What Obama administration officials need to realize is that the G8 New Alliance is fueling a rapidly growing trend where investors based in African cities are rapidly grabbing up land in rural communities by whatever means they can.
It takes a gallon of water to produce one almond. And that's not the most insane fact about the mad dash to plant the thirsty trees in the middle of a catastrophic drought in California.
American Samoan farmers have repeated their fears to the Governor that foreign farmers are buying up land and cashing in on government programmes to the detriment of locals.
Briefing identifies five strategic “nexuses” to help understand how land converges with historically embedded power relations in the United States.
Lors d’une présentation au cours de laquelle je parlais de la série de cartes des appropriations de terres à l’étranger par les entreprises européennes, quelqu’un dans le public me posa cette question : et la Chine en Afrique ?
Au moins trois gros fonds d’investissement, aux États-Unis, ont entrepris de récupérer une grande partie de leur mise foncière agricole.
The latest fast-buck fad for high-roller investment trusts, hedge funds and venture capital speculators is "farming."
Land is becoming increasingly more coveted by transnational agribusiness and financial investors.
Thousands of miles from pricey U.S. farmland, a Michigan pension fund is expanding its investments in Australian farms, betting on good returns from the comparatively cheaper assets and surging commodity prices.
The Partnership League for Africa’s Development presents the STOP Africa Land Grab Concert to bring awareness to the on-going massive land acquisition in Africa by foreign investors.
Taking aim at one of the less-traveled areas of private equity, Agriculture Capital Management is targeting $250 million for a debut fund called ACM Permanent Crops.
DGC Asset Management, a UK-based agriculture investment company, is launching its first farmland investment vehicle, offering investments into US-based blueberry farms, next month.
