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The global land rush, revisited
- Afronomics Law
- 17 November 2021
The global land rush has highlighted deep-seated tensions between competing visions of agriculture, food systems, territory and society.
A giant investment firm paid a university to study one of its biggest assets — farmland
- Illinois Newsroom
- 16 November 2021
In 2013, mammoth US investment company TIAA-CREF gave $5 million to the University of Illinois to fund a research center, branded with the company’s name, that would explore the financial niche of farmland investment.
Leading agriculture company from UAE eyes investment in Guyana
- Newsroom Guyana
- 15 November 2021
Emirati giant Elite Agro LLC is looking for opportunities to invest in specific commodities in the agriculture sector that can be produced in Guyana on a large scale.
UAE’s investor advances interest in Guyana
- Petroleum World
- 15 November 2021
Elite Agro, which farms tens of thousands of hectares in various parts of the world, may invest in the large-scale production of corn and soybean in Guyana, as well as seafood
Palm oil land grabs ‘trashing’ environment and displacing people
- The Guardian
- 15 November 2021
Growing rush for land is destroying ecosystems and disrupting lives to satisfy global demand for goods, study warns
NLC blow as court stops Yala Swamp land allocation to Lake Agro Limited
- The Star
- 14 November 2021
The High Court in Siaya, Kenya, has suspended the intended allocation of Yala Swamp land by the National Land Commission to Lake Agro Limited. “The land under Yala Swamp is yet to be registered as community land so that community around the area are allocated their share,” petitioners say.
One in five hectares of oil palm in Indonesia is illegal, report shows
- Mongabay
- 11 November 2021
A fifth of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, are operating illegally inside forest areas that are off-limits to commercial agricultural activity, a new report from Greenpeace shows.
Becs Wilson on the impact of rising interest rates on Aussie farmland
- Weekly Times
- 10 November 2021
US private equity firm Proterra Investment Partners, which owns significant farmland assets in Australia, says farmland investing is going strong, both among domestic and foreign investors
‘Land grabs’ linked to major commodity supply chains will increase
- GT Review
- 09 November 2021
According to research by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, which analysed 170 commodities, palm oil and cobalt are at “extreme” risk of land grabs
ANZ payment to displaced Cambodian families brings landmark human rights case to a close
- IDI
- 03 November 2021
Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, which financed the sugar company from 2011-2014
Conference on Land Policy in Africa opens with calls for pro-poor land policies, equal access, and ownership
- UNECA
- 01 November 2021
A surge in the purchase of African land by foreign companies and governments to grow food and other crops for export has also set alarm bells ringing on and off the continent.
Business or pleasure: Bill Gates eyes investments in Turkey
- Daily Sabah
- 01 November 2021
Microsoft founder is reportedly looking for 741 acres of farmland to invest in within the borders of Muğla and Aydın, and is said to be in touch with businesspeople and companies in Turkey about the purchase.