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Agriculture investing: growing fields of green
- unquote
- 20 August 2015
A substantial payout could be in store for private equity firms willing to take on the risk and plough capital into the farming business.
AP2, EAPF back $3bn TIAA-CREF global agriculture fund
- IPE
- 04 August 2015
Sweden’s AP2 and UK local authority funds are among the backers of a new $3bn global agriculture fund.
The ‘Brazil of Africa': How development institutions are financing land grabs in the DRC
- Africa is a Country
- 22 July 2015
A Canadian agribusiness company, Feronia — financed by American and European Development Institutions, is involved in land grabbing, corrupt practices and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Paine & Partners acquires EU agricultural producer Spearhead
- Reuters
- 02 July 2015
US private equity firm Paine & Partners expanded its farm and agribusiness holdings on Wednesday with the acquisition of a leading European Union agricultural producer, Spearhead International Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.
Le plus grand terrain du monde est à vendre pour 290 millions d’euros
- Le Monde
- 24 June 2015
Une trentaine d'acheteurs venus de Chine, du Canada, des Etats-Unis, d'Amérique du Sud, d'Indonésie, de Suisse et d'Australie sont en compétition pour ces 11 millions d'hectares.
The biggest property sale on earth
- Daily Mail Australia
- 23 June 2015
One of the world's largest farms is up for sale in Australia, with bidders hailing from China, the US, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, South America and Indonesia
DFID Land Policy Bulletin
- DFID
- 21 June 2015
The UK government publishes the first issue of its Land Policy Bulletin, produced by its Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) programme.
Aid donors’ flagship investment deal causing hardship and displacement for Tanzanian farmers
- Oakland Institue
- 18 June 2015
Norfund, the UK aid department, and Capricorn are funding the British company Agrica’s industrial rice plantation in Tanzania, which is destroying the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
Agro colonialismo en el Congo
- RIAO-RDC GRAIN
- 02 June 2015
Agencias de desarrollo de Estados Unidos y Europa financian una nueva ola de colonialismo en la RDC.
Agro colonialismo en el Congo
- RIAO-RDC
- 02 June 2015
Varias prominentes agencias e instituciones de financiamiento para el desarrollo están brindando su apoyo a la compañía de agronegocios canadiense Feronia, acusada de acaparamiento de tierras y abusos de derechos humanos.
Agro-colonialisme au Congo
- RIAO-RDC | GRAIN
- 02 June 2015
Plusieurs grandes institutions financières de développement financent actuellement une société agroalimentaire canadienne accusée d’accaparement des terres et de violations des droits humains
Agro-colonialism in the Congo
- RIAO-RDC | GRAIN
- 02 June 2015
Several prominent development finance institutions are funding Feronia, a Canadian agribusiness company accused of land grabbing and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).