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Letter To USA House Of Representatives : Vote prohibiting any aid to Saudi Arabia
Congressmen and Congresswomen, wish to refer to the recent House of Representatives vote prohibiting any aid to Saudi Arabia. The legislation calls for a blockage of any further financial assistance e...
JEF Plenary Session VI
Mr. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed Chairman Golden Grass Inc. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed, Chairman of Golden Grass Inc., pointed out that food security is the political aspect of agricultural development whi...
Kingdom must have agriculture base, says Al-Rasheed
By SHAHEEN NAZAR | ARAB NEWS Published: Feb 18, 2010 11:36 PM Updated: Feb 18, 2010 11:36 PM JEDDAH: Many people do not believe that three million Saudis are below the poverty line and 91 perc...
Clinton arrives to build support
Caryle Murphy, Foreign Correspondent Last Updated: February 16. 2010 9:41AM UAE / February 16. 2010 5:41AM GMT T he US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is greeted by the Saudi foreign minister Pri...
Food Security a difficult issue to resolve
Food Security a difficult issue to resolve By ROGER HARRISON ARAB NEWS Published: Feb 16, 2010 JEDDAH: The topic of food security took center stage at the Jeddah Economic Forum Monday afternoon. A...
Arab self-sufficiency in food
> FOOD security is the ability of a nation or community to secure its needs of basic food commodities by producing them locally or importing the best quality from abroad at lowest prices. By: Dr. Tur...
Farming a costly venture
Farming a costly venture Saudi Business – March 12, 1984 The problem of wheat farmers differ from those of the greenhouses. Their business had a flying start and still continue to fetch them attrac...
Riyadh ‘must pay farmers’ dues quickly
Riyadh ‘must pay farmers’ dues quickly Gulf News 29 April 1999 Reuters A Saudi agriculture expert said yesterday an emergency wheat production plan announced by the kingdom’s cabinet would only ...
Saudis Seek to Invest in Sudan Farm Sector
Saudis Seek to Invest in Sudan Farm Sector Arab News 04 January 2006 A group of Saudi farmers will leave for Sudan on Jan. 31 on a four-day visit to explore the possibility of investing in that co...