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Farmland sales to foreigners goes from trickle to a torrent
- Scoop
- 07 October 2019
Overall, nearly $5b of sensitive land has changed hands in New Zealand through the Overseas Investment Office since the Labour-led government was formed.
PSP Investments acquires Australian agribusiness Webster in a deal valuing the company at $854 million
- GAI
- 06 October 2019
Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board has made another move to deepen its presence in Australian agriculture, taking full ownership of the largest irrigated farmer in Australia.
400 crores worth of floriculture in Ethiopia; In the grip of the businessman
- Manorama
- 04 October 2019
According to the Kerala press, Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, managing director Karuturi Global Ltd, has been arrested for fraud.
Canadian fund launches bid for Webster
- N Queensland Register
- 03 October 2019
Canadian fund manager PSP Investments, a public service pension fund, has put in an offer for Australia's Webster farms, including their water entitlements, that values the diversified agribusiness at $854 million
Vermont allocates $125 million to two agriculture funds
- PI Online
- 02 October 2019
The Vermont Pension Investment Committee has invested $100 million in the Nuveen Global Farmland Fund, which aims to make farmland acquisitions averaging $20m across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland, Romania and Chile.
Cambodians in Paris to hold Bolloré to account
- Mediapart
- 01 October 2019
Eighty indigenous farmers are suing the Bolloré group and its subsidiaries for having grabbed their ancestral lands
Bunong group attends French court hearing over land dispute
- Phnom Penh Post
- 01 October 2019
Nine representatives of the Bunong indigenous communities in Cambodia who claimed to be victim to plantation project by French company Socfin-KCD appeared for questioning at the Tribunal of Nanterre in France.
Fractured year sees assets increase 7.2%
- PI Online
- 01 October 2019
Worldwide farmland under management reversed upward trends in recent years, with assets falling 15.7% to $16.2 billion, according to Pensions & Investments' annual survey.
Turkish investors sign $275 million Sierra Leone rice farming deal
- SL Telegraph
- 30 September 2019
The government of Sierra Leone has signed a $275M investment deal with the Turkish SALA Group, for the resumption of large-scale rice farm project, covering 54,000 ha in Torma Bum.
Report of the Technical Committee on the Malen Chiefdom Land Dispute in Pujehun District
- Government of Sierra Leone
- 30 September 2019
The mandate of the committee was to enquire into and come out with recommendations that would resolve the conflict between the landowners, the Chiefdom council and the SOCFIN Agricultural Company in Sierra Leone.
Community in fresh bid to register Yala swamp land
- The Standard
- 29 September 2019
Residents of Yala swamp, in Kenya, have begun the process of registering the land to ward off cartels seeking to benefit from the process after the departure of Dominion Farms
UK development bank launches inquiry after murder of Congolese activist
- Guardian
- 27 September 2019
Independent investigators to explore alleged involvement of security guard for palm oil company supported by CDC