Ingleby group is owned by the Swedish billionaire family of Hans Rausing. The group exploited over 100,500 ha of land worldwide, of which 81,500 ha farmland and 7,261 ha forest.
Hassad, a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority, announces its intention to invest $500mn in the Sudanese agricultural and food sectors over the next three years.
Brazilian agribusiness corporations have created partnerships with pension funds in the United States, Canada, and Europe for the “outsourcing” of land operations that are analogous to the international outsourcing of labor.
APB, the Dutch pension fund for government and education employees, announced it would divest 300,000 euros from Posco Daewoo over deforestation in Indonesian Papua.
Okomu's Managing Director surprised about attacks directed at the company over its RSPO certification, saying it would be the first palm oil company in Nigeria to be so certified by October this year.
This rapid scoping of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure sought views on the usefulness of the guidelines for promoting forest tenure reform in support of secure community land rights.
The allocation of land by the Cross River government to a South African firm for a massive agriculture project has pitched the Governor against over 400 farmers from Ochon settlement in Obubra Local Council of the state.
A new report by Global Witness indicates that Feronia Inc destroyed secondary forest during its replanting programme in the DR Congo, on lands that are part of a Norsudtimber forestry concession.
Besides curbing corruption in the land rental market, the online auctions are expected to fill the state budget and make leasing land more convenient for potential investors.
Tajikistan's Foreign Minister says his country was ready to help Iran with extraterritorial farming in the face of the constraints of worsening land and water resources in Iran.
In Waingmaw alone, there are more than 11,000 ha of tissue-culture bananas being grown by Chinese and local companies, and there are more than 24,300 ha in the whole state.
This IMF/WB paper provides both theoretical and empirical evidence of farmland globalization whereby international investors directly acquire large tracts of agricultural land in other countries.
