Arab Authority for Agriculture Investment and Development. The Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID) is a financial institution with an independent legal entity established in 1976 in Sudan with the vision of achieving food security in the Arab World. The Arab Authority has 21 Arab member states with a contributing capital of about USD 1.1 billion. The 7 countries with more than 2% of the shares have been listed as parent companies. The other 14 governments are: Algeria (1.01%), Morocco (0.41%), Bahrain, Oman, Tunisia, Mauritania (0.07%), Jordan, Syria, Somalia, Comoros, Yemen, Lebanon, Djibouti (0.03%) and Palestine (0.02%)