Denmark

Kapitalfond vil hjælpe afrikanske småbønder
- politiken.dk
- 07 December 2011
Uddannelse og ny teknologi skal give et boost til afrikansk landbrug, samtidig med at danske jordemødre og socialrådgivere tjener penge til alderdommen.
Afrika skal forgylde danske pensionister
- DR
- 15 November 2011
PensionDanmark har investeret over en halv milliard i afrikansk landsbrugsjord. Pensionsselsskabet forudser, at Afrika bliver den næste store vækstregion.
New CDC investment to support African agribusiness
- CDC
- 03 October 2011
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, today announced a US$20m investment in farming businesses in Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda
Danish roundup: PKA, Silverland, PFA Pension, Carlsberg Byen
- I&PE
- 21 June 2011
Denmark's PKA has invested DKK250m (€33.5m) in African agriculture via the Silverland private equity fund (a SilvertStreet Capital fund)
Pensionskassernes sees $370 million investment in world farmland
- Bloomberg
- 03 May 2011
Pensionskassernes Administration, a Denmark-based fund that manages about $25 billion, plans to invest $370 million in farmland globally, said Jens Henrik Staugaard Johansen, a portfolio manager.
Danes quit UK for home after land prices tumble
- FWI
- 10 December 2010
Some Danish farmland investors are quitting the UK after seeing land prices rise here and tumble at home over the past few years.
Land grab in Africa: Emerging land system drivers in a teleconnected world
- Global Land Project
- 14 August 2010
Study reveals that over 50 million hectares are currently assigned in land deals or under negotiation in 27 African host countries – an area equivalent to France.
Pension funds – future farmers
- IPE Magazine
- 01 July 2010
Report on the growing popularity of farmland investment in the developing world for European pension funds
La compra de tierras en África ¿Oportunidad o nuevo colonialismo?
- dpa
- 24 May 2010
El empresario danés casi no puede creer en su suerte en el norte de Uganda. "En realidad quería comprar tierra en el sur, cerca de Kampala -revela- pero el gobierno me ofreció tierras en el norte por un tercio del precio."
Rausing company pays EUR 8.2mn for arable land in Romania
- UkrAgroConsult
- 08 Mar 2010
Ingleby Agricultura, controlled by the Rausing family, paid EUR 8.2mn for purchasing 2,000ha of arable land in Western Romania from Danish company FirstFarms
After an “assault” in agricultural field, Danes attack energy sector
- Financiarul.ro
- 08 July 2009
After having invested over 300 million euros for the acquisition of agricultural land alone, and another dozens of millions were invested in food industry, now Danish investors see a new opportunity on Romania’s market, namely the development of renewable energy parks
Farming Makes a Comeback in Russia
- Business Week
- 09 October 2008
Investors are pouring billions into Russian agribusiness—and trying to reverse decades of Soviet mismanagement.

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