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Land may become top asset class - beating shares
- Agrimoney
- 28 May 2010
Farmland, whose $5,000bn value equates to about 7-10% of the value of world equity markets, could be worth 15-25% of share values by 2020, Hardman & Co analysts say
Agriculture Outlook Europe: London, 23-25 June 2010
- Terrapinn
- 28 May 2010
"The ONLY place where agriculture businesses and investors come together to discuss farmland investment" says the promoters
Call for papers: International academic conference on “Global land grabbing”
- IDS
- 12 May 2010
The Journal of Peasant Studies, in collaboration with the Land Deal Politics Initiative, is organizing an international academic workshop on ‘Global Land Grabbing’ to be held on 6-8 April 2011 at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Achieving water security worldwide - Kings College London
- King's College London
- 10 May 2010
"This workshop is the first in the world to explicitly discuss the implications of the water/food/land deals nexus," according to Martin Keulertz, Department of Geography, King’s College London
Corn and meat offer 'perfect' investment opportunity, says agri specialist
- CityWire
- 30 April 2010
‘In order to feed a growing population with an increasing standard of living, the price of water and food must continue to rise."
Fertile ground for investment
- Pensions & Investments
- 19 April 2010
European pension funds are investing in global farmland, with a focus on emerging markets. If political problems arise, “You'll have the World Bank on your side,” SilverStreet's chief investment officer said.
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
Atlas Farming could transform SADC agriculture landscape
- Mmegi
- 05 November 2009
Atlas Farming, which had successful farming ventures in Zimbabwe from the late 1960s until president Robert Mugabe's much criticised land reforms around 2000, has partnered with Chayton Capital to invest in large-scale farming in Zambia.
Govt orders 2000 people out of farm
- The Citizen
- 19 October 2009
The Government has ordered 2000 squatters out of land meant for large-scale paddy farming in Kilombero district, Morogoro region.
Les terres agricoles : un secteur qui se tient dans la crise
- Money Week
- 13 October 2009
"Le pari (des financiers), au départ, était un peu le même que celui du private equity dans le monde industriel : dénicher un gisement de croissance largement sous-exploité ; le faire fructifier à l'aide d'investissements considérables et un suivi attentif ; obtenir en peu de temps des rendements sans égal – on espérait jusqu'à 400% sur les friches africaines ; décrocher la timbale, non sans redistribuer un peu et rembourser les emprunts."
Foreigners own more US farmland
- Delta Farm Press
- 09 October 2009
Foreigners have an interest (partial or total ownership) in 1.6 percent of all privately held US agricultural land, a 1.4 million acre increase from 2007.
This asset is like gold, only better
- Stockhouse
- 04 October 2009
Almost half the farmland bought in Britain last year was snapped up by banks and funds.