GCC States’ Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Ethiopia

To cite this publication: “GCC States’ Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Ethiopia,” CIRS Summary Report no. 8 (Doha, Qatar: Center for International and Regional Studies, 2013).In this “GCC States’ Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Ethiopia” CIRS Summary Report, Benjamin Shepherd uses data generated from fieldwork in Ethiopia to evaluate the country as a potential long-term source of agricultural staples for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states as part of their national food security strategies. Part of the larger CIRS research initiative on “Food Security and Food Sovereignty in the Middle East,” the report identifies the risks and well as the opportunities of investing in the agricultural sector of Ethiopia. There are sound opportunities for GCC countries to use investment in developing country agriculture as part of their long-term food security policy mix, as long as those investments are approached in a careful, constructive, and regulated way. To this end, some recommendations are made in this report for further research and for GCC state policymakers to re-think national food security policies.

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