importance to food security and has set up a national committee for food security, besides developing strategies to ensure self-sufficiency and adequate availability of food.
South Africa: Walmart imports will threaten food security – Basson
Whitey Basson, the chief executive of Shoprite, said yesterday that he was “very worried” about food security and the manufacturing capacity for food in the country if more food was imported.
Food Security: A Generous Heart
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) looks at the humanitarian side of the World Food Programme in the Middle East.
Global Food Crisis: A Bowl of Opportunities for Muslim World
Dinar Standard founder Rafi’uddin Shikoh will be presenting “Food Security and Opportunities in OIC Markets” at the World Halal Forum on 4-5 April.
Great Transition – Saudi Arabia Planting New Seeds
Monday, 26 April 2010 16:07 Saudi Arabia’s agriculture sector is in a period of great transition. The government has identified five key segments to focus on as water conservation and use policies take a more prominent role in decision-making. With arable land scarce, the future for agriculture in the Kingdom is likely to involve international […]
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