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Fractionalization comes to the market for US farmland
- Investable Universe
- 03 February 2020
Entities like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are directing large commitments to the farmland space, Investable Universe reports.
South African rich-lister scoops up NT cattle stations for $70m
- AFR
- 03 February 2020
A company backed by one of South Africa’s richest men is setting itself up to be a major player in the Northern Territory’s beef sector after paying $70 million for two major cattle stations, Tanumbirini and Forrest Hill.
Sucked dry
- Pulitzer Center
- 01 February 2020
Companies from countries across the world have acquired fertile Nile-irrigated land for growing food crops, non-food agricultural commodities such as alfalfa, flowers, tobacco, and biofuels, rearing livestock and logging trees.
A Macau company planting the seeds in Portugal
- Macau Daily
- 29 January 2020
The acquisition of one of Portugal’s biggest agricultural companies by Macau firm CESL Asia last year may yet be seen as a defining moment in the economic relationship between China, Portugal and the Macau SAR.
EU to send EUR 10 mln for land reform as part of grant support of agriculture development in Ukraine
- InterFax
- 29 January 2020
Support for land reform under the agreement will be carried out under the indirect management of the World Bank.
Liberia: NGO to assist citizens to protect their land from government officials, companies in Bomi
- FrontPageAfrica
- 29 January 2020
Sustainable Development Institute has begun working with local people in Bomi to empower them to resist a wave of land grabs in that western county led by elites and concessioners.
Kenya: Fresh dispute rocks planned Yala swamp takeover
- The Nation
- 29 January 2020
Yala swamp in Siaya County whose recently announced takeover has ran into fresh controversy after Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi issued new conditions to the new investor.
Vucic and Orban's agrarian policy
- Danas
- 26 January 2020
Serbia has neither clear rules of the game nor a development strategy for the agricultural sector, which is why the government confuses itself with Gulf State investors in secret meetings and makes real deals under the grain.
Rabobank and the Dutch government to anchor the AGR13 Fund with investments totaling $80M
- GAI
- 24 January 2020
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rabobank announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos to anchor the $1 billion sustainable agriculture and forestry initiative with matching cornerstone investments of $40 million each.
Sime Darby Plantation completes sale of Liberia operations
- The Star
- 24 January 2020
Sime Darby has fully disposed of Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia) Inc through completion of its sale to the Liberian company Mano Palm Oil Industries Ltd.
TIAA’s farmland funds linked to fires, conflicts and legacy deforestation risks in Brazil
- CRR
- 23 January 2020
CRR’s sustainability analysis shows that deforestation and fires have taken place on TIAA’s farmland portfolio in Brazil, enabling negative social impacts on local communities.
Charity calls on UK to prosecute British companies that violate human R rights in Liberia
- FrontPageAfrica
- 23 January 2020
A new report by Traidcraft Exchange finds that the UK-listed company Equatorial Palm Oil violated local townspeople’s right to their land in Liberia and are pushing them further into poverty.