The right to purchase agricultural land belongs to citizens of Ukraine, the state, the Land Bank, and territorial communities, according to a new draft law "On Agricultural Land Turnover".
Ukraine’s State Food and Grain Corporation and China’s Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have signed a memorandum on cooperation in supporting priority projects in agriculture. Chinese investment in Ukraine’s agricultural sector will reach more than $2.6 billion.
The group, formerly known as Alpcot Agro, said it had signed deals on the disposal of 24,800 hectares of land, mainly in central and southern Ukraine, to other farming groups for $5.6m excluding machinery, buildings and crops.
If current amendments to Ukranian legislation are approved, foreign investors will still not be allowed to purchase Ukrainian farm land despite any "buy-out" options that may exist in their current lease agreements
"En fusionnant, nous franchissons ensemble une étape majeure en prenant place parmi les plus importants acteurs présents en Ukraine, avec désormais près de 120 000 hectares contrôlés."
- Agrogeneration
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22 May 2013
A consortium of Saudi groups - comprising dairy giant Almarai, grain importer Al Rajhi and Salic, the agriculture arm of the country's sovereign wealth fund - agreed to pay US $92mn to acquire Continental Farmers Group located in northern Poland and western Ukraine
Le groupe céréalier AgroGénération, créé en 2007 par l'homme d'affaires Charles Beigbeder, va être absorbé par Harmélia, un rival ukrainien, détenu à 100 % par le fonds d'investissement américain SigmaBleyzer.
Nouvel épisode à rebondissement pour Charles Beigbeder. L'homme d'affaires a annoncé, vendredi 3 mai, qu'il associait ses fermes en Ukraine à celles de son concurrent Harmelia, contrôlé par un fonds américain, le texan SigmaBleyzer.
Farmland prices are firming across much of Central and Eastern Europe, as interest from institutional investors -- mainly pension funds -- begins to translate into transactions on the ground.
- Farmers Weekly
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21 April 2013
The acquisition takes to 422,000 hectares the area which Kernel controls in the Ukraine – an area bigger than Luxembourg or most UK counties.
A consortium of Saudi groups - comprising dairy giant Almarai, grain importer Al Rajhi and Salic, the agriculture arm of the country's Public Investment Fund sovereign wealth fund – buys Continental Farmers Group, which has large farming operations in Poland and the Ukraine.
Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective? Not really, says GRAIN.
