Denmark’s AP Pension is expanding its exposure to agricultural land in a proposed new deal to buy farmland in eastern Romania and lease it back to the Danish company operating farms on the land.
Agri All Africa client-farmers convened to discuss the implementation of agriculture investments in priority destinations: Zambia, Nigeria, DRC, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Namibia and Sudan.
- Agri All Africa
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25 April 2016
Protest in Kazakh city of Atyrau comes as public fears grow that changes in the Land Code could allow sales of land to foreigners, though the government has said this will not happen.
New land law makes it almost impossible for foreigners to buy Polish farms. But it’s difficult for Poles, too.
Russia’s geopolitical conflicts, anemic oil prices and weakened ruble are working out rather well for the country’s biggest publicly traded farming company, which trades on the London Stock Exchange.
Africa-focused private equity firm 8 Miles has picked up “a significant minority stake” in Ethiopian agribusiness Verde Beef Processing.
Agriterra, an Africa focussed agricultural company, announces that Phil Edmonds has stepped down as chairman of the company.
Declaration from international conference on agrarian reform held in Marabá, Pará, Brazil, 17 April 2016 attended by more than 130 representatives of La Via Campesina member organizations and allies from four continents, 10 regions and 28 countries of the world.
- Via Campesina
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22 April 2016
There is little movement on the South African government’s ambition to clamp down foreign land ownership through the controversial Regulation of Land Holdings Bill.
Australians will get a chance to own a 20 per cent stake in the country's largest landholder, S. Kidman & Co, alongside large Chinese investors, after a deal was struck this week to buy the iconic cattle business for more than $370 million.
The Australian government is deferring until after an upcoming federal election a politically sensitive decision on whether to allow the sale of one of the country's biggest cattle empires, S. Kidman & Co, to a Chinese-led consortium.
The Australian operating arm of Shanghai CRED, known as Shanghai Zenith, has agreed to purchase eight properties in the Goldfields, Kimberley and Wheatbelt for around $20 million.