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Foreign ownership: More detail needed, NFF says
- Weekly Times
- 24 January 2018
More detail surrounding foreign ownership of Australia’s agricultural assets should be made publicly available, the National Farmers’ Federation says.
Brazilian farmland – Is the risk worth the reward?
- GAI
- 24 January 2018
In spite of a growing agricultural sector, attractive farmland prices and increasing foreign investment flowing into the sector, the decision to invest in Brazilian farmland is still very much a risk versus reward consideration.
Strategic litigation against public participation
- Rising Kashmir
- 23 January 2018
To censure activism and opponents, Indian corporates have been using legal protection against journalists and campaigners but the debate on this issue has not taken off, possibly because of fear.
Buvuma palm oil project: 5,000 reject compensation for land
- The Monitor
- 22 January 2018
About 5,000 residents in the Island district of Buvuma have rejected a government proposal to compensate them for their land to pave way for oil palm growing for Bidco Uganda, claiming their property was undervalued.
A decade in the farmland asset class evolution
- Gobal AgInvesting
- 18 January 2018
A continued proliferation of farmland managers and investment strategies is expected in the years ahead, says president of AgIS Capital LLC
Foreign citizens will not have right to own agricultural land in Armenia
- ARKA
- 16 January 2018
A set of changes to Armenia’s Land Code, passed today by the parliament in the second and final reading, deprives foreign citizens of the right to own agricultural land in the country.
Chinese companies invest in agriculture in Mozambique
- Macauhub
- 15 January 2018
A joint venture between Chinese companies Power China International Group Ltd and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp. plans to make use of 3,000 hectares of irrigated land in Chókwé, southern Mozambique
Canada's Public Sector Pension Board gets OIO approval to buy $17.7M dairy farm and block
- NBR
- 15 January 2018
Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board, got a green light to buy a medium-sized New Zealand dairy farm and a neighbouring dairy support block in Canterbury for $17.7 million just ahead of tougher requirements on land sales to foreign buyers.
China's Rifa boss to lead $1b Canadian ag portfolio in Australia
- Farm Online
- 15 January 2018
One of the people most active in driving Chinese investment in Australian farmland, David Goodfellow, is switching camps to help build a $1 billion Canadian investment portfolio.
Denied land, Indian women stake claims in collectives
- Reuters
- 10 January 2018
Fed up with local officials denying their demand for land, 40 women decided to form a collective and start farming a plot near their village of Pallur, India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu. As of March 2017, about 300,000 women were farming more than 51,000 hectares of land in collectives.
Goldman clients are giving Cadre $250 million to pour into commercial real estate
- Tech Crunch
- 10 January 2018
An online real estate platform co-founded by Jared Kushner and financed by Goldman Sachs says it will expand into farmland deals.
Kazakhstan-Hungarian fund invests in Kazakhstan dairy
- Dairy Reporter
- 10 January 2018
The CCL Kazakhstan ‘Silk Road’ Agriculture Growth Fund has financed a dairy-commodity farm in the Akmola region of Kazakhstan – Aina dairy farm LLP – for $10.4m, by purchasing a majority stake.