Australia seeks to raise dairy exports to Saudi Arabia
Australia aims to increase its dairy exports to Saudi Arabia from 28,000 tons ($ 80 million) to 50,000 tons in...
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Lebanese farmland firm to invest up to $800 million in Sudan
Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be...
Saudi NWC to invest $13.3 billion in new projects
The power and water sectors are experiencing a massive boom in Saudi Arabia, according to Abdulrahman Almutari, head of privatization...
Qatar's food industry to grow fastest in GCC
Qatar's food production industry accounts for only about 7% of the country's domestic consumption, a new report said yesterday highlighting...
Food consumption in GCC to reach 49 million tons by 2017
Food consumption in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region will expand at a CAGR of 3.1 per cent over 2012-17,...
New firm to expand Saudi farm investments
Commerce and Industry Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has approved the establishment of a new East Asia Agricultural Development and Investment Company...
GCC food import bill to touch $53.1 billion by 2020
The restrictions imposed by agriculture producing countries on the export of food grains have caused an estimated over $50bn over...
Abu Dhabi to convert all farm waste into compost to support farming
About 300,000 tons of farm waste annually will be turned into compost fertilizers according to a project launched by the...
Saudi Arabia to import all its wheat demand by 2016
The Kingdom is likely to totally depend on wheat imports starting from 2016, says Waleed El-Khereiji, head of Grains and...
Saudi Arabia imports 901,200 tons of chicken from Brazil between in Q1
Brazilian chicken shipments to Saudi Arabia in the first quarter of 2013 dropped 7.5 percent compared to the same period...
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