Dr. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed Speech on Food Security and Agriculture – JEF 2010
"The world and the World Bank have forgotten how important agriculture is," Agriculture is now operating at full capacity, while other parts of the world economy…
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Presentation of New Leaders for Tomorrow 2010
The 21st Century New Leadership : Which Challenge to Be Addressed.
The Role of Agriculture to Enhance Food Security and Alleviate Poverty Speech
Water scarcity in Saudi Arabia is one of the limiting factors to local food production. Cereal grains have to be imported to compensate for the water…
The South-South Cooperation Speech
South-South cooperation is a term historically used by policymakers and academics to describe the exchange of resources, technology, and knowledge between developing countries.
Turki Faisal AlRasheed at Crans Montana Forum (Schedule and Events)
Turki Faisal AlRasheed Schedule of Events and Updates at Crans Montana Forum on Africa.
Turki Faisal al Rasheed will Participate at Crans Montana Forum– Brussels (Belgium)
This event will be an exceptional opportunity for the Africans, the Government and businesses in terms of foreign investment as they brings together the most influential…
Letter To USA House Of Representatives : Vote prohibiting any aid to Saudi Arabia
We are told that the US government provided $2.5 million to this training program in 2005 and 2006, which the US House of Representatives seeks to…
Saudis ‘Back to the Farm’?
Al-Rasheed does note that genetically modified (GM) crops provide part of the answer. I think he’s right there: some GM crops have been developed that deal…
JEF Plenary Session VI – Agriculture and Food Security
The World Bank now gives less credits to agriculture and has less specialized staff for agriculture than in the past. "The world and the World Bank…
Kingdom must have agriculture base, says Al-Rasheed
Many people do not believe that three million Saudis are below the poverty line and 91 percent Saudis earn less than SR6,000 a month, said Turki…
Clinton arrives to build support
“When it comes to the Israeli cause, it has to be paid advance,” Mr al Rasheed said. “But with the Arabs, it’s always deferred payment and…
Food Security a difficult issue to resolve
It was Al-Rasheed, chairman of Golden Grass, who made the telling point that food scarcity could be seen as "the political aspect of agricultural development. Agriculture…