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UAE in talks to buy more African land to aid food security
- AGBI
- 31 January 2024
With 56 deals under its belt, the UAE has 14 more farmland acquisition deals in the pipeline in 2024, mainly in Africa
Bregal Investments launches Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy
- GAI
- 30 January 2024
Global private equity investment firm Bregal Investments announced its first venture into impact investing with the launch of Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy, a dedicated natural capital platform with a focus on agricultural supply chains.
AustAg's billionaire investor Joe Lewis pleads guilty in US to insider trading
- IN Queensland
- 29 January 2024
Joe Lewis, the main shareholder of Australian Agriculture, a company that owns about 1 per cent of the Australia’s land mass, has pleaded guilty in a US court to insider trading.
Global land deals: What has been done, what has changed, and what’s next?
- LDPI
- 29 January 2024
Land Deal Politics Initiative takes stock of what has been written about land grabbing as well as the way in which the context has changed since 2010.
Unifrutti buys Chile-based fruit supplier Verfrut
- JustFood
- 22 January 2024
Unifrutti Group in Abu Dhabi has bought Verfrut, a “prominent fresh produce player with a presence in Chile and Peru, where it operates over 7,500 hectares of fully integrated farming and processing facilities”
Al-Sisi urges expansion of Egyptian investments in African agriculture
- Daily News Egypt
- 19 January 2024
The president also instructed the government to devise and implement suitable mechanisms to mitigate investment risks and assist investors, aiming to benefit both Egypt and its African partners
Indonesia is clearing vast peatlands to grow food. Climate costs are dire.
- Washington Post
- 19 January 2024
The government has not disclosed how much peatland has been razed so far for its Food Estate project but groups say more land, including peat swamps, is set to be cleared in Central Kalimantan, Sumatra and Papua.
EU court lifts restrictions on buying agricultural land in Bulgaria
- Euractiv
- 19 January 2024
The EU Court of Justice lifted the restrictions EU citizens face when buying agricultural land in Bulgaria in a ruling published on Thursday, more than 17 years after the country joined the bloc.
Kenya seeks foreign investment in agriculture for ASAL region development
- Fresh Plaza
- 19 January 2024
Kenya is encouraging foreign investors to contribute to agricultural projects within the country's arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), comprising 80 percent of its landmass, to enhance food security
Roc partners to buy slice of NZL assets
- Farmers Weekly
- 19 January 2024
Australia-based specialist private markets investment manager Roc Partners is to acquire 25% of the portfolio of rural land assets of New Zealand Rural Land Company for about $44 million.
Scottish Borders Pension Fund partners with Nuveen to make first natural capital investment
- Nuveen
- 19 January 2024
The Pension Fund has made an initial commitment to Nuveen’s flagship Global Timberland strategy, with the potential for further allocations in both forestry and farmland.
China is buying up US farmland, but just how much isn’t clear
- https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-is-buying-up-us-farmland-but-just-how-much-isn-t-clear-1.2023880
- 18 January 2024
America is seeing more and more of its most fertile land snapped up by China and other foreign buyers, yet problems with how the US tracks such data means it’s difficult to know just how much.